The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-04-25
STATE SANCTIONS STANDARDS
New Official Expected to Furnish Pro-
lection to Dealers by Assuring Legal
ty of Weights and Measures Used in
Various Places in the City.

A great overhauling Of all weights
and measures in Kenosha is slated to
take place during the next few
months as Felix A. Mayer, the new
city sealer Of weights and measures
is to begin the duties Of his Office The
first day of May. The city's seal for
weights and measures arrive on Fri
day and it is expected that the stand
ards which have been thoroughly test
ed by the state will reach the city
within the next few days. The office
of the city sealer will be located at
the city hall and he will be expected
to give all of his time to the per
Torrance of the duties outlined fol-
him under the new state law.
The first work of the city sealer
will be to personally test every meas
ure and weight used in the various
stores of Kenosha. After he has test.
ed them he will put the seal Of the
city on them and then the dealer will
be perfectly safe from prosecution in
the use of the tested measures. It is
expected that the first two months of
the time Of the sealer will be given
up entirely to the testing of the ordi-
nary measures used in the stores. AT
ten this work is completed the seale1
will take up the work Of testing milk
bottles and other carriers Of this nat
ure. Then will come the berry boxes
and many sorts Of dry measures.
The sealer has many powers given
to police officers and he will be expect.
ed to confscate and destroy false bal.
ances and measures when he finds
them Merchants of Kenosha have
been making an effort to comply. with
the state law and many measures
which were declared unfair by the in
spector from the state department
some time ago have been supplanted
with measures which are declared to
meet all the requirements of the law.
After the weights and measures
have all been tested and this will
take lot Of time the sealer will be
expected to begin his work all over
again and make trips about the stores
and markets to see that the scales
and measures are kept in perfect con-
dition. 1t will be necessary for every
merchant buying new scales to notify
the sealer in order that a test of them
may be made before they are put into
actual use. The sealer will be requir-
ed to make regular rounds of the city
and with assistants make purchases
to see that the people of the city
are getting the weight they pay for.
g Net weights is another thing that
will take lot Of the time of the seal
er. The law provides that all sales must
be governed by net weight. The pur-
chaser is not expected to pay for the
weight Of the container regardless as
to whether it is a paper bag or tin
box. Sealer Mayer has been making
a close study of the law while he has
been awaiting the equipment of his Of
fee and he will be proficient in all
demands of the state when he starts
his work.
The merchants of the city are anxi-
GUS to have the sealer get to work on
the enforcement of the laws as they
feel that his work will be just as
much of a protection to them as it is
to the people of the city. 1t is not
thought that there will be many pros
ecutions in Kenosha and it is thought
that the great majority of the store
keepers will cheefully comply with
all orders of the new official.