The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-04-02
Tells Of The Labor In His
Department
And Quotes From Various
Sections Of The Law
Asks For The Cooperation
OF The Knox County People
(Conciuded)

The last of the series of articles by
the deputy county sealer of weights
and measures, ]. c. Tinkey, follows:
Section 641SI says:
Section 641S-I. All articles herein
after mentioned when sold, shall be
sold by avoirdupois weight or numeri-
erical count, unless by agreement of
all contracting parties, viz: apples,
peaches, pears, plums, ounces, cram
berries, prunes, raisins, dates, figs,
dried apples, dried peaches, apricots,
rice, beans, green beans, carrots, on
ions, parsnips, Irish potatoes, sweet
potatoes, tomatoes, trnips, beets, SUI
gar beets, peas, green peas, cabbage,
caulifiower, endive, lettuce, spinach,
sauergraut, barley, bran, buckwheat,
corn in ear, shelled corn, wheat, rye,
oats, sweet corn in ear, sehlled sweet
corn, hominy, dried sweet corn, pop
corn in. ear, shelled popcorn, bluegrass
seed, broom corn seed, canary seed,
cotton seed, castor oil bean, pine tree
products and vegetable oils, clover
seed, timothy seed, hemp seed, Hugar-
ian grass seed, malt, millet, Dion sets.
orchard grass seed, rape seed, red top
seed, English walnuts, black walnuts,
hicory nuts, Brazil nuts, pecans, al
monds, filberts, coal, coke, lime, salt,
sugar, tea, coffee, bulk spices, cheese,
butter, oleomargerine, lard, fresh and
salt meat, fish, game, fowls, flour, |
corn meal, chopped feed, pepper in
bulk, and candy in bulk. Nothing in
this section shall apply to seeds of this
act shall in no way apply to goods
sold or bought in car lots until said
goods are sold at retail. Whoever sells
or offers for sale any article In this
section enumerated, in any other man
ner than herein specified, shall be
deemed, guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
not less than $40 nor more than $1OO
for the first offense, and not less than
$25 nor more than 5000 for the second
| offense, or imprisoned not more than
three months, or both. Passed May
81, 1919
A few items that the sealer is spec
tally INSTRUCTED to do and some other
information helpful to the public. I'm
der condemned articles meaning such
as can not be made to conform to the
standards, the spirit of the law is to
.tnfi IN OFF
dealing and all means of accomplish
ing this, should be eliminated, there
fore the sealer has the right to con-
fiscate such articles and as there is no
property value in such articles and
they come under the same classified
tion as gambling devices, they can
be broken up or preserved In some
room where they can be made secure.
All liuuqor measures that are dented
or have become filed with foreign
matter or have become caked with the
material which is being measured are
not fit for use. Turn them up side
down when through using to allow
for drainage and wash them with solu
ton Of potash occasionally will keer
them in good shape--if liquid mea
sures are used instead of dry meas
ures; for instance, liquid quart placed
in basket of onion sets or cranberries
(Which should be sold by weight) Il
must be condemned.
Convictions have been made ovel
the state the court holding that mea
sure Is Improperly used and being II
sure is improperly used and being il
such commodities as mentioned Is
4 prima facia evidence that goods arr
y being sold illegally, so that the argu
\ ment that you generally pass out t.
n the sealer that you do not sell as in
n dicated will not excuse you in court
II A scoop looks much better 70
above purpose and much handler an
q with a little experience you can 500
Il tell about what your scoop will hol
n in weight. 1t is all easily done an
B thereby eliminate any chance OF pay
n ing fine. All weights shall be mad
\ OF iron, steel, or brass and shall b