Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-12-09

| all measures and scales of every kind and
| the tools and appliances connected there
with used and employed within the city in
determining the weight, size. quantity or
ether dimensions OF any liquids. soIids OF
other articles oIered for SALE hire or award
Sec. sc. The Seaier OF Weights shall pos
| Of Mauwatosa.
Sec sd TO re-weigh. or re-measure any
package put up ready Tor sale delivery,
% amy amount Of amy commodity wllatso-
ever. offered for sale or sold by weight
measure, numerical count. or which is COM
monty - scld, at any time before the actual
/ deliver. OF such packages or amounts OF
commodity 70 the buyer.
Sec 5k. 70 enter with or without formal
/ wafian for the purposes herein specified ia
the general performance OF his Official da-
/ ties any stand, place, building or premises
/ or 10 stop any. wagon conveyance ia OF
/ upon which any measure or measures or
/ Weighed or measured packages, amount
/ of commodity are kept OF maintained OF
/ carried, FOR the purpose OF testing, inspect
4 ing, correcting ana sealing OF condeIIaiI4ss
such measure or measures, or re-Weighing OF
/ re-iAeasuring sucn packages or amounts or
| commodity either upon his own initiative or
upon the fling by any person OF written
ana Measures.
sec GA The sealer of Weights and Meas
ures shall inspect, test, try and may correct
/ II need be any measure or measures either
III the place OF business where the same are
| used, at his Jfiee, o. other place as his
/ best Judts1'es,t he deems most advisable
4 have in his possession, after this ordinance
/ snail take erect and be IN force, any UNI
] sealed scales weighing Instruments or
1 non-portable scales OF measuring devices to
/ be used in the SALE purchase OF any arr
! ticle or thing for hire award shall notify
| the sealef OF weights and measures at his
| office that he has The same, giving general
description thereof and the street and num-
/ Der OF the place where the may be
| found, 1t shall be the duty Of the sealer TO
| acknowledge in writing forthwith the receipt
81 "A
! acquire have in his possession after this
| chapter shall take effect and be in force, any
| portable unsealed measures or measuring de-
vices to be used in trade, shall cause the
| same to be taken to the office of the Sealer
OF Weights and Measures and snail not use
the same until sealed by the sealer.
Sec sc. He shall test all weights and
| measures in the city of Wauwatosa once am
nually and oftener If in his judgment such
Inspection is warranted.
Sec. CD Whenever any measure or meas
ures are installed, altered renewed or
moved in any specified stand, store. convey
ance or other establishment, he shall test
sec. 81. Whenever any written request to
examine any particular measure or meas
ures is filed in his office, he shall test the
same provided that nothing in this section
shall be deemed TO render necessary the
testing or sealing Of a milk bottle or other
glass container more than once.
Sec. 6F 1t shall also be the duty of the
sealer Of weights and Measures to have and
to keep general supervision over all sales
of commodities of whatsoever kind and
character in the city, and to so enforce the
laws of the state and the ordinances of
the said city that fraud may be eliminated
insofar as Is possible
Sec. Z. 1t shall be the duty of the Sealer
of weights and Measures upon his first in
spection TO deliver and leave with any per-
son for whom he inspects any measure or
measures, printed copy of this ordinance
Sec. 8, All measures that are tested by
the Sealer of Weights and Measures and
found to conform to the legal standard shall
he marked with letter w and the last two
figures of the year or in such manner as
the State Superintendent of Weights and
Measures may direct. The Seaier shall, in
addition, give to such person. firm, corpora
ton. society or organization, for whom any
measure measures have been tested, a
certificate properly dated, showing in detail
for what the same is given and the results
of his test; and the duplicate thereon snail
be retained by the sealer and kept on tile
in his office No fee shall be collected for
inspecting or sealing measures
Sec. 8. The Sealer of Weights and Meas
| ures shall keep a record of all measures in
spected by HIM in which record shall be
stated the names of the owners of the same
| and whether the same, on inspection was
| found to be correct or incorrect, and If
| found correct, that the same was properly
| tested and sealed by him and if found In
| correct the deposition made thereof. Such
records shall be kept in his office.
Sec 10A. The Sealer of Weights and
Measures shall submit to the Common Coun-
Gil every three months, written report
| showing the number and kind of measures
| Inspected, tested, and sealed and the number
| and kind of measures condemned; and the
names of the persons arrested under this act
| the property seized and the fines imposed.
| fhe annual report shall also include an IN
ventory of all standards IN the possession OF
| the sealer, and an itemized statement of
| the expenditures of his office. The sealer
| shall also make a quarterly report of the
| work done, sworn to before notary public,
| to the state superintendent of Weights and
Measures on blanks furnished by the State
/ Superintendent.
Sec lob The Sealer of Weights and
/ Measures, by virtue of his office, is hereby
| empowered and directed to arrest or cause
| to be arrested any and all violators of the
| provisions of this ordinance, and to seize any
/ false measure or measures or false quantity
| of commodities, found in the possession OF
the person so arrested and deliver any false
| quantity of commodities to any charitable
/ institution designated by the magistrate, be-
/ fore whom final disposition of the case is
made: and he is further empowered, in case
no arrest is made, to seize and may de-