Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-12
AN ORDINANCE
Relating to Weights and Measures for
the City of Wausau. Wisconsin.

Sec l. The mayor shall appoint sealer OF
weights and measures from among those per-
| sons certified as eligible to such position by
the state or local civil service board and under
| the rules of said board. said sealer shall per-
form such duties as are prescribed by law. or as
are hereafter set forth in this ordinance On in
any amendment thereof. and shall devote his
entire time 10 the duties of his Office.
Sec. 2. The sealer of weights and measures
shall receive the salary fixed by the board or
body authorized to fix the salaries of city
officials.
See 3. The seaIer of weights and measures
SHALL before entering upon the duties of his
| office, take and subscribe before the city clerk
an oath to faithfully perform the duties of his
! Office. and execute bond TO the city. 10 be ap-
| proved by the appointing power, in the penal
sum of One Thousand tSlOO0t dollars cOndi-
/ toned upon the faithful performance OF the
duties of his office and for the safe keeping OF
| all standards and measuring apparatus en-
| trusted to his care. and for the surrender
| thereof Immediately to his successor in office
or 10 the person appointed by The proper
| authority to receive them
Sec t. The word measure" or meas
urers. as used in this ordinance, shall be con-
sJrued to mean any device or devices or adj
| juncts used to ascertain the weight. size,
quantity or other dimensions OF any liquids,
solids or other articles and also the computing
| attachments of scales or capacity measures.
| Sec b The seaIer of weights and measures
shall possess jurisdiction and have power
within the city of Wausau.
(a) To inspect and test the accuracy of all
| measures of every kind, and the tools and
| appliances connected Herewith. used and en-
pIOyed within the city in determining the
| weight size quantity or other dimensions OF
| any liquids solids. or other articles offered
(bJ TO rewegh or remeasure any package
put up ready for sale or delivery, or any
amount of any commodity whatsoever, offered
| for sale or sold by weight or measure. CIV which
| is commonly so sold; at any time before the
actual delivery OF such package or amount or
| commodity TO the buyer;
(c) To enter without formal warrant for
| the purposes herein specified and in the gem
al form aF1e M nnTipS
stand. place, building or premises or 10 stop
| any wagon or conveyance, in or upon which
| any measure or measures or weighed or meas
uTed packages or amounts OF commodity are
| kept or maintained or carried, or where he
| may suspect these to be kept maintained or
/ carried for the purpose OF testing, inspecting,
| correcting and sealing or condemning such
measure or measures, or reWelghlng or re-
| measu. ing such packages or amounts of com
modify either upon his own initiative or at
| the request of the mayor or of the chief of
police of said city, or upon the iiling by any
person of written request IN the office otIhe
Sealer OF weights and measures
| Sec D. The Sealer of weights and measures
| shall inspect test, try, and may correct, II
| need be, any measure or measures either IN
| the place of business where the same are used
| or at his office or other place as in his best
| judgment he deems most advisable.
| (a) Once annually and Oftener II, in his
| judgment. such inspection is warranted;
| % Wherever any measure or measures
are installed, renewed or altered in any
specified stand, store, conveyan or establish
ment;
(c) Whenever any written request to ex-
| anime any particular measure or measures is
| filed In his office.
| Provided, that nothing In this section shall
| be deemed to render necessary the testing or
sealing of milk bottle or other glass contain
| er more than once.
| Sec. Z. 1t shall be the duty of the sealer of
| weights and measures to have and TO keep
| general supervision over all sales of commodt-
| ties of whatsoever kind and character in the
| city;
To rewelgh or remeasure packages in &C
| cordance with section 90 whenever he may
| have reason to suspect the preparation OF
| fraud in transactions;
And to so enforce the laws of the state and
the ordinances of the said city that fraud may
| be eliminated, in so far as this is possible.
| Sec s. II shall be the duty of the sealer cf
| weights and measures. upon his first inspec-
| ton, to deliver and leave with any person for
| whom he inSpectS any measure or measures,
| printed copy of this ordinance.
| Sec 9. All measures that are tested by the
| SeaieF of weights and measures and found TO
/ marked with the letter " W. and the last two
| figures of The year, or III such manner as the
| state superintendent of weights and measures
| may direct. The Sealer shall, IN addition.
| give to each person. firm corporation, society
| or organization for whom any measure or
| measures have been tested, a certificate, pro-
| perry dated, showing in detail for what the
| same is given and the results of his test, and
| duplicate thereof shall be retained by the
| Sealer and kept on file in his Office. No fee
| shall be collected for inspecting or sealing
| measures.
| II seaIer of weights and measures shall
| afiiX the said mark w upon any measure or
| measures, without first making an
actual trial and proof of the same, for
each measure so marked, he shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished
by fine of one hundred $500 dollars
and be Immediately removed from his
office.
Sec. 10. The Sealer of weights and
measures shall keep a record of all the
measures inspected by him, in which
| record shall be stated the names of
the owners of the same and whether
the same, on inspection were found
to be correct or incorrect, and if
! found correct, that the same were
properly tested and sealed by him;
and il found incorrect the disposition
made thereof. Such record shall be
kept in his office and at the close of
each and every fiscal year he shall file
a copy thereof sworn to before a
notary public, in the Office of the city
clerk.
Sec. II. The sealer of weights and
measures shall submit to the common
council every third month, d written
report showing the number and kind
of measure or measures inspected,
tested, and sealed and the names of
the owners thereof, and the number
and kind of measure or measures con-
demned and the names of the owners
| thereof; the names of the persons
arrested under this act; the property
seized and the fines imposed. The re-
port shall also include an inventory
of all the standards in the possession
of the sealer and an itemIzed state
ment of the expenditures of his office.
The Sealer of weights and measures
shall make an annual report of work
done sworn to before a notary public,
TO the state superintendent of
weights and measures on blanks
furnished by the state superintend-
emit, and TO the mayor of the city of
| WauSau.
Sec. II. The Sealer of weights and
measures, by virtue of his office. is
hereby empowered and directed 10
arrest or cause to be arrested any and
all violators of the provisions of this
| ordinance, and to seize any false
measure or measures, or false quanti-
| ties of commodities, found in the
possession of tie person so arrested
and deliver the same to the magis-
trate before whom the person so ar
rested is required to be taken; and he
is further empowered in case no ar
| rest is made, to seize and destroy anv
! false measure or measures, or to CON
| denim the same and to order the same
to be repaired within ten 10 DAYS.
if, in his best Judgment, repair is
| possible. The owner may not use
any measure of which such disposition
| is made until it has been sealed, nor
remove or permit to be removed, any
tag placed thereon by the Sealer.
| Sec. ID. No license shall be issued
to any hawker, peddler, vendor. or
dealer unless he presents certificate
| from the Sealer of weights and
measures, showing that the measure
| or measures used by him have been
properly inspected, tested, and sealed.
| immediately preceding the issuance