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NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-107 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-107 - Appeal; no bond or deposit required when State appeals

51:1-107. Appeal; no bond or deposit required when State appeals  Any party may appeal from a judgment rendered or sentence imposed pursuant to section 51:1-105 of this Title. Where the State is the appellant neither an appeal bond, nor a deposit of cash in lieu thereof, shall be required. Amended by L.1939, c. 390, p. 934, s. 5; L.1953, c. 48, p. 840, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-109 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-109 - Disposition of penalties

51:1-109. Disposition of penalties  Penalties, when imposed or recovered in any action brought by the state superintendent or his assistant superintendents shall be payable to the state treasurer. When such action is brought by the county superintendent or an assistant county superintendent they shall be payable to the treasurer of such county. When such action is brought by a municipal superintendent or an assistant municipal superintendent they shall be paid into the treasury of such municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-110 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-110 - Costs to prevailing party in Superior or municipal court; provision in budgets

51:1-110. Costs to prevailing party in Superior or municipal court; provision in budgets  51:1-110. In all actions brought under the provisions of this chapter in the Superior Court or municipal court, the prevailing party therein shall be entitled to recover his taxed costs which costs shall be taxed as in other actions in the court in which the action is instituted. The governing bodies of the several counties and of the several municipalities shall provide in their budgets or from other sources a sum sufficient for such costs.  Amended 1953,c.48,s.10; 1991,c.91,s.477.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-111 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-111 - City attorney or county prosecutor to aid in prosecution

51:1-111. City attorney or county prosecutor to aid in prosecution  The city attorney of any municipality wherein a violation of any provision of this chapter shall take place shall assist in the prosecution of any of the aforesaid proceedings, unless such municipality has no municipal superintendent, in which case the public prosecutor of the county wherein such violation shall take place shall assist in such prosecution.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-113 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-113 - Definitions

51:1-113. Definitions  Definitions: For the purpose of this act, the following words shall be deemed to have the meaning herein given them: (a) "Department" shall mean the Division of Weights and Measures in the Department of Law and Public Safety. (b) "Person" or "persons" shall be construed to include any individual, partnership, association, corporation or other form of business enterprise. (c) "Weights and measures officer" shall be construed to mean and include the Superintendent of the Division of Weights and Measures or his assistants or inspectors, county or assistant county superintendents of weights and measures or inspectors, and municipal or assistant municipal superintendents of weights and measures or inspectors. (d) "Weighing or measuring devices" as used in this act shall be deemed to mean and to include any scale, weight, scale beam, patent balance, computing scale, spring scale, person weighing scale operated for profit, steelyard, liquid measure, gasoline dispensing device, grease dispensing device, counter measure, or any other instrument or apparatus, and accessories connected therewith used in trade and commerce in the State of New Jersey in weighing or measuring any commodity, fluid, or article of merchandise, or person; provided, the term shall not include any meter, measure or scale used by a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of this State for measuring any commodity or service furnished or sold by such public utility. (e) "Repair," "repairing," and "repaired," shall be construed to mean any partial or complete construction or reconstruction, repair, alteration, installation or adjustment of any weighing or measuring devices used in trade and commerce in the State of New Jersey. (f) "Repairman" shall mean any person engaging in the partial or complete constructing or reconstructing, repairing, altering, installing or adjusting of any weighing or measuring devices used in trade and commerce in the State of New Jersey. (g) "Adjustment" and "adjusting." The moving of any part of a weighing or measuring device to obtain a correct zero indication only shall not be construed to come within the meaning of these terms. (h) "Engaging in business" or "engaged in business" shall be deemed and understood to mean and include any single transaction, act, or sale. L.1938, c. 182, p. 392, s. 1. Amended by L.1953, c. 48, p. 841, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-114 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-114 - License and registration to engage in business

51:1-114. License and registration to engage in business  It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of selling, trading-in, receiving, installing or repairing condemned, rebuilt or used weighing or measuring devices in this State without first obtaining from the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures a license and registration to so engage in any said business. L.1938, c. 182, p. 393, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-115 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-115 - Application for license and registration; verification under oath

51:1-115. Application for license and registration; verification under oath  Application for the said license and registration shall be made to the department upon the form prescribed and furnished by the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures, and shall be verified by the applicant under oath, or if the applicant shall be a partnership, association, or corporation, under the verification and oath of a duly elected officer or official representative thereof. L.1938, c. 182, p. 394, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-116 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-116 - Examination and inquiry; issuance of license and registration

51:1-116. Examination and inquiry; issuance of license and registration  Upon the application being filed, the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures shall examine into the same and cause an inquiry to be made concerning the person making such application, and if it should appear satisfactory to him therefrom, he shall issue to the applicant a license and registration; it being provided, however, that any person engaging in the practical operations of repairing any device subject to the provisions of this act, shall, upon the approval of his application by the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures, be notified to report at a place and time to be designated by the said State Superintendent of Weights and Measures, and to there undergo an examination into his technical qualifications to engage in such business. L.1938, c. 182, p. 394, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-117 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-117 - Conduct of examinations

51:1-117. Conduct of examinations  Examinations shall be conducted by the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures, his duly authorized assistants, or by any competent weights and measures officer or officers of this State, whom the said State Superintendent of Weights and Measures may designate or assign to conduct such examinations. L.1938, c. 182, p. 394, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-118 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-118 - Rules and regulations

51:1-118. Rules and regulations  The State Superintendent of Weights and Measures shall issue rules and regulations governing the examination of applicants for licenses to repair weighing and measuring devices. The regulations shall specify the qualifications for limited and unlimited licenses, and shall declare the conditions under which licenses will be revoked. L.1938, c. 182, p. 394, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-119 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-119 - License to repair limited classes or kinds of devices

51:1-119. License to repair limited classes or kinds of devices  The State Superintendent of Weights and Measures may, at his discretion, issue to any applicant, under the terms of the regulations authorized by this act, a license to repair limited classes or kinds of weighing and measuring devices. L.1938, c. 182, p. 395, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-120 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-120 - Issuance of licenses to repair devices

51:1-120. Issuance of licenses to repair devices  Any person who qualifies in the form and manner prescribed by the regulations authorized under the terms of this act to repair weighing or measuring devices shall receive a license to repair the classes or kinds of weighing devices for which he qualifies. Applicants who do not qualify shall not receive a license, it being provided, however, that the denial of a license at any time shall not prejudice the issue of a license at any later examination. L.1938, c. 182, p. 395, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-121 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-121 - Licenses and registrations; term; renewal; contents

51:1-121. Licenses and registrations; term; renewal; contents  Licenses and registrations shall be issued for a term of one year from the date of issue and shall be renewable at the expiration thereof. Each license issued shall state the name, business address of the person to whom it is issued, whether it is a limited or unlimited license, and if limited, the classes or kinds of weighing or measuring devices the licensee is authorized to repair, and shall continue in effect for the prescribed period unless revoked or suspended for reasons hereinafter specified in this act. L.1938, c. 182, p. 395, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-122 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-122 - Revocation or suspension of license; grounds; hearing; notice

51:1-122. Revocation or suspension of license; grounds; hearing; notice  The State Superintendent of Weights and Measures may revoke or suspend the license of any person convicted of any violation of this act or for any of the following reasons: willful fraud or misrepresentation practiced in procuring any such license or renewal of the same; dishonesty; gross incompetency; and conduct of a character likely to deceive or defraud the public; the loaning of his license or registration by the licensee to any person; the obtaining of a fee or compensation by fraud or misrepresentation; the willful advertising or publishing by the licensee of grossly false, fraudulent or misleading statements of his business, skill, knowledge or methods of operation; and for any conduct or practice at variance with the purpose of this act. No certificate of license shall be revoked or suspended until after a hearing before the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures of which hearing the holder of said certificate of license shall have at least ten days' notice, either personally or by registered mail, sent to the holder at his or her address as contained in the records of the department. L.1938, c. 182, p. 395, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-123 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-123 - Report of repair work done by licensee

51:1-123. Report of repair work done by licensee  Any person licensed to repair weighing or measuring devices shall report to the department or to the weights and measures officer of his county or municipality, work for which compensation was received or is receivable. The report shall contain the name and address of the person for whom the work was done, identification of the weighing or measuring device, nature of the work performed and the date the work was completed. L.1938, c. 182, p. 396, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-124 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-124 - Notice and statement to state department or county or municipal superintendent of weights and measures

51:1-124. Notice and statement to state department or county or municipal superintendent of weights and measures  Every person engaged as in this act provided shall within ten (10) days, after the making of a repair, or the sale and delivery of a repaired, rebuilt, exchanged, or used weighing or measuring device, in writing, notify the department or the county or municipal superintendent of weights and measures in whose jurisdiction the said device is located, giving the name and address of the person for whom such repair has been made or to whom a repaired, rebuilt, exchanged, or used weighing or measuring device has been sold or delivered, and a statement shall be made by the licensee that the same has been so altered, rebuilt, or repaired as to conform to the standard specifications and regulations of the department. L.1938, c. 182, p. 396, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-125 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-125 - Condemned weighing or measuring devices

51:1-125. Condemned weighing or measuring devices  Any person who accepts any weighing or measuring device which has been condemned by any weights and measures officer, in trade for a new or used weighing or measuring device, and which is intended to be repaired, rebuilt, dismantled or destroyed, shall upon receipt thereof remove the condemned tags and such condemned tags shall be returned to the department or to a weights and measures officer within ten (10) days thereafter, with a statement describing the weighing or measuring device, giving the number of the device if obtainable, and the name and address of the person from whom it was received together with a statement of what disposition has been made of the weighing or measuring device. L.1938, c. 182, p. 396, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-126 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-126 - Comparison and calibration of testing equipment

51:1-126. Comparison and calibration of testing equipment  Every person engaged in any business covered by the provisions of this act shall submit their testing equipment at least once a year to a weights and measures officer for comparison and calibration with the standards maintained by such officer. After comparison and calibration with such standards, the weights and measures officer shall issue to such person a statement or a certificate of his findings. L.1938, c. 182, p. 397, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-127 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-127 - Record or register

51:1-127. Record or register  Every person licensed and registered pursuant to the provisions of this act shall maintain a record or register in which the following information shall be kept: (a) The name and address of every person for whom weighing or measuring devices are repaired. (b) The name and address of every person to whom a repaired, rebuilt, exchanged, or used weighing or measuring apparatus or device has been sold or delivered. (c) Such records shall at all times be open for inspection by any weights and measures officer. L.1938, c. 182, p. 397, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-128 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-128 - Fees; use

51:1-128. Fees; use  16. Every person who maintains or carries on the business of selling, trading in, receiving, or engaging in the repairing of condemned, rebuilt, or used weighing and measuring devices shall pay a license fee of $150 per annum. Every person engaging only in the repairing of weighing and measuring devices shall pay a fee of $20 per annum. These fees shall be paid to the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures, and by this officer shall be turned over to the State Treasurer for deposit into the "Weights and Measures Fund" created pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1994, c.60 (C.51:1-54.4).  L.1938,c.182,s.16; amended 1971,c.341,s.5; 1994,c.60,s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-129 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-129 - Administration of Act; rules and regulations

51:1-129. Administration of Act; rules and regulations  The State Superintendent of Weights and Measures shall have general supervision of the administration of this act and shall make such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for its enforcement. L.1938, c. 182, p. 398, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-130 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-130 - Enforcement of Act

51:1-130. Enforcement of Act  The State Superintendent of Weights and Measures, his duly authorized assistants and inspectors, county and assistant county superintendents of weights and measures and inspectors, and municipal and assistant municipal superintendents of weights and measures and inspectors, are hereby charged with the enforcement of this act. L.1938, c. 182, p. 398, s. 18.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-131 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-131 - Penalties for violations of Act

51:1-131. Penalties for violations of Act  Any person violating any of the provisions of this act, shall, upon being found guilty of a first offense, pay a fine of not less than $50.00, nor more than $100.00, and shall, upon being found guilty of a second offense pay a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $250.00, and shall, upon being found guilty of any subsequent offense pay a fine of not less than $250.00 nor more than $500.00; provided, however, that any person unable to pay a fine imposed under the provisions of this act shall be committed to jail for a period of not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days. Amended by L.1938, c. 182, p. 398, s. 19; L.1969, c. 251, s. 26, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-132 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-132 - Recovery of penalties, procedure

51:1-132. Recovery of penalties, procedure  20. A proceeding to recover any penalty incurred under the provisions of this act, or acts supplementary or amendatory thereof, may be brought in the name of the State of New Jersey by any duly appointed weights and measures officers in the Superior Court or municipal court of any municipality of this State, wherein the violation occurs, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the proceeding. The proceeding shall be summary and in accordance with "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). Process shall be either in the nature of a summons or warrant and it may be directed to any weights and measures officer, or to any constable or police officer, commanding him to cause the person or persons so complained of to be summoned or arrested and brought before the court.  No defendant under any body execution shall be detained for a period exceeding ten days, except as may be otherwise provided by this act.  It shall be the duty of the city attorney of any municipality wherein such violation shall take place to assist in the prosecution of the same, unless such municipality has no such municipal superintendent of weights and measures as provided for in section 51:1-43 of the Revised Statutes, in which case the county prosecutor of the county wherein such violation shall take place shall assist in such prosecution. All fines and penalties collected from persons offending against the provisions of this act shall be paid by the court clerk receiving the same, when recovered by a State weights and measures officer, to the State Treasurer; when recovered by a county weights and measures officer, to the county treasurer of such county; and when recovered by a municipal weights and measures officer, to the municipality which such officer represents. For violation of any of the provisions of this act, done within the view of any weights and measures officer, such weights and measures officer is authorized, without warrant, to arrest the offender or offenders and to conduct him or them before the Superior Court or a municipal court in the county wherein such offense is committed.  L.1938,c.182,s.20; amended 1953,c.48,s.13; 1991,c.91,s.478.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-133 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-133 - Exceptions to application of Act

51:1-133. Exceptions to application of Act  The provisions of this act shall not be applicable to any person or to a bona fide employee solely and exclusively employed by such person, who repairs or installs any weighing or measuring device owned, operated or used by the said person in connection with his business in the sale of commodities in trade and commerce in the State of New Jersey. L.1938, c. 182, p. 401, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:3-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:3-1 - Pillars showing true meridian; verification of meridian line

51:3-1. Pillars showing true meridian; verification of meridian line  51:3-1. The board of chosen freeholders of each county shall erect, and properly inclose and protect at public spots, adjacent to the courthouse of the county, two substantial pillars on the same meridian line and not less than one hundred feet apart. The board shall cause to be determined the accurate latitude and longitude of the first of said pillars, reckoning the longitude from the meridian at Washington, and shall have said latitude and longitude distinctly and legibly marked on said pillar in degrees, minutes, seconds and parts of a second. Upon the summit of the first pillar there shall be immovably placed a brass plate, indented with a line indicating the true meridian. There shall also be placed on said first pillar a hair sight, in such a manner that a straight line passing through the center thereof, extended to a distinctly visible needle point, which shall be maintained on the summit of the second pillar, will be in the line of the true meridian running north and south. The board shall cause the said meridian line to be verified at any time, when required by order of any judge of the Superior Court.  Amended 1953,c.48,s.14; 1991,c.91,s.479.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:3-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:3-2 - Custody of pillars and inclosure; free access thereto

51:3-2. Custody of pillars and inclosure; free access thereto  The said pillars and inclosure shall be subject to the custody of the county clerk. Any surveyor of lands, or civil engineer, residing in said county, or engaged in surveying therein, shall have free access thereto for the purpose of testing the variation of the compass.