Rhode Island General Laws 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.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 47-3-1
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- seal: shall be construed to include an impression of the seal made with or without the use of wax or wafer on the paper. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-15
- town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9