Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
NO. I61

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS
$50 58z2. $50, 1884 AND $685. OF
THE GENERAL LAWS, RELAT-
ING TO WEIGHTS AND MEAS
URES.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section Il. Section $50 of the Gen.
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. $50 Said commissioner may,
when necessary, subject to the approval
of 'i. the governor, appoint inspectors,
board of control and who shall receive
their actual and necessary hotel and
transportation expenses while away from
home on official business. Said inspec-
tors shall be sworn.
| Sec. 2. Section 5872 of the General
Laws is hereby amended SO as to read
as follows:
Sec. 5s7e. Said commissioner shall
take charge of the standards adopted by
the state, cause them to be kept in the
capitol building from which they shall
not be removed, except for repairs or
for certihcation, and take all other
necessary precautions for their safe
keeping. He shall maintain such stand
ards in good order and shall submit
them once In ten years to the National
Bureau of Standards for certifcaton.
He shall inspect the weights, measures
and balances of the several towns, and,
once in five years and oftener if neces-
sary, compare the same with those in
his possession and seal such as are cor
rect; and, unless otherwise provided by
law, he shall have general supervision
OF the weights, measures and weighing
and measuring devices Of the state,
those in use i'll the state and those sold
or hired or offered for sale, hire or
award in the state.
Sec. B.. Section $50 of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. 5876 Said commissioner, his
deputy, or his inspectors may, at irregu-
lar intervals, examine commodities sold
or offered for sale and test them for
correct weight, measure or count He,
his deputy, or his inspectors, for such
purposes and in the general perfor-
mances of their official duties may, with
out formal warrant, enter or go into
or upon any stand, place, building or
premises, and may stop any vendor, ped
dler, junk dealer, coal wagon or coal
truck, ice wagon or ice truck, or any
dealer whatsoever, for the purpose of
making proper tests; and in exercise
of their duties they shall have full police
power to enforce all reasonable measures
for testing any weighing or measuring
devices and for ascertaining whether
false or short weights and measures arc
being given i'll any sales or transfers of
commodities taking place within the
state, and they may seize for use as
evidence, and hold until final disposition
OF the same, any commodity, package
or other article sold or offered for sale
contrary to the law relating to weights
and measures. Said commissioner, his
deputy, or inspectors may arrest with
out warrant and on view, in any part
of the state, person found violating
provision of this chapter and take such
person before magistrate having juris-
diction of the offense, and detain such
person i'll custody at the expense of the
state until opportunity is had to notify
prosecuting officer, who shall forth
with prosecute such offender. Grand
jurors in such cases shall receive the
fees prescribed by section seven thou
sand four hundred and fifty-one. Except
as herein otherwise provided, whenever
said commissioner, his deputy, or his
inspectors find a violation of the stat
utes relating to weights and measures,
they shall submit the evidence to
proper prosecuting officer in the county
in which said violation occurred who
shall thcreupon prosecute the offender.
Sec. 4. Section 1884 of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. 1884. A person, who himself or
by his servant or agent, or as the ser