The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-24

An Ordnance Relative to Sealer Q, l Weights and Measures Amending
 an Ordinance Relative to Public Weighers.
 In compliance with the votes taken at the meeting of the Common Coun- | ell of the City of Bridgeport held May 20th. 1912, the following amend l ment to the ordinances of the City was adopted:-
 Be It Ordained by the Common Coun- ell of the City of Bridgeport: Sec. l. The Common Council shall cause to be provided and maintained a complete set of weights, measures and other apparatus, for weighing and measuring, of such materials and construction as the State Superinten- dent of Weights and Measures may rom time to time direct, conforming to the standard weights and measures of the State of Connecticut.
 Sec. 2. The city sealer of weights and measures, to be appointed by the mayor, under Chapter 2S0 of the Pub lie Acts of the General Assembly of 1911, shall hold office, unless removed by the Common Council for cause until the 31st day of May, 1913, and until his successor is appointed and has qualified; and he shall be the cus- todian of the Citys standard weights and measures.
 Sec. 5. During the last week of May 1912, and annually in said week thereafter, the mayor shall transmit to the Common Council for approval the name of the city sealer of weights and measures appointed by him for the one year term, beginning on the first day of June next succeeding.
 Sec. 4. Said City sealer of weights and measures shall perform the duties and have the powers provided by said Chapter 2SO of the Public Acts of 1911 and aiI amendments thereof, and shall perform such further duties as the Common Council may from tine to time direct.
 Sec. 5. Said City sealer of weights and measures shall receive a salary of Fifteen Hundred Dollars per annun. and shall receive and charge no fees for the performance of any of the duties devolving upon him under said Chapter 2SO of the Public Acts of 1911; and said salary shah be in full compensation for said sealer's ser vices, both as City sealer of weights and measures, and as public weigher, as hereinafter provided.
 Sec. 6. Said City sealer of weights and measures shall give bond to tlIe City in the sum of One Thousand Dol lars. with surety, to the acceptance of the Common Council, for the faithful performance of his duties, and for the reasonable care of the standard weights and measures in his charge, and their proper delivery to his sue cessor.
 Sec. 7. Said City sealer of weights and measures shall be ex officio public weigher of the Town of Bridgeport, | and shall have the powers and per form the duties prescribed by Chapter | 119 of the General Statutes of 1902, | and all amendments thereof. When | ever the sealer of weights and meas l 1oI1 | -Nl upon to weigh any article, he shall 10 | such weighing in conformity to law, l and shall charge and collect a fee for | each weighing of twenty cents, half of | which shall be paid by the seller and | half by the purchaser; and on the | first day of each month said sealer, as such public weigher, shall pay over to the City Treasurer the amount of | fees collected by him during the | preceding month, with a statement of | the name and address of the person | for whom such weighing was done, | a description of the articles weighed. and the amount of fees collected, a | duplicate of which statement shall be | at the same time filed by said Public | Weigher with the City Auditor.
 Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of every policeman to assist the City sealer CT called upon by him to do so, and to | report to him any violation of law relative to weights and measures within said policeman's knowledge, and said City sealer of weights and | measures shall report the same, and | any violations coming to his knowl- | edge, to the prosecuting attorney
 Sec. 9. The City sealer of weights | and measures shall keep a complete record of all his official acts, and shall ] make. an annual report, duly sworn | to, on or before October 1st in each | year, to the State Superintendent of l Weights and Measures on blanks to be | furnished by such Superintendent, and he shall likewise, on or before said day, make a like annual report to the Common Council.
 Sec. 10. Sections 342 to 352, both inclusive, of Chapter 3S of the Ordi- nances of the City of Bridgeport and Ill other ordinances inconsistent here with are hereby repealed
 Adopted, May 2Oth, 1912.
 Approved. May 21st, 1912.
 Attest:
 STEPHEN F. BOUCHER,
 City Clerk.