The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-03-06

sealers. He or his duly authorized
agents, may also. at all times inspect
and test the weights, measures and bal
ances of any person, firm, association or
corporation used, or to be used, In pur-
| chasing from or selling to the public
any goods, wares. merchandise or other
commodities, and IL any such weights,
measures or balances are found to be in
accurate or defective he shall forthwith
cause the same to be corrected or con-
demned.'
Section 6. Said state sealer or his
duly authorized agents. may at irregu-
lar intervals examine commodities sold
or offered for sale and test them for cor
rect weight, measure count, and bring
complaint for violations. He. or his duly
authorized agents may for the purpose
stated above. and in the general per-
Torrance of his or their official duties,
have access without formal warrant to
any stand. place. building or premises,
may stop any vendor, peddler. junk
dealer, coal wagon, ice wagon. or any
person whatsoever for the purpose of
ma King the proper tests
Section 7. Any person who by him
self. or by his servant or as the servant
or agent of another. shall use or retain
in his possession any false scales, weight
or measure weighing measuring
device in the buying or selling OF any
commodity or thing, or who shall dis
pose of any condemned scales. weight.
measure or weighing or measuring de-
Vice contrary to law, or remove any tag,
stamp or mark placed thereon by~athe
sealer; or any person who by himself,
t
eant or agent of another, shall sell, offer
% expose for sale less than the guam
uty he represents, or any person whe
bor as the servant or agent of another.
I shall SELL offer for sale, or have in his
possession for the purpose OF selling, any
false scales, weight or measure or any
device or instrument to be used or cal
/ culated to falsely any weight or meas
ure. shall be guilty Of misdemeanor
and shall for the first offense be punished
by fine of not more than fifty dollars,
for the second offense by fine of not
less than twenty nor more than two
ofense by fine of fifty dollars and by
imprisonment for not less than thirty
nor more than ninety days. The posses
sion or use by any person OF any false
determining the quantity OF any. com
modify or article of merchandise Is pre-
such person OF the falsity Of such
weight measure or other apparatus
Section 8, Trial justices and munich
with original jurisdiction concurrent
with the supreme judicial and superior
courts to try. and upon conviction to
pertaining to weights and measures
Section g. Sections one, two, three and
four OF chapter forty-four of the revised
statutes of nineteen hundred three are
whole of said sections and inserting in
place thereof the following:
Section l: The municipal officers Of
each town shall annually appoint seal
er of weights and measures, not neces-
sarily a resident therein. removable at
pleasure. and may fill vacancies; for
severally shall forfeit ten dollars to be
recovered as in the following section.
Such sealer of weights and measures in
any town may be sealer for several ad-
joining towns IL such is the pleasures OF
the municipal officers therein. provided
this receives the approval of the state
sealer of weights and measures
Section Q. The treasurers OF each
town. at the expense thereof. or joint
ly with the treasurers of adjacent towns,
shall constantly keep as town standards
a set of beams, and weights and mcaa-
ures subject to the approval of the state
sealer and conformabie to the state
standards Said treasurers shall cause
all beams and weights and measures be-
longing to their towns to be proved and
sealed by the state standards once in
five years. beginning January first,
nineteen hundred thirteen: and for every
neglect of said duty they forfeit one
hundred dollars, half to the town and
half to the prosecutor.
Section 9. Any city may purchase and
keep for use scales for weighing hay
ana other articles, appoint weighers and
fix their fees, to be paid by the purchas-
er. The municipal officers of cities and
towns may appoint deputy sealer of
weights and measures to hold office dur
ing their pleasure and fix his compensa-
ton. Such deputy shall act under the
measures in the municipality, and shall
have the same authority as the sealer in
the performance of his duties
Section A. The several city and town
sealers and other persons authorized TO
inspect weights and measures shall ketp
records of all weights and measures, bal
ances and measuring devices inspected,
sealed condemned by them, giving
the name of the owner or agent, the
place of business, the date of inspection
and kind of apparatus 50 inspected.
sealed or condemned. He shall make
annual report, duly sworn to, on or be-
fore the nrst day of November of each
year, to the state sealer, giving In
uitton to the above an inventory Of the
standards and apparatus in his possess
sion, and such otner information as he
may deem important, or as the state seal
er may require
Section 1. Section thirty mine of chap
ter thirty mine of the revised statutes Of
nineteen hundred three is hereby amend
ed by adding thereto, at the end of said
section the following:
All fruits, nuts anu vegetables, II sold
by measure, shall be sold by dry meas
ure, United States standard and shall
be measured by level measure. Baskets
or other receptacles holding one quart
or less which are to be used in the sale
of strawberries, blackberries cherries.
currants. blueberries huckleberres, rasp-