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


shall sell or offer for sale either by HIM
measures i'm the city of Bedding to be
used for the purpose of buying and
selling any product, goods, wares or
merchandise i'm this ordinance described
that do not conform with the United
States standard of measure. Whenever
a person, partnership or corporation OF
the city of Belding shall have purchased
scales 10 be used i'm buying or selling
goods, wares or merchandise, before the
same shall be used by any of such per-
son or persons, partnership or corpora
ton they shall notify the sealer OF
weights and measures To the end that
the same may be inspected, and il shall
! he the duty of the sealer of weights and
measures TO test and inspect the same
and To determine whether the same are
in compliance with the law and equal
the standard of weights and measures
required by this ordinance.
sec. III No person or persons shall
obstruct or i'm any manner impede or
wilfully delay the sealer of weights and
measures or his assistants in the eXecu-
ton of his duties under this ordinance,
either by refusing him entrance or de-
laying his entrance or admission into
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no person or persons shall refuse or
omit 10 stop any wagon or conveyance
rs aforesaid whereby the due execution
of this ordinance or any part of il shall
be impeded or INSTRUCTED; and any per-
son or persons who shall sell or attempt
To sell, deliver or attempt TO deliver any
coal, wood, coke, hay or straw Of less
weight or measure than that purported
TO be delivered or sold by the certificate
mentioned in Sec. q of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a violation of
this ordinance.
Sec. II Nothing in this ordinance
shall be construed TO prohibit the said
sealer of weights and measures, when
thereunto duly authorized by the COM
mon council of said city, from employ
ing or deputizing one or more assistants
i'm the performance of the duties in this
ordinance enumerated and said assist
ants shall receive such compensation as
the common council may prescribe.
Sec. ID That where any person or
persons, partnership or corporation shall
offer for sale or TO sell in the city of
Belding any fruits or vegetables con-
tanned in drawers, cases, boxes or bas-
kets represented TO hold one bushel or
fractional part thereof, said drawers,
dimensions To hold and shall hold the
quantity offered for sale and sold
whether by the bushel of 81 quarts or
any fractional part thereof; provided
that baskets now used in such business
may be continued for six months from
the passage of this ordinance.
And all drawers, cases, boxes baskets
or measures shall he marked in plain
manner on the outside thereof, other
wise than on the bottom, the capacity
Of each drawer, case, box, basket or
measure in bushels or fractions thereof,
and no such case, box, drawer, basket
or measure shall be sold or offered for
sale within the city OF Bedding unless
the same is SO marked.
Sec. II That all measures in the city
of Bedding for buying and selling shall
be marked with the word 'sdryu or the
word "liquidn thereon to designate the
kind of measure. All liquid measures
used within said city for buying or sell
ing shall have marked thereon the ca
pacity thereof in gallons, quarts or pints
or fraction thereof.
Sec. 10 1t shall be the duty of the
sealer of weights and measures or his
authorized assistants TO examine and
test any or all meters or other instru-
ment used in the city of Belding for the
purpose OF measuring gas, electricity,
water or other substance, and if any
such meter or other instrument so used
shall be found TO register any other or
different amount of gas, electricity
water or other substance than the
amount actually used, then the sealer
of weights and measures shall order
such meter or meters or other instru-
ment TO be corrected within reason
able time TO be named by the sealer OF
weights and measures so il will register
the amount of gas, electricity, water OF
other substance actually used and il
such meter or other instrument cannot
be so corrected then ii shall be the duty
of the sealer of weights and measures
I or his assistant TO confiscate and destroy
such meter, meters or other instrument
and any person., partnership or corpora
ton which is supplying gas, electricity,
water or other substance TO customers
i'm the city of Bedding and ascertaining
the amount used by meter or other
instrument who shall neglect or refuse
To correct or remove such meter or other
instrument within the time stated by
the sealer of weights and measures shall
be deemed guilty of violation of this
ordinance and be punished accordingly.
Sec. IS IL shall be the duty of the
sealer of weights and measures or his
authorized assistants to test any gas
supplied by any person or persons,
partnership or corporation to citizens
of the city of Bedding for. heating OF
, lighting purposes for hire. IL the gas
SO tested shall be found not to conform
to at least the eighteen candle power
! test then the sealer of weights and
measures shall notify any person, per.
sons, partnership or corporation sup
plying such gas To make the gas man
ufactured or supplied by them TO con-
form 10 the eighteen candle power test
) for gas within ten days after such no
tice and any person, persons, partner
} ship or corporation SO notified and fail
/, ing To comply Herewith within the
time named shall be guilty of a viola
, ton of this ordinance and each days
! failure TO comply with said notice, after
the ten days from the delivery thereof,
shall be a separate and distinct ofiense
and punishable as such.
See. II That whenever wheat, rye,
shplled corn corn on the cob corn meal.