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RI Gen L § 47-2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-2 - Produce Scales in Markets|Section 47-2-5 - Adjustment of weights and measures not brought in.

§ 47-2-5. Adjustment of weights and measures not brought in.After the expiration of the time limited in the notification which is required to be given in § 47-2-4, the sealer of weights and measures in every town or city shall visit the places of business, and enter upon the carts, wagons, and other vehicles then in use for business, of all the persons engaged in the trade of buying and selling or of selling, who have weights, measures, or balances which have not been sealed during the current calendar year, and try, adjust, and seal the weights, measures, or balances. The sealer shall go, at least once in every six (6) months, to every hay scale, coal scale, wagon scale, railroad track scale, or platform scale or balance used in the trade of buying and selling or of selling or for public weighing, in his or her town or city, which is not brought to him or her under the provisions of § 47-2-4, and try, adjust, and seal the scale or balance.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 167, § 12; P.L. 1899, ch. 615, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 47-2-5.
RI Gen L § 47-2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-2 - Produce Scales in Markets|Section 47-2-6 - Penalties for neglect of duty.

§ 47-2-6. Penalties for neglect of duty.For every neglect of duty prescribed in § 47-2-5 the town or city sealer shall be fined a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100); and every town or city sealer who shall seal any weight measure or balance otherwise than according to the town or city standard, duly tried, proved, and sealed by the director of the department of labor and training, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) nor less than fifty dollars ($50.00).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 167, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 12; impl. am. P.L. 1941, ch. 1069, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 47-2-6; P.L. 1980, ch. 181, § 1.
RI Gen L § 47-2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-2 - Produce Scales in Markets|Section 47-2-8 - Deputy sealers.

§ 47-2-8. Deputy sealers.The different town councils of the several towns, and the city councils of cities, may appoint, upon recommendation of their respective town or city sealers, one or more persons as deputy sealers of their town or city, who shall assist the town or city sealer and, in the absence from duty of the town or city sealer, shall perform all the duties of town or city sealer as may be required of them for the time being.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 167, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 47-2-8.
RI Gen L § 47-2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-2 - Produce Scales in Markets|Section 47-2-9 - Inspection fees.

§ 47-2-9. Inspection fees.The sealer of weights and measures, or his or her deputy, shall assess a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) semiannually in lieu of any cartage fee for the purpose of inspecting more than two (2) devices in accordance with their duties enumerated in chapters 2 — 12 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 396, § 1.
RI Gen L § 47-2-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-2 - Produce Scales in Markets|Section 47-2-10 - Produce scales in markets.

§ 47-2-10. Produce scales in markets.Every retail food business which has a produce department and provides a scale for customers to weigh their purchases shall provide a written notice adjacent to the scale which notifies the customers that the weight registered on the scale is approximate and the scales are not certified by the sealer of weights and measures. Provided, further, that this section does not apply to roadside farm stands and farmers' markets.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 193, § 2.
RI Gen L § 47-3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-3 - Criminal Offenses|Section 47-3-1 - Possession of unsealed or incorrect weights or measures - Removal of notice forbidding use.

§ 47-3-1. Possession of unsealed or incorrect weights or measures — Removal of notice forbidding use.No person engaged in the trade of buying and selling shall have or permit to be kept at his or her place of business or upon any cart, wagon, or other vehicle used by him or her in carrying on his or her business, any weight, measures, or balance, of whatever description, which is not at the time duly sealed in accordance with chapters 1 and 2 of this title, or which, having been sealed, is no longer correct. If the weights, measures, or balances can be readily adjusted by such means as the sealer has at hand, the sealer may adjust and seal them; but if they cannot be readily adjusted, the sealer shall either seize the weights, measures, and balances forthwith and destroy them, or shall affix to them a notice forbidding their use until the sealer is satisfied that they have been so adjusted to conform to the standards; and whoever removes the notice without the consent of the officer affixing the notice, shall for each offense be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), one-half (½) to the town or city and one-half (½) to the use of the complainant.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 167, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 47-3-1; P.L. 1980, ch. 345, § 1.
RI Gen L § 47-3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-3 - Criminal Offenses|Section 47-3-2 - Use of unsealed weights or measures - Alteration - Refusal to allow examination - Adjustable face.

§ 47-3-2. Use of unsealed weights or measures — Alteration — Refusal to allow examination — Adjustable face.Every person engaged in the trade of buying and selling, or of selling, or as a public weigher, who shall use or permit to be used for him or her, or have in his or her possession at his or her place of business, or upon any cart, wagon, or other vehicle which is used by him or her in carrying on his or her business, or upon his or her person while engaged in his or her business, any weight, measure, balance, or scale of whatever description, unless the weight, measure, balance, or scale shall have been duly sealed in conformity with the provisions of chapters 1 and 2 of this title, and every person who alters any weight, measure, balance, or scale after it has been duly sealed, so that it does not conform to the United States standard, or has in his or her possession any weight, measure, balance, or scale, which has been so altered, and every person who shall use or permit to be used for him or her, or have in his or her possession, as aforesaid, any weight, measure, balance, or scale which he or she has refused to allow to be examined or sealed by the sealer of weights and measures, or deputy sealer, according to the provisions of chapters 1 and 2 of this title, or who shall use or permit to be used for him or her or have in his or her possession any spring balance having a sliding or adjustable face plate or index, or any measure not made of the shape or dimensions required by law, shall be fined the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense, one-half (½) thereof to the use of the town or city in which the offense shall have been committed, and one-half (½) thereof to the complainant.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 167, § 16; P.L. 1902, ch. 974, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 47-3-2; P.L. 1980, ch. 340, § 1.
RI Gen L § 47-3-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-3 - Criminal Offenses|Section 47-3-3 - Giving false or insufficient weight or measure.

§ 47-3-3. Giving false or insufficient weight or measure.Whoever, himself or herself or by his or her servant or agent or as the servant or agent of another person, is guilty of giving false or insufficient weight or measure shall, for the first offense, be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00); for a second offense, by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200); and for a subsequent offense, by a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) and by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days, except for those offenses for which penalties are provided in § 47-3-3.1.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 167, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 17; P.L. 1912, ch. 832, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 407,§ 16; G.L. 1956, § 47-3-3; P.L. 1983, ch. 266, § 1.
RI Gen L § 47-3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-3 - Criminal Offenses|Section 47-3-4 - Arrests and prosecutions by director and sealers.

§ 47-3-4. Arrests and prosecutions by director and sealers.The director of the department of labor and training, and the city and town sealers of weights and measures in the various cities and towns throughout the state, shall be, by virtue of their respective offices, special constables, and as special constables they shall have power to prosecute all persons violating the provisions of this chapter, and shall not be required in prosecutions to furnish any surety for costs. They shall also have power to arrest upon view without warrant, and to detain for a period of not more than twelve (12) hours any person found violating any of the provisions of chapters 1 — 4, or 6 — 8 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1899, ch. 669, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 23; impl. am. P.L. 1941, ch. 1069, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 47-3-4.
RI Gen L § 47-4-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-4 - Standard Measures|Section 47-4-1 - Dimensions of bushel and half bushel boxes - Marking.

§ 47-4-1. Dimensions of bushel and half bushel boxes — Marking.(a) Dimensions. A box which shall measure on the inside thereof seventeen and one-half inches (17½″) by seventeen and one-half inches (17½″) in length and width, and which on the inside thereof shall measure seven and one-sixteenth inches (71/16″) in depth, measured from the highest part of the bottom thereof, is hereby declared to be a legal bushel box for the sale of farm produce. A box which shall measure on the inside thereof thirteen by thirteen inches (13″ x 13″) in length and width and which on the inside thereof shall measure six and one-sixteenth inches (61/16″) in depth, measured from the highest part of the bottom thereof, is hereby declared to be a legal half bushel box for the sale of farm produce.(b) Marking. All bushel boxes of the dimensions specified by this section shall be marked in letters not less than one inch in height with the words "standard bushel for farm produce". All half bushel boxes of the dimensions specified by this section shall be marked in letters not less than one inch in height with the words "standard half bushel for farm produce".History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 27; P.L. 1916, ch. 1387, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 47-4-1; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 66.
RI Gen L § 47-5-1 - 47-5-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-5 - Gauging of Casks|Section 47-5-1 - 47-5-6 - Repealed.

§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-6. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 47-6-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-6 - Hay Scales and Platform Balances|Section 47-6-1 - Periodical testing and sealing.

§ 47-6-1. Periodical testing and sealing.Every person who shall keep hay scales or platform balances for public use shall cause the hay scales or platform balances to be tried and sealed at least once in six (6) months by a sworn sealer of weights and measures.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 167, § 18; G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 47-6-1.
RI Gen L § 47-6-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-6 - Hay Scales and Platform Balances|Section 47-6-2 - Use of unsealed scales.

§ 47-6-2. Use of unsealed scales.Every person who shall keep hay scales or platform balances for public use, or shall weigh or suffer to be weighed in these scales or balances any article of merchandise, unless the scales or balances shall have been tried and sealed as provided in § 47-6-1, shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 167, § 19; G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 47-6-2.
RI Gen L § 47-6-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-6 - Hay Scales and Platform Balances|Section 47-6-3 - Testing when office of sealer is vacant.

§ 47-6-3. Testing when office of sealer is vacant.Whenever the owner or keeper of hay scales or balances shall apply to the mayor of the city or president of the town council, as the case may be, or to any person by him or her appointed for that purpose, in any town or city in which the office of sealer of weights and measures shall from any cause be vacant, to try the scales or balances, and to seal the scales or balances if found correct, the mayor, president, or person so appointed shall try the scales or balances and seal the scales or balances if found correct; and in case of his or her neglect to do so, the owner or keeper shall be exempt from the fine prescribed in § 47-6-2.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 167, § 20; G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 47-6-3.
RI Gen L § 47-7-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-7 - Public Weighers|Section 47-7-1 - Appointment of public weighers - Fees.

§ 47-7-1. Appointment of public weighers — Fees.The town councils of the several towns and the city council of any city shall appoint one or more persons to be weighers of coal and other articles of merchandise, who shall be sworn and be removable at the pleasure of the town or city council appointing them, and shall receive such fees as may be fixed by the town or city council of the several towns or cities, which shall be paid by the seller; provided, that no person shall act as a public weigher of coal or other merchandise of which he or she is either the buyer or seller, or in the sale whereof he or she has any interest.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 167, § 21; P.L. 1899, ch. 611, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 164, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 47-7-1.
RI Gen L § 47-7-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-7 - Public Weighers|Section 47-7-2 - Sale of merchandise without certificate from weigher.

§ 47-7-2. Sale of merchandise without certificate from weigher.Every person who shall sell coal or other merchandise without its being first weighed by a weigher provided for in § 47-7-1, when the weighing shall be demanded by the purchaser, and procuring a certificate of the weight for the purchaser, shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 167, § 22; P.L. 1899, ch. 611, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 164, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 47-7-2.
RI Gen L § 47-8-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-8 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Section 47-8-1 - Testing of measuring devices - Forbidding use - Fee.

§ 47-8-1. Testing of measuring devices — Forbidding use — Fee.(a) The director of the department of labor and training is hereby authorized and directed to have tested all gasoline measuring devices used in the sale of gasoline, from time to time, as in his or her judgment it may be deemed necessary, to prevent fraud or deception in the use of these devices or to ensure the accurate measurement of gasoline in the sale.(b) Any town or city sealer of weights, measures, and balances shall have authority to condemn and forbid the use of any gasoline measuring device for the sale of gasoline in his or her respective town or city, or until the device has been duly tried and sealed, or until the gasoline measuring device has been equipped with such an attachment, contrivance, or apparatus as will ensure the correct and proper functioning of the measuring device for the sale of the gasoline by accurate measurement.(c) The sealer of weights and measures in any town or city shall receive the same fee as any state sealer, approved by the state, as stated in § 47-1-5.1, except in the city of Providence where the sealer shall have the authority to remove and replace any lead seal on any gasoline measuring device and to charge an additional fee of five dollars ($5.00) for that service.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 28; P.L. 1922, ch. 2185, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 25; impl. am. P.L. 1941, ch. 1069, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 47-8-1; P.L. 1970, ch. 266, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 344, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 252, § 2; P.L. 1984, ch. 259, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 13, § 12; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 67; P.L. 2018, ch. 211, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 272, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 308, art. 2, § 15.
RI Gen L § 47-8-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-8 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Section 47-8-2 - Sealed measure to be used on demand of purchaser.

§ 47-8-2. Sealed measure to be used on demand of purchaser.Any person, firm, or corporation selling or vending gasoline from a gasoline station, so-called, or from a garage, shall keep for use at the gasoline station or garage a five (5) gallon measure which has been properly tested and sealed by the sealer of weights, measures, and balances of the town or city in which the gasoline station or garage is located. Upon the request of any purchaser of gasoline, the person selling the gasoline shall, in the presence of the purchaser, use the gasoline measure in the sale of the gasoline.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 29; P.L. 1922, ch. 2185, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 29; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 47-8-2.
RI Gen L § 47-8-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-8 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Section 47-8-3 - Use of sealed measure after seal on measuring device broken.

§ 47-8-3. Use of sealed measure after seal on measuring device broken.Whenever it becomes necessary in the repairing of any gasoline measuring device to break the seal of the gasoline measuring device, it shall be the duty of every person, firm, or corporation selling or vending gasoline at a gasoline station or garage to use a five (5) gallon measure which has been properly tested and sealed, until such time as the gasoline measuring device shall have been repaired and properly tested and sealed by the sealer of weights, measures, and balances of the town or city in which the gasoline station or garage is located.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 30; P.L. 1922, ch. 2185, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 30; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 27; G.L. 1956, § 47-8-3.
RI Gen L § 47-8-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-8 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Section 47-8-4 - Standard measure furnished to towns by director of the department of labor and training.

§ 47-8-4. Standard measure furnished to towns by director of the department of labor and training.The director of the department of labor and training shall furnish to the sealer of weights, measures, and balances of each town and city one five (5) gallon liquid measure, to be paid for by the respective town or city. Each measure before being used for the purpose described in §§ 47-8-2 — 47-8-4 shall be tested and sealed by the director of labor and training to have a capacity of five (5) gallons liquid measure according to the United States standard. The measure after being so tested and sealed shall be used exclusively for the purpose of testing and sealing all measuring devices used in the sale of gasoline.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 31; P.L. 1922, ch. 2185, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 31; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 28; impl. am. P.L. 1941, ch. 1069, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 47-8-4.
RI Gen L § 47-8-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-8 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Section 47-8-5 - Testing and marking of tank vehicles and meters.

§ 47-8-5. Testing and marking of tank vehicles and meters.(a) The capacity of every tank vehicle used and each compartment thereof used for the transportation over the public highways of this state of fuels, such as gasoline and other volatile and inflammable liquids including oils used for heating purposes, when used as a measuring device shall be tested and sealed at least once every three (3) years by the director of labor and training. The capacity, when so determined, shall be plainly printed upon the right hand side of the vehicle tank dome in letters and numerals not less than one inch in height. The meters of the vehicle tanks and the meters of home delivery truck vehicles and loading rack meters shall be tested and sealed at least once a year by the director of labor and training.(b) The director of the department of labor and training shall assess a fee of one and eight tenths cent (1.8¢) per gallon for measuring tank vehicles, and a fee of nine dollars and sixty cents ($9.60) for testing meters on tank vehicles, and home delivery truck vehicles, except, when those meters are gravity fed, the fee shall be eighteen dollars ($18.00), and a fee of eighteen dollars ($18.00) shall be assessed for testing loading rack meters at least once every year, and a fee of twenty-four dollars ($24.00) shall be assessed for testing and sealing of bottom loading rack meters at least once every year.(c) The director of the department of labor and training shall also receive reasonable compensation for all adjustments which it may be necessary for the director to make. Reasonable compensation shall not exceed the rates as provided herein.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 221, § 33; P.L. 1938, ch. 2625, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 29; impl. am. P.L. 1941, ch. 1069, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 47-8-5; P.L. 1960, ch. 74, § 25; P.L. 1980, ch. 224, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 211, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 386, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 13, § 12; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 67.
RI Gen L § 47-8-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-8 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Section 47-8-6 - Use of unsealed or condemned measuring device.

§ 47-8-6. Use of unsealed or condemned measuring device.Every person who shall use or cause to be used any gasoline measuring device without first having the device tested and sealed by the town or city sealer of weights, measures, and balances wherein the gasoline measuring device is located, and every person who shall use or cause to be used any gasoline measuring device after the device has been condemned by any town or city sealer of weights, measures, and balances, and before the device has been again tested and sealed, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 32; P.L. 1922, ch. 2185, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 32; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 30; G.L. 1956, § 47-8-6.
RI Gen L § 47-8-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-8 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Section 47-8-9 - Definitions.

§ 47-8-9. Definitions.Wherever in this chapter, unless otherwise defined, the words "fuel oil" or "petroleum products" are used, they shall be construed to be home heating fuels.History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 266, § 4.
RI Gen L § 47-9-1 - 47-9-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 47 - Weights and Measures|Chapter 47-9 - Grain and Salt|Section 47-9-1 - 47-9-9 - Repealed.

§ 47-9-1 — 47-9-9. Repealed.