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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-29 - Stop-use, stop-removal, and removal orders

The director shall have the power to issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders, and removal orders with respect to weights and measures being, or susceptible of being, commercially used, and to issue stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or in process of delivery, whenever in the course of his enforcement of the provisions of this article he deems it necessary or expedient to issue such orders, and no person shall use, remove from the premises specified, or fail to remove from the premises specified, any weight, measure, or package or amount of commodity contrary to the terms of a stop-use order, stop-removal order, or removal order issued under the authority of this section. However, the director must give a five-day written notice to the affected person, business or corporation before issuing a stop-use order on any weighing device with a weight capacity of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or greater.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-14; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 14; Laws, 1997, ch. 520, § 3, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-31 - Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus

The director shall approve for use and seal or mark with appropriate devices such weights and measures as he finds upon inspection and test to be "correct" as defined in Section
75-27-19
, and shall reject and mark or tag as "rejected" such weights and measures as he finds, upon inspection or test, to be "incorrect" as defined in Section
75-27-19
, but such sealing or marking shall not be required with respect to such weights and measures as may be exempted therefrom by a regulation of the director issued under the authority of Section
75-27-19
.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-15; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 15, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-33 - Police powers; right to entry and stoppage

With respect to the enforcement of this article and any other laws dealing with weights and measures that he is, or may be, empowered to enforce, the director is hereby vested with police powers, such as given to sheriffs and constables, and may seize for use as evidence, with warrant, incorrect or unsealed weights and measures or amounts or packages of commodity found to be used, retained, offered, or exposed for sale, or sold, in violation of law.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-16; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 16, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-35 - Powers and duties of deputy director and inspector

The powers and duties given to and imposed upon the director by Sections
75-27-21
through
75-27-33
, and
75-27-61
, of this article are hereby given to and imposed upon the deputy director and inspectors also, when acting under the instructions and at the direction of the director.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-17; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 17, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-37 - Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus

Weights and measures that have been rejected shall not again be used commercially after a thirty-day waiting period or until they have been officially reexamined and found to be correct or until specific written permission for such use is issued by the rejecting authority.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-18; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 18, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-39 - Methods of sale of commodities; general

Commodities in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid measure or by weight, and, except as otherwise provided in this article, commodities not in liquid form shall be sold only by weight, by measure of length or area, or by count. Provided, that liquid commodities may be sold by weight, and commodities not in liquid form may be sold by count only if such methods give accurate information as to the quantity of commodity sold. Pulpwood shall be sold either by volume or weight, and measured by the cord or the ton as defined in Section
75-27-7
. Purchasers of pulpwood, in determining payment to seller, may convert from weight to volume or volume to weight. Such purchasers shall make the conversion by using the following weights per cord: five thousand two hundred (5,200) pounds for pine, five thousand four hundred (5,400) pounds for soft hardwood, five thousand six hundred (5,600) pounds for mixed hardwood, and five thousand eight hundred (5,800) pounds for hard hardwood.
The provisions of this section shall not apply (1) to insect damaged, dead or otherwise damaged pulpwood, (2) to commodities when sold for immediate consumption on the premises where sold, (3) to vegetables when sold by the head or bunch, (4) to commodities in containers standardized by a law of this state or by federal law, (5) to commodities in package form when there exists a general consumer usage to express the quantity in some other manner, (6) to concrete aggregates, concrete mixtures, and loose solid materials such as earth, soil, gravel, crushed stone, and the like, when sold by cubic measure, (7) to unprocessed vegetable and animal fertilizer when sold by cubic measure, or (8) to timber when sold in bulk on the stump. The director may issue such reasonable regulations as are necessary to assure that amounts of commodity sold are determined in accordance with good commercial practice and are so determined and represented as to be accurate and informative to all parties at interest.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-19; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 19; Laws, 1974, ch. 392, § 1; Laws, 1978, ch. 485, § 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 312, eff. 2/24/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-41 - Methods of sale of commodities; packages, declaration of quantity and origin; variations and exemptions

Except as otherwise provided in this article, any commodity in package form introduced or delivered for introduction into or received in intrastate commerce, kept for the purpose of sale, or offered or exposed for sale in intrastate commerce shall bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain, and conspicuous declaration of (1) the identity of the commodity in the package unless the same can easily be identified through the wrapper or container, (2) the net quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or count, and (3) in the case of any package kept, offered, or exposed for sale, or sold any place other than on the premises where packed, the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor. Provided, that in connection with the declaration required under clause (2), neither the qualifying term "when packed" or any words of similar import shall be used. Provided further, that under clause (2) the director shall, by regulation, establish (a) reasonable variations to be allowed, which shall include variations below the declared weight or measure caused by ordinary and customary exposure, only after the commodity is introduced into intrastate commerce, to conditions that normally occur in good distribution practice and that unavoidably result in decreased weight or measure, (b) exemptions as to small packages, and (c) exemptions as to commodities put up in variable weights or sizes for sale intact and either customarily not sold as individual units or customarily weighed or measured at time of sale to the consumer.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-20; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 20, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-43 - Methods of sale of commodities; declaration of unit price on random packages

In addition to the declarations required by Section
75-27-41
, any commodity in package form, the package being one of a lot containing random weights, measures, or counts of the same commodity and bearing the total selling price of the package, shall bear on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous declaration of the price per single unit of weight, measure, or count.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-21; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 21, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-45 - Methods of sale of commodities; misleading packages

No commodity in package form shall be so wrapped, nor shall it be in a container so made, formed, or filled, as to mislead the purchaser as to the quantity of the contents of the package, and the contents of a container shall not fall below such reasonable standard of fill as may have been prescribed for the commodity in question by the director.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-22; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 22, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-47 - Methods of sale of commodities; advertising packages for sale

Whenever a commodity in package form is advertised in any manner and the retail price of the package is stated in the advertisement, there shall be closely and conspicuously associated with such statement of price a declaration of the basic quantity of contents of the package as is required by law or regulation to appear on the package. Provided, that in connection with the declaration required under this section there shall be declared neither the qualifying term "when packed" nor any other words of similar import, nor any term qualifying a unit of weight, measure, or count that tends to exaggerate the amount of commodity in the package.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-23; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 23, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-49 - Sale by net weight

The word "weight" as used in this article in connection with any commodity shall mean net weight. Whenever any commodity is sold on the basis of weight, the net weight of the commodity shall be employed, and all contracts concerning commodities shall be so construed. Provided, however, this shall not apply to bales of cotton which are customarily sold by gross weight.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-24; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 24, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-51 - Misrepresentation of price

Whenever any commodity or service is sold, or is offered, exposed, or advertised for sale, by weight, measure, or count, the price shall not be misrepresented, nor shall the price be represented in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or deceive an actual or prospective purchaser. Whenever an advertised, posted, or labeled price per unit of weight, measure, or count includes a fraction of a cent, all elements of the fraction shall be prominently displayed and the numeral or numerals expressing the fraction shall be immediately adjacent to, of the same general design and style as, and at least one-half (1/2) the height and width of the numerals representing the whole cent; provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to signs and requirements enumerated in Section
75-55-9
, Mississippi Code of 1972. A person who is found guilty of the misrepresentation of the price of a commodity or the representation of a price in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or deceive an actual or prospective purchaser shall be assessed a civil penalty by the director or his designee in the amount of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the first offense and not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each subsequent offense. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense. The commissioner or his designee shall afford the person an opportunity for a hearing to show cause why the penalty should not be assessed.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-25; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 25; Laws, 2000, ch. 326, § 3, eff. 7/1/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-53 - Construction of contracts

Fractional parts of any unit of weight or measure shall mean like fractional parts of the value of such unit as prescribed or defined in Sections
75-27-5
and
75-27-7
, and all contracts concerning the sale of commodities and services shall be construed in accordance with this requirement.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-26; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 26, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-55 - Hindering or obstructing officer; penalties

Any person who shall wilfully hinder or obstruct in any way the director, the deputy director, or any one of the inspectors, in the performance of his official duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment for not more than three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-27; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 27, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-57 - Impersonation of officer; penalties

Any person who shall impersonate in any way the director, the deputy director, or any one of the inspectors, by the use of his seal or a counterfeit of his seal, or in any other manner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, may be punished by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-28; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 28; Laws, 1997, ch. 520, § 4, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-61 - Injunction

The director is authorized to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for, and such court upon hearing and for cause shown may grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of this article.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-30; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 30, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-63 - Presumptive evidence

For the purposes of this article, proof of the existence of a weight or measure or a weighing or measuring device in or about any building, enclosure, stand, or vehicle in which or from which it is shown that buying or selling is commonly carried on, shall, in the absence of conclusive evidence to the contrary, be presumptive proof of the regular use of such weight or measure or weighing or measuring device for commercial purposes and of such use by the person in charge of such building, enclosure, stand, or vehicle.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-31; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 31, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-65 - Validity of prosecutions

Prosecutions for violation of any provision of this article are declared to be valid and proper notwithstanding the existence of any other valid general or specific law of this state dealing with matters that may be the same as or similar to those covered by this article.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-32; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 32, eff. 7/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 1 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW OF 1964 (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-67) › Section 75-27-67 - Licensing service repairmen

Any person engaging in the business of scale repairing or testing shall obtain a license annually from the State Director of Weights and Measures upon showing that he is qualified to repair or test scales and that he meets all requirements of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44 and supplements thereto or in any publication revising or superseding Handbook 44. The annual cost of such license shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for scale service-repair companies and Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for scale service repairmen, which shall be collected by the director and paid into the State Treasury, and shall expire on the thirtieth day of June next after its issuance. The director is hereby authorized to revoke any such license for a violation of any of the provisions of this article or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder. Any person so licensed shall, within three (3) days after he adjusts, repairs, services, restores to service or places in service any scale, make a report thereof to the Director of Weights and Measures on a form provided by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
All such fees collected shall be paid into the General Fund in the State Treasury.
It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor:
(1)
for any person other than the owner, or his regular employees, to repair any weighing or measuring device unless he holds the above-prescribed license; or
(2)
for any person to retain any remuneration for repairing any weighing or measuring device unless the repairing involved causes such device to meet the requirements of the article for at least ninety (90) days after such repairing; or
(3)
for any person to violate any of the provisions of this section.
Codes, 1942, § 5132-33; Laws, 1964, ch. 221, § 33; Laws, 1970, ch. 255, § 8; Laws, 1997, ch. 520, § 5, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 3 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF PARTICULAR COMMODITIES (§§ 75-27-101 — 75-27-114) › Section 75-27-103 - Penalty for using short weights or measures

It is hereby made a misdemeanor for any person or corporation to sell or buy any of the foregoing commodities on short weights in violation of the above schedule of rates and any such person or corporation upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 3347; 1930, § 7362; 1942, § 5139; Laws, 1914, ch. 134.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 3 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF PARTICULAR COMMODITIES (§§ 75-27-101 — 75-27-114) › Section 75-27-105 - Underweight barrels of flour, meal, pork and beef forfeited

If any person shall sell, keep, or offer for sale, any barrel of flour, meal, pork, or beef, as a barrel thereof, containing less than the standard weight net, he shall forfeit to the county all of such underweight flour, meal, pork, or beef which he may have in his possession.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 13, art. 4(4); 1857, ch. 25, art. 4; 1871, § 2273; 1880, § 949; 1892, § 2106; 1906, § 2291; Hemingway's 1917, § 4663; 1930, § 4971; 1942, § 7121.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 3 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF PARTICULAR COMMODITIES (§§ 75-27-101 — 75-27-114) › Section 75-27-107 - Containers for wheat and corn flours, corn meal, hominy, and grits

(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, corporation, company, cooperative society, or organization to pack for sale, sell, offer or expose for sale in this state any of the following commodities except in containers of net avoirdupois weights of two (2), five (5), ten (10), twenty-five (25), fifty (50), and one hundred (100) pounds, and multiples of one hundred (100) pounds; wheat flour, self-rising wheat flour, phosphated wheat flour, bromated flour, enriched flour, enriched self-rising flour, enriched bromated flour, corn flour, corn meals, hominy and hominy grits; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to (a) the retailing of flours, meals, hominy and hominy grits direct to the consumer from bulk stock, or (b) the sale of flours and meals to commercial bakers or blenders or for export in containers of more than one hundred (100) pounds, or (c) flours, meals, hominy and hominy grits packed in cartons the net contents of which are less than five (5) pounds, or (d) the exchange of wheat for flour by mills grinding for toll. Provided that this section shall not apply to stock on hand at time of enactment.
(2)
Any violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon conviction, the offender shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense.
Codes, 1942, § 5132.5; Laws, 1950, ch. 192, §§ 1, 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 3 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF PARTICULAR COMMODITIES (§§ 75-27-101 — 75-27-114) › Section 75-27-109 - Fixing the standard weight of coal sold by ton, box or barrel

The standard weight of coal shall and is hereby established at two thousand (2,000) pounds to the ton, or two hundred (200) pounds to the box or barrel, and unless otherwise agreed upon, coal shall be sold by the ton of two thousand (2,000) pounds, or the box or barrel of two hundred (200) pounds.
Hemingway's 1917, § 3353; 1930, § 7356; 1942, § 5133; Laws, 1908, ch. 206.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 3 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF PARTICULAR COMMODITIES (§§ 75-27-101 — 75-27-114) › Section 75-27-111 - Measure of charcoal

Unless otherwise agreed upon, charcoal shall be sold by measure, and the measure of charcoal shall be a barrel of the capacity of three and one-quarter (3-1/4) bushels.
Codes, 1892, § 4484; 1906, § 5071; Hemingway's 1917, § 3354; 1930, § 7357; 1942, § 5134.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 3 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF PARTICULAR COMMODITIES (§§ 75-27-101 — 75-27-114) › Section 75-27-114 - How natural gas motor fuels are measured when sold

Notwithstanding any provision within this chapter to the contrary, natural gas motor fuels shall be sold as follows:
(a)
Liquefied natural gas motor fuel shall be sold in diesel gallon equivalents defined as 6.06 pounds of liquefied natural gas; provided, however, that if the National Conference of Weights and Measures establishes a different definition of diesel gallon equivalent, such definition shall be used.
(b)
Compressed natural gas motor fuel shall be sold in gasoline gallon equivalents. A gasoline gallon equivalent of CNG shall be defined as 5.660 pounds; provided, however, that if the National Conference on Weights and Measures establishes a different definition of gasoline gallon equivalent, such definition shall be used.
Added by Laws, 2015, ch. 311, HB 443, 1, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 5 - SALE OF LIVESTOCK BY WEIGHT (§§ 75-27-201 — 75-27-223) › Section 75-27-201 - Unlawful to sell or purchase livestock by weight except where weighed by licensed or registered weigher; exceptions

If shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation or an agent thereof, or person acting therefor, to be engaged in whole or in part:
(a)
In the business of operating a packing house where livestock is purchased by weight, or
(b)
In the business of selling livestock by auction, or otherwise, for others by weight, or
(c)
In the business of selling livestock by weight on a commission basis, fee or for other compensation, or
(d)
To thus sell, buy, dispose of, trade, offer for sale, or cause or permit to be sold, disposed of or offered for sale, any livestock, by weight, unless such animals are first weighed by a licensed and bonded weigher, or a weigher registered under the Federal Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended, on a scale, or other weighing device, tested and approved by the state commissioner of agriculture and commerce. Each separate location where any of the businesses heretofore described are carried on shall be considered a separate business within the meaning of the provisions of this article even though all of such separate operations are owned by and under the control of the same person, firm or corporation. Provided, however, this article does not apply to bona fide farmers who trade livestock between themselves or who make purchases or sales. Provided, further that this article shall not apply to cold storage plants, pork processing, or local community slaughterers of livestock for retail. It shall be the responsibility of the owner or operator of such business to see that all scales and equipment used are maintained in good and accurate condition.
Codes, 1942, § 5145.5-01; Laws, 1956, ch. 138, § 1; Laws, 1958, ch. 154, § 1; Laws, 1962, ch. 172, § 1, eff. 6/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 5 - SALE OF LIVESTOCK BY WEIGHT (§§ 75-27-201 — 75-27-223) › Section 75-27-203 - Commissioner of agriculture and commerce to administer article; rules and regulations

The commissioner of agriculture and commerce of Mississippi and his duly appointed agents shall administer the provisions of this article. The commissioner shall have authority to promulgate, from time to time, such rules and regulations as are necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this article. The commissioner shall prescribe by regulations the tolerance which will be recognized in the reweighing of animals.
Codes, 1942, § 5145.5-02; Laws, 1956, ch. 138, § 2, eff. 7/1/1956.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 5 - SALE OF LIVESTOCK BY WEIGHT (§§ 75-27-201 — 75-27-223) › Section 75-27-205 - State standards of weights and measures

The weights and measures received from the United States under joint resolutions of Congress approved June 14, 1836, and July 27, 1866, and such new weights and measures as shall be received from the United States as standard weights and measures in addition thereto or in renewal thereof, and such weights and measures in conformity therewith as shall be supplied by the state shall, when the same shall have been certified by the national bureau of standards, be the state standards of weights and measures for the purpose of this article.
Codes, 1942, § 5145.5-03; Laws, 1956, ch. 138, § 3, eff. 7/1/1956.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 5 - SALE OF LIVESTOCK BY WEIGHT (§§ 75-27-201 — 75-27-223) › Section 75-27-207 - Sealing or making of weighing device; condemned scales

Whenever the commissioner of agriculture and commerce finds that a weighing device corresponds with the standards in his possession, he shall seal or mark such weighing device with an appropriate label or tag. He shall mark "condemned-not to be used" on incorrect weighing devices, or devices which do not meet the requirements of this article. The owner or user of such latter named devices shall not again use such devices unless, and until, same have been repaired or changed by such owner or user and have been approved by the commissioner of agriculture and commerce or authorized agent and sealed and marked as provided above. Provided, however, no scales shall be condemned where minor adjustments will bring such scales in conformity.
Codes, 1942, § 5145.5-04; Laws, 1956, ch. 138, § 4, eff. 7/1/1956.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 5 - SALE OF LIVESTOCK BY WEIGHT (§§ 75-27-201 — 75-27-223) › Section 75-27-211 - Inspection of equipment; checking animals; permits and fees; cost of administration; testing equipment on request; seal of approval

It shall be the duty of the commissioner of agriculture and commerce, either by himself or his duly authorized agents, to inspect, examine and test any and all equipment used by such livestock sales establishments, and to check the weights of animals sold at such time, and place, and in such manner as he may deem proper and necessary to carry out the intent of this article. The said commissioner shall also issue such permits and collect such fees as are herein provided. All monies collected under this article shall be paid into the general fund in the state treasury.
Provided further, the commissioner is hereby authorized, upon written request, to test the scales, or other weighing devices, of any person in this state desiring such tests, and if the commissioner finds such scales, or other weighing devices to be accurate, within the approved tolerances, he may place his seal of approval thereon. The commissioner shall charge for such services a sum sufficient to defray the expenses thereof, and no part of such cost shall be paid from other funds of said commissioner. A strict accounting of all sums received for such testing and approval shall be made.
Codes, 1942, § 5145.5-06; Laws, 1956, ch. 138, § 6; Laws, 1958, ch. 154, § 3; Laws, 1960, ch. 157; Laws, 1970, ch. 255, § 9, eff. 7/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 5 - SALE OF LIVESTOCK BY WEIGHT (§§ 75-27-201 — 75-27-223) › Section 75-27-213 - Weigher, defined; bond

The person who is responsible for the weighing and recording of weights of animals sold at such barns shall be known as a weigher. Each weigher, or any person so designated by the owner or weigher, shall be bonded in the penal sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) with sureties to be approved by the secretary of state for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.
Codes, 1942, § 5145.5-07; Laws, 1956, ch. 138, § 7, eff. 7/1/1956.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 5 - SALE OF LIVESTOCK BY WEIGHT (§§ 75-27-201 — 75-27-223) › Section 75-27-215 - Licensing of auctioneers; auctioneer not to buy cattle

All auctioneers shall be licensed by the payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year and no auctioneer shall be permitted to buy cattle in his name during the period while actually engaged in auctioneering.
Codes, 1942, § 5145.5-08; Laws, 1956, ch. 138, § 8, eff. 7/1/1956.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 5 - SALE OF LIVESTOCK BY WEIGHT (§§ 75-27-201 — 75-27-223) › Section 75-27-217 - Location of scales; equipment

All scales used in the weighing of livestock at public auction shall be so located and operated that they will at all times be conveniently accessible. Provided, further, that scales shall be equipped with weight indicator to provide exact duplicate of weight on each animal weighed.
Codes, 1942, § 5145.5-09; Laws, 1956, ch. 138, § 9, eff. 7/1/1956.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 5 - SALE OF LIVESTOCK BY WEIGHT (§§ 75-27-201 — 75-27-223) › Section 75-27-219 - Schedule of charges to be posted

Each barn shall be required to post in a conspicuous place, printed in large type letters and numbers, not less than 36 point type, a complete schedule of charges to be made on the handling of all types of sales.
This schedule shall remain permanently posted.
Codes, 1942, § 5145.5-10; Laws, 1956, ch. 138, § 10, eff. 7/1/1956.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 5 - SALE OF LIVESTOCK BY WEIGHT (§§ 75-27-201 — 75-27-223) › Section 75-27-221 - Fine or imprisonment for violation of article

Any person, firm, corporation, association, or co-operative violating any of the provisions of this article or any of the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment of not more than three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. If the commissioner of agriculture and commerce shall find, upon examination or test, that any person, firm or corporation has violated any of the provisions of this article or rules or regulations hereunder, he or his duly authorized agent or agents may institute proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to have such person, firm, corporation, association, or co-operative convicted therefor, or the said commissioner may, in his discretion, report the results of such inspection to the district attorney or county attorney having jurisdiction, together with such other evidence of said violation as he shall deem necessary, and any certificate of such inspection or test, properly certified by affidavit shall be competent evidence in any court of this state. It shall be the duty of said district attorney or county prosecuting attorney to institute proceedings at once against the person, or persons, firms, corporations, associations, or co-operatives charged with such violations.
Codes, 1942, § 5145.5-11; Laws, 1956, ch. 138, § 11, eff. 7/1/1956.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 5 - SALE OF LIVESTOCK BY WEIGHT (§§ 75-27-201 — 75-27-223) › Section 75-27-223 - Initial testing to be made before prosecution

No prosecutions shall be commenced under this article for violations of Sections
75-27-201
and
75-27-203
hereof until the initial testing of scales has been made or sought to be made by the commissioner of agriculture and commerce or his representatives.
Codes, 1942, § 5145.5-12; Laws, 1956, ch. 138, § 12, eff. 7/1/1956.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 7 - BONDED WEIGHMASTER'S LAW (§§ 75-27-301 — 75-27-325) › Section 75-27-301 - Short title

This article shall be cited as the "Bonded Weighmaster's Law."
Laws, 1982, ch. 430, § 1, eff. 7/1/1982.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 7 - BONDED WEIGHMASTER'S LAW (§§ 75-27-301 — 75-27-325) › Section 75-27-303 - Definitions

For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1)
"Bonded weighmaster" shall mean any person engaged in the business of public weighing who shall weigh or measure any property, commodity, produce or article and issue therefor a weight certificate which shall be accepted as the true and accurate weight or measure upon which the property, commodity, produce or article is offered for sale or sold and shall be licensed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi for such office.
(2)
"Public weighing" shall mean the performance of the service of weighing or measuring and the issuing of an official certificate of weight or measure for such service for any person, upon request or otherwise, with or without compensation, of property, commodity, produce or article other than such property, commodity, produce or article being bought or sold by a bonded weigher or his or her employer.
(3)
"Person" shall mean any individual, company, cooperative, partnership, corporation, firm or association.
(4)
"Weighing or measuring device" shall mean any lawful device used for the weighing or measuring of any property, commodity, produce or article.
(5)
"Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi.
Laws, 1982, ch. 430, § 2, eff. 7/1/1982.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 7 - BONDED WEIGHMASTER'S LAW (§§ 75-27-301 — 75-27-325) › Section 75-27-305 - Qualifications for license as bonded weighmaster; records of applications and licenses

(1)
A citizen of the United States or a person who has declared his intention of becoming such a citizen, who is a resident of the State of Mississippi, not less than twenty-one (21) years of age, of good moral character, who has the ability to weigh accurately and to make correct weight certificates, and who has received from the commissioner a license as a bonded weighmaster, shall be styled and authorized to act as a bonded weighmaster.
(2)
The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations for determining the qualifications of the applicant for license as a bonded weighmaster. The commissioner may pass upon the qualifications of the applicant upon the basis of the information supplied in the application, may examine such applicant orally or in writing, or both, for the purpose of determining his or her qualifications. The commissioner shall grant licenses to such applicants as may be found to possess the qualifications required herein. The commissioner shall keep a record of all such applications and of all licenses issued thereon.
Laws, 1982, ch. 430, § 3, eff. 7/1/1982.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 7 - BONDED WEIGHMASTER'S LAW (§§ 75-27-301 — 75-27-325) › Section 75-27-307 - Licensing provisions; fees; compensation of bonded weighmaster

(1)
Any person, as defined by Section
75-27-303(3)
, or business before engaging in business as a public weighmaster shall obtain a license from the commissioner. Applications for such license shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the commissioner. Licenses issued hereunder by the commissioner shall expire on June 30 of each year and application for renewal thereof shall be made annually, before the expiration date. The fee for such license and all subsequent renewals for an individual who is not employed by a business shall be Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). The fee for such license and all subsequent renewals for a business is One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and such license shall cover all employees of that business. Funds collected from such license fees shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.
(2)
Licenses issued hereunder shall not be transferable.
(3)
Each application for license shall be accompanied by a signed weighmaster's oath, a surety bond as required herein and a statement certifying that the weighing or measuring device used has been tested and declared to be accurate, within tolerances allowed by NBS Handbook 44 for such device, by the state weights and measures jurisdiction.
(4)
The issuance of a license as a bonded weighmaster shall not obligate the state to pay to the licensee any compensation for his or her services as a bonded weighmaster.
(5)
A bonded weighmaster may not officially weigh or measure any property, commodity, produce or article unless he or she holds a valid license issued by the commissioner.
(6)
A bonded weighmaster's license may be revoked by the commissioner for violation of the provisions of this law or regulations promulgated hereunder; provided, however, such bonded weighmaster shall be permitted a hearing prior to the revocation of such license.
(7)
The following persons shall not be required, but shall be permitted, to obtain licenses as bonded weighmasters:
(a)
A weights and measures officer employed by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce when acting within the scope of his official duties;
(b)
A person weighing or measuring property, produce, commodities or articles that he/she or his/her employer, if any, is either buying or selling;
(c)
A person weighing or measuring property, produce, commodities or articles in conformity with the requirements of federal statutes or the statutes of this state relative to warehousemen or processors;
(d)
Employees of the state or federal government for the performance of their duties under regulations of the Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS);
(e)
All persons or businesses operating under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Act.
Laws, 1982, ch. 430, § 4; Laws, 1997, ch. 485, § 1, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 7 - BONDED WEIGHMASTER'S LAW (§§ 75-27-301 — 75-27-325) › Section 75-27-309 - Oath of bonded weighmaster

Each person, at the time application is made for a bonded weighmaster's license, shall execute an official weighmaster's oath in which he agrees to lawfully and faithfully fulfill the duties and responsibilities of a bonded weighmaster. The weighmaster's oath shall be made a part of each annual renewal of such bonded weighmaster's license. The bonded weighmaster's oath shall be supplied to the applicant by the commissioner.
Laws, 1982, ch. 430, § 5, eff. 7/1/1982.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 7 - BONDED WEIGHMASTER'S LAW (§§ 75-27-301 — 75-27-325) › Section 75-27-311 - Seal; penalty for improper use

(1)
Each bonded weighmaster shall, at his or her own expense, provide himself or herself with an impression seal. The licensee's name and the word "Mississippi" shall be inscribed around the outer margin of the seal and the words "Bonded Weighmaster" shall be inscribed in the center thereof.
(2)
Such seal, or licensee's name and number, shall be impressed or inscribed electronically upon each weight certificate issued by such bonded weighmaster, and such seal or licensee's name and number, when applied to weight certificates, shall be recognized authority of accuracy of weight or measure recorded thereon.
(3)
The use of such bonded weighmaster's seal by any person not holding a valid weighmaster's license shall be a misdemeanor and such person shall be punished as provided in this article. If a licensed bonded weighmaster shall allow his or her bonded weighmaster's seal to be used by another person, such bonded weighmaster shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided herein and his or her license may be revoked.
Laws, 1982, ch. 430, § 6; Laws, 1997, ch. 485, § 2, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 27 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (§§ 75-27-1 — 75-27-325) › Article 7 - BONDED WEIGHMASTER'S LAW (§§ 75-27-301 — 75-27-325) › Section 75-27-313 - Surety bond

At the time application is made for a bonded weighmaster's license and before the issuance of such license by the commissioner, applicant shall file with the commissioner a bond in the penal sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) payable to the State of Mississippi with surety to be approved by the Commissioner of Insurance for the faithful performance of the duties of a bonded weighmaster. The bond must be conditioned on the accurate weight or measure of the property, commodity, produce or article recorded on the official weight or measurement certificate issued by the bonded weighmaster and on compliance with all laws and rules governing public weighers. Said bond may be put in suit by any damaged party. However, the aggregate liability of the surety regardless of the number of claims shall not exceed the bond penalty.
Evidence shall be supplied to the commissioner annually, at the time license is renewed, that the bond continues in force and effect. In the event the bond is cancelled or will not be renewed, the bonding company shall notify the commissioner in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to the cancellation of such bond. If a bond is cancelled or fails to be renewed by the bonded weighmaster, the license issued hereunder shall automatically stand void and repealed; provided, however, the license shall not stand void and repealed if a new bond, as required herein, is filed with the commissioner prior to the expiration date of the original bond.
Laws, 1982, ch. 430, § 7; Laws, 2003, ch. 369, § 1, eff. 7/1/2003.