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alize that he is doing missionary work.
That his work is not yet fully under,
stood, consequently not appreciated
and that the people have not reached
the state of education or enlighten.
meut where they recognize that honest
quantity Is Of prime importance and
that the lack of supervision of weights
and measures and the methods of sell.
ing is serious monetary loss 10 the
purchaser and in many cases to the
dealer.
Section 26l5 and Section 261G say;
Section 2615-By virtue of his Office,
tho county auditor shall be county
seeler Of weights and measures and
shall be responsible for the preserva
ton of the copies of the original stan.
dards delivered to his office. II shall
be the duty of the county auditor to
see that all state laws relating TO
weights and measures be strictly en-
forced throughout his county and 10
assist generally in the prosecution Of
all violations OF such laws. Or. S. Sec,
1854; amended May 10, 1910)
Section 2616 The county sealer
shall compare all weights and meas
ures, brought to him for that purpose,
with the copies of standards in his pos
session. When they are made to con
form to the legal standards, the officer
comparing them shall seal and marx
such weights and measures. No
weight, measure, balance or other
weighing or measuring device shall be
used or maintained for weighing and
measuring in this state unless such
weight, measure, balance or other
weighing or measuring device has
been sealed or marked by the state
dairy and food commissioner, or any
employe of said commissioner de-
tailed for that purpose, or by the coun-
ty sealer or by the sealer of the city
or maintained, by stamping upon each
the letter CO. and the last two figures
OF the year in which it has been com
pared with legal standards, adjusted
and found or made to conform to said
standards, with seals to be provided
by said dairy and food commissioner
for that purpose. Whoever violates
any of the provisions of this section
shall be fined not less than fifty dol.
lars nor more than one hundred dol
lars for the first offense and for each
subsequent offense shall be fined not
less than one hundred dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars and
imprisoned for not more than ninety
days or both. A justice of the peace.
police Judge, or mayor shall have fin
cases of violation of law relating to
the adulteration OF food and drink and
dairy products. (R. S. Sec. 1853;
amended May 10. 1900
You will notice by above Sec. 26l6
that the duties OF sealer is to compare,
seal and mark all weights and meas
ures. A good many seem to think
that the sealer must make all repairs,
which is far from the facts. Anything
that the sealer does for you in the way
of making adjustments is voluntary
upon his part and should be appre-
ciated enough that you get busy and
put your apparatus into shape as quick
ly as possible and thereafter keep
them in shape by following his instruc-
tions. When we tell you that there
are 120 business houses in Mt. Yer
non alone that use scales and meas
ures with total of 80 scales, $50
weights and. $50 measures making full
totals of 1860 articles to be tested,
sealed OF course AZ reasonable time
transient dealers and that the rest of
the county will bring the total up to at
only one man on the job that it is up
to you to clean and adjust your scales
as good as you can and have all loose
adjustments secured and all bearings
sharp and clean without the use 'of
any oiD and be ready to have seal
placed as soon as possible, for as you
notice Section 2616 says must be
sealed of course reasonable time
will be given to have this done. AS
We all know that it can not all be
done at once but where you have had
the opportunity and have not availed
yourself of it, you had better get busy
at once. This is one reason OF max
ing Saturday Office day at court house
to accommodate merchants, hucksters,
peddlers, milk dealers, farmers, etc.
over the county bring in your light
scales and measures and have them
tested; and if you have heavy scales
notify sealer and he will call as soon
as possible and test them. The chances
are that should he call to test large
scales and expect to get all your meas