The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-30

{ dent Of weights and measures shal
 forthwith upon his appointment, give {
 bond in the penal sum of five thousand
 dollars with sureties to be approved
 by the governor, for the faithful per
 formance of the duties of his office | and for the safety of the standard
 entrusted to his care and for the sur | render thereof immediately to his sue 1 cessor in office, or to the person ap | pointed by the governor to receive thu
 same The deputy superintendent O. | weights and measures and each in | Spector of weights and measures, ,shal | forthwith upon his appointment, giv'
 a bond in the penal sum of one thou | sand dollars, with sureties to be ap l proved by the attorney-genera1, fol | the faithful performance of the dutie: l of his office and for the safety of an!
 apparatus entrusted to his care.
 Sec. 4. The county commissioners O. 1 each county and the common counci | of each city required to appoint { | sea1er under this act shall procure, al | the expense of the county or city, anc | shall keep, at all times, a complete | set of weights and measures and oth- | CT apparatus, of such materials and construction as said superintendent o1 weights and measures may direct. All such weights, measures and other ap- paratus. having been tried and accu- rately~ proven by him, shall be sealed and certified to by the state superin-
 tendent as hereinbefore provided, and shall then be deposited with and pre-
 served by the county or city sealer as
 public standards for such county or city. Whenaver the county commis- sioners of any county or the common council of any such city shall neglect
 for six months, so to do, the treasurer
 of the county, Or the city clerk or
 comptroller of said city, as the case LA
 by the superintendent of weights and measures, shall provide such standards and cause the same to be tried, sealed, and deposited, at the expense of the county Or city.
 Sec. 5. There shall be in each eoun- ty a county sealer of weights and measures who shall be appointed by the county commissioners for term of five years. He shall be paid a sal ary determined by said commission CTS, said salary not to be less than one thousand dollars per year, and no fee shall be charged by him, or by the county, for the inspection, test ing, or sealing of weights, measures, or weighing or measuring devices. Un- less otherwise provided by law, the county sealer shall have power, with in his county, to inspect, test, try, and ascertain the correctness of all weights, scales, beams, measures of ev- cry kind, instruments or mechanical devices for measuring, and tools, ap- pliances, or accessories connected with any such instruments or measures kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold or used or employed within the coun- ty by any proprietor, agent, lessee, or employee in proving the size, quantity, extent, area, Or measurement of Quan- titles. things, produce, or articles for distribution or consumption, offered or submitted by such person or persons for sale, hire or reward; and he shall have power to, and shall, from time to time, weigh or measure packages Or amounts of commodities of any kind kept for the purpose of sale, offered for sale, or sold, or in the process or delivery, in order to determine wheth- CT the same contain the amounts rep- resented, and whether they be offered for sale or sold in a manner in ac- cardance with law. He shall, at least twice each year, and as much oftener as he may deem necessary, see that the weights, measures, and all appara- tus used in the county, including those under the care of city and town seal CTS of weights and measures, are cor rect. He may, for said purpose, and in the general performance of his of f1cial duties, enter, without warrant, into or upon any stand, place, build- ing, or premises, or stop any vendor,
 
 wagon, delivery wagon, or any dealer, and require him, if necessary, to pro- ceed to some place which the dealer may specify, for the purpose of mak- ing the proper tests. The county sealer of weights and measures shall cause any person violating any of the provisions of this act or of the gen. eral statutes relating to weights and measures to be prosecuted. When ever said sealer compares weights, measures, or weighing or measuring in struments and finds that they corres- pond,' or causes them to correspond, with the standards in his possession, he shall seal or mark such weights, measures, or weighing Or measuring instruments with appropriate devices, to be approved by the state superin- tendent of weights and measures. He shall condemn and seize, and may de- s.ray, incorrect weights, measures or weighing or measuring instruments which, in his judgment, are not suscep- tible of satisfactory repair; but he shall mark Or tag such as are incor- rect and yet may be repaired as "con- demned for repairs" in a manner pre- scribed by the state superintendenc of weights and measures. The owner or user of any weights, measures, or weighing or measuring instruments of which such disposition is made shall have the same repaired or corrected within ten days, and until so repaired Or corrected such owner or user shall neither use nor dispose of the same in any way, but shall hold the same at the disposal of the seaier. Any apparatus which has been So condemn ed for repairs and has not been re- paired as hereinbefore required shall be confiscated by the Sealer. The county sealer shall keep a complete record of all of his official acts and shall make an annual report to the county commissioners and on Or be- fore October first in each year shall make a report, duly sworn to- 10 the state superintendent of weights and treasures. on blanks to be furnished by He superintendent. The county sea:er of weights and measures shall fo lhwitb upon his appointment, give a bond in the penal sum of one thous- ed by the county treasurer, for the his office. Nothing in the foregoing provisions shall, however, be so con- strued as to prevent two or more coun- ties from combining the whole or any part of their respective counties, as may be agreed upon by the county commissioners, wi'h one set of stand ards and one sealer, upon the written consent of the state superintendent or weights and measures. A county seal CT appointed in pursuance of an agree ment for such combinat tiol shall sub- ject to the terms of his appointment, have the same authority, Jurisdiction and duties as if he had been appoint