HomeMy WebLinkAbout39 of 1939 - Amending Section 1523 and 1536, Revised Ordinance 1934, weights and measures ROLL CALL ,- -
VOTING AyYEENAY " Salt Lake City,Utah pee•,%T 19 39_
Goggiu - -
In the mat er of b 1 #39 for an ordinance
Keyser - - / amending Sec. 1523 and Sec. 536 of the R. 0. of
Matheson - ,r, Salt Lake City, Utah, 9 , relating to weights and
measures, presented to the Board of Commissioners
Murdoch - - .- Oct. 26, 1939, hearing held and the ordinance referred
to the Committee of the Whole for consideration; I
Mr.Chairman - move that the ordinance be taken from the hands of
—— the Committee of the Whole and ordered filed, the Law
Result Dept. having prepared and submitted a new ordinance.
Chairma Committee of the Whole
\Passed by the Board of Commissipners of Salt Lake City,Utah, .
( DEC -7 191 !
Cifg Recorder j ` Mapor
Rec.123 1M-5-1-39
ROLL CALL % G, I/. - CCT 26 1939
Salt Lake City,Utah, , 193
VOTING AYH'NAY
Ggggin I move that the ordinance be passed.
Ke'ser
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Matheson - - -
Murdock - - - -
Mr.Chairman - - - AN ORDINANCE
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1523 and 1536 of the Revised
Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1934, relating to weights and
measures.
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake
City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Sections 1523 and 1536 of the Revised Ordi-
nances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1934, relating to weights and mea-
sures, be and the same are hereby amended to read as follows:
SEC. 1523. TICKET. WEIGHERS. (a) Any person or any em-
ployee of such person selling or offering for sale within the
city any coal, coke, hay or straw, shall prepare a certificate
in triplicate certifying the customer's name and address when
known, together with the gross, tare and net weight of the load
as well as the date, time of day and address of the seller and
brief description of the commodity, and which certificate shall
bear the weighmaster's signature. A true copy thereof shall
• be kept by the weighmaster and shall be known as the weighmas-
ter's certificate. Upon demand of the Sealer of Weights and
Measures or his deputy any such person shall exhibit his origi-
nal weighmaster's certificate.
(b) It shall thereupon become the duty of the person
delivering such commodity, upon demand of said City Sealer of
Weights and Measures, or his deputy, to convey the same forth-
with to a public or private scale to be selected by said officer ,
and permit the weighing of said commodity, together with the
conveyance and equipment, for the purpose of ascertaining the
gross weight thereof, and shall after the delivery of such
commodity return forthwith with the conveyance and equipment
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used in the delivery of such commodity to the same scale and
permit the weighing of said conveyance and equipment, for the
purpose of verifying the net weight of said commodity as shown
by said ticket.
(c) All dealers in the above named commodities shall
display in a conspicuous manner the name of such dealer in
colors contrasting to the color of the truck and in letters
plainly visible.
SEC. 1536. PERMIT FOR PRIVATE OR PUBLIC WEIGHING.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person in control or in
possession of any scales in this city to use or permit the
use of same for weighing commodities offered for sale in Salt
Lake City unless such person shall have obtained a permit
Department of
! from theACity Sealer of Weights and Measures. Permits shall
be of two kinds:
1. Private weigher, which shall be issued to all
applicants whose scales are correct to weigh products offered
'f. i i for sale by the applicant.
1I, 1 2. Public weigher, which shall be issued all appli-
cants with correct scales who offer to weigh products for
others.
(b) Applications for such permits shall be submitted
Department of
in writing to theACity Sealer of Weights and Measures accom- I
panied by a few of One Dollar 41.00) and shall contain a full
description of the scale, its location, name and address of
Department of
the owner and such other information as theACity Sealer of
Weights and Measures shall prescribe. If said scale shall be
found to weigh correctly a permit shall be issued as request-
Department of
ed. The Board of Commissioners may on request of thenCity
Sealer of Weights and Measures revoke any permit for cause
after due notice to the permit holder and public hearing.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person having a
1 permit to fail to keep a weighmasterts certificate for each
Department of !
article or load weighed on file for inspection by thf.ACity
! Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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SECTION 2. In the opinio
n of the Board of Commis
sioners
t is necessary to the peace, health and safety of the inhabitants
of Salt Lake City that this ordinance become effective immediately.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its
first publication.
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City,
Utah, this day of , A.D. 1939
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