Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-25

by mail. Gennell Bros, Bedding.
instrument condemned or approved;
and such book shall at all reasonable
times be open 10 the inspection and eX-
animation of the public.
Sec. No person shall neglect or
refuse TO exhibit any weights, measures
scales, beams or other instrument or
device used by him, her or them in
weighing or measuring, TO the sealer OF
weights and measures when demanded
by him or his authorized assistants, for
the purpose of having the same in
spected. The said sealer of weights and
measures or his authorized assistants
shall, at any time and in any place in
the city of Belding, be and he or they
are hereby authorized to stop any per-
son or persons delivering goods, wares
or merchandise and weigh or measure
said goods, wares or merchandise for
the purpose of ascertaining the weight
or measure represented by the vendor.
Sec. No dealer or dealers in flour,
corn meal, buckwheat flour, rye Hour,
graham -four, entire wheat or whole
wheat flour, or sugar by himself, clerk
or agent shall sell the same in original
packages in paper or cloth sacks unless
such sack or sacks are sold for the cor
rect weight contained therein.
No person or persons shall have or
allow any weights, scales or measures
or other instruments used by him, her
or them in selling or measuring in his,
her or their place of business that have
been inspected by the sealer of weights
and measures or his authorized assist
ants and condemned until such weights,
scales, measures or other instruments
have been corrected and approved and
marked by the sealer of weights and
measures or his assistants.
The sealer OF weights and measures
| by himself or his authorized assistants
shall test all computing scales rs tC
weights and values, and any such scale
which may be found TO give a weight
other than the correct weight for any
money value or "A money value other
than correct money value for the
| weight indicated shall be condemned,
otherwise the same shall be approved.
And any scale, weight or measure OF
other instrument which does not give
| the correct measure or weight and the
same cannot be corrected shall he con.
| fiscated and destroyed by the sealer OF
weights and measures or his authorized
assistants.
Sec. 6 No person shall sell or deliver
any coal, wood, coke, hay or straw, eX.
cept (hay and straw sold in bundles)
within the limits of the city of Belding,
unless there shall be delivered To the
person in charge of the wagon or con.
veyance used in delivering such coal,
wood, coke, hay or straw, except hay
or straw sold in bundles) certificate
written in ink duly signed by the per-
son selling the same or by his agent and
showing the weight or measure of the
coal, wood, coke, hay or straw and the
weight of the wagon or other convey.
ance used in such delivery, the total
weight or measure OF the coal, wood
coke, hay or straw and conveyance, the
date of weighing the same and the name
of the purchaser, said certificate TO bC
delivered TO the purchaser or some per.
son of suitable age at the time of de
| livering such coal, wood, coke, hay OIL
straw.
Sec. No person in charge of the
wagon or other conveyance used in de
livering coal, wood, coke, hay or straw
to whom the certificate mentioned in
Sec. 6 has been delivered, shall neglect
or refuse upon demand TO exhibit such
certificate to the sealer of weights and
measures of said city or TO his assistant
or To any person designated by him, OF
TO the purchaser of the coal, wood, coke
hay or straw being delivered; and wher
said officer or the person SO designated
or said purchaser shall demand that tn,
weight shown by such certificate bC
verified, ii shall be the duty of the per
son in charge of such wagon or convey
ance delivering such coal, wood, coke
hay or straw, To convey the same forth
with TO some public scale of the city
or To any private scale in the city dies
| ignated by the sealer of weights and
measures or his authorized assistant tC
permit the verifying of the weight
shown, and shall after the delivery OF
such coal, wood, coke, hay or straw
return forthwith with the wagon OF
conveyance used 10 the same scale and
verify the weight of such wagon OF
conveyance.
Ii shall be the duty Of such sealer ol
weights and measures TO inspect OF
cause To be thoroughly inspected and
| tested, the weight of coal, wood, coke
hay or straw sold or delivered as afore
said within the limits OF the city oi
| DCibiiE, anu w tttfNC bllC llNtSootll DIO
ceedings and make the necessary com.
plants TO enforce the provisions of this
ordinance.
Sec. 8 All persons using dry or liquid
measure i'm the selling or purchasing
of goods, wares or merchandise or ol
any product sold by weight or measure,
shall, when ordered so 10 do by the
sealer of weights and measures or his
authorized assistant or assistants, send
all of such measures To the Office of the
sealer of weights and measures for in.
spection and approval or disapproval.
Sec. 10 All persons selling measures
OF any kind that are 10 be used for buy.
ing or selling any product, goods, wares
or merchandise described in this ordi-
nance, shall when ordered so To do 10y
the sealer of weights and measures OF
' his authorized assistant or assistants,