22 of 1909 - Ordinance 22 of 1909 – Providing for appointment of city weighers, prescribing their duties, etc. ... -1,441
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AN ORDINANCE .
An ordinance providing for the appointment of City Weighers,
prescribing their duties, compensation and liabilities.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah;
SECTION 1. APPOINTMEIN'T OF CITY WEIGHERS. The Mayor shall have
lthe power to appoint, subject to confirmation by the City Council, so
many and such persons to be City Weighers as he may think proper,said
appointees to serve and act without compensation from the City; pro-
vided, that no person shall be appointed City Weigher who is engaged
in the business of dealing in hay, straw nor coal; nor shall any per-
son be appointed City Weigher who is the employee of or in any manner
whatsoever connected with any firm or corporation dealing in hay,
straw pr coal.
SECTION 2. TERU OF APPOINTMEYT. The time for which any person
shall be appointed City Weigher shall expire on the 31st day of
December next following such appointment.
SECTION 3. CE7TIFICATE OF A2POIIiTi-O hT. Upon the appointment of
any person City Weigher, and upon payment by such appointee of the
sum of money hereinafter named, and the execution, delivery, approval
land acceptance of the bond also hereinafter mentioned, the City Re-
eorder shall issue to such appointee a certificate of his appointment
( as City Weigher, and shall . in such certificate when such ap-
Ipointment shall end, which certificate shall be by said appointee
kept/in a conspicuous place on or near his city scales, during all
the time he shall act under said appointment.
SECTION 4. FEE. BOND. Every person before receiving the cer-
tificate of appointment as City Weigher, mentioned in the preceding
section, shall pay into the City Treasury of this City the sum of $ire
1` Dollars, and shall execute a good and sufficient bond to Salt
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Lake City in the sum of Two Thousand Dollar , to be approved by the
Mayor, conditioned for the faithful observance of all ordinances of
' this City, and the faithful discharge and performance of the dutiea.
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Itimposed upon him by this ordinance, and for the faithful observance
of said ordinance and the faithful discharge and performance of said
duties by any person who shall act under his said appointment, and
will pay any and all damages occasioned to the City or to any person
or persons by reason of any misstatement, misrepresentation, fraud or
deceit of himself or any person acti07 for him under his appointment
an City Weigher, or for any neglect to perform, or for improper per-
formance by himself or any person acting under said appointment, of
the duties as such City Weigher, or by reason of any violation of the
provisions of this ordinance, and that the proposed obligee in said
bond shall pay to Salt Lake City all fines and penalties that may be
imposed upon him or any person acting under said appointment, for an;
violation of this ordinance.
SECTIOPT b. PUBLIC PLATFORM SCALES. All City Weighers shall pro-
vide for public use a set of platform scales, which shall be of the
most approved pattern in use, and shall keep the same at all times in
proper balance and repair at their own e-:_pense. It shall be the duty
of all City Weighers to have their scales adjusted and sealed by the
Sealer
ilimprellx of Weights and Measures at least as often as once in three
months, and oftener if required by the Mayor.
SECTION 6. DUTY OF i;,EICHE^S. CERTIFICATE. FEES. OFFICIAL
SCAL7S. COi:I'LAITT. It shall be the duty of each and every City
Weigher to weigh upon hie official city scales any coal, hay or other
article or thing delivered at said scales for weighing, when required •
so to do by any person, and to issue a certificate of weights therefo •
to the applicant. Said certificates shall plainly state the gross
weight of the vehicle containing the load to be welched, including
driver; the weight of the vehicle, inoludin driver, without the load,
and net weight of the coal, hay or other commodity; the license num-
ber (if any), and the name o ' the driver delivering same; t1l:e name of
the dealer or owner; the name or the city welober; and the location
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of his official soales, for which certificate he may charge the sum
of ten cents, except that no charge shall be made for any weighing
done or for any certificate issued upon the demand of the sealer of
jl weights and measures or any other authorized officer of the City &
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The platform scales of all such city weighers shall be known as
official city scales, and upon complaint of any person it shall be
the duty of said sealer of weights and measures to re-examine and test-
the same at any time for reasonable cause shown.
SECTION 7. ASSISTANTS. City Weighers may employ assistants fors
whose acts, neglect, misstatements, misrepresentations, fraud or de-
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the City Weigher employing him or them shall be responsible as
provided in the before mentioneft bond.
SECTION 8. SCALES AVAILABLE DVHI:EC DAY. The official oityja cal ea
shall be aStailable for use by the public as above provided, each day
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in the year during all reasonable business hours, Sundays and other
( legal holidays excepted.
SECTION 9. f.EGISTIP.. All City Weighers shall keep a daily
register, in which they shall enter every transaction by them as City
Weighers, including the gross weight of each load, the present weight
jof the vehicle including the driver, the date when last weighed, the
net weight of the load, the license number (if any), the name of the
dealer or owner, the name of the weighmaster, and the name of the
person for whom and the date when the same was weighed.
SECTION 10. MUST ACTUALLY :7-'I^II. It shall be unlawful for the
City Weigher to state in any certificate above required any weight,
whether gross or net, without first ascertaining, the acme by actually
and personally weighing the same on his said scales.
SECTION 11. UNLAWFUL ACTS. It shall be unlawrul for any ,derso
to exercise the office of City Weigher without having been first au-
thorized so to do, as by this ordinance so provided, or to falsely
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certify the weight of any load or part of a load, or of any article
whatsoever by him weighed; or to falsely certify any net or gross
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weight required by this ordinance to be in said certificate; or for
any person to alter such certificate, or to use or attempt to use any
such certificate 3'or any other load or part of a load, or articles or
things than. the one}'E'er. whi)i the certificate is given; or after
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iveIghin . and befo*a fhe 'del/very of any articles or things. so weighs
e to alter or dfmin :nh'`-the quantity thereof, and it shall berunlawful
,a•g a�iay,City Weig'new•to rsfiise to weigh any article 'or t.hinm which by
thisbrdina:ice it.;i.s,-rnade his duty to weigh, or to refuse t o 11-, �te in.
my sZcn certificate anything required by this on A4,.#644 t,ia lr;e there-1
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SECTION 12, 'RF•;..zSTER OPEN TO .U'3LIC I7,2ECTId1 Tie rd star
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all times be open to the inspection of any person or persons inter-
ested therein, particularly by the sealer of weights and mea�rures,
end all other inspectors and police o'ficors of the City an•'
of Salt Lake.
SECTION 13. PENALTY. Any person violatieb any of the provisions
of thin ordinance shall be deemed guilty o° a risdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine of les$ than three hundred
dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both such
fine end imprisoneeent.
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SECTION 14. All ordinances and resolutions or parts of ordinan1
ees and resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the
extent of such conflict.
SECTION 15. This ordinance shall take effect upon approval.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake Citr,Utah, February
8th,1909, and referred to the Mayor for his approval.
I Approved this %day of 1ebruar7, 9
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