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<br /> are representative shall be held to be correct or incorrect upon the basis of the
<br /> results of the inspections and tests on such samples.
<br /> The following charges will be made for weights and measures inspections requested
<br /> by the owner:
<br /> Scales under 51 pounds $1.00
<br /> Scales over 51 pounds 2.00
<br /> Measurographs 1.00
<br /> Gasoline Pumps 1.50
<br /> and said fee shall be paid to the office of the City Clerk-Comptroller, who shall
<br /> issue a receipt therefor, which receipt shall be exhibited to the Sealer or his
<br /> Deputy upon request.
<br /> SECTION 10. SAME: INVESTIGATIONS. The Sealer shall investigate com-
<br /> plaints made to him concerning violations of the provisions of this Ordinance,
<br /> and shall, upon his own initiative, conduct such investigations as he deems ap-
<br /> propriate and advisable to develop information on prevailing procedures in com-
<br /> mercial quantity determination and on possible violations of the provisions of
<br /> this Ordinance and to promote the general objective of accuracy in the determination
<br /> and representation of quantity in commercial transactions.
<br /> SECTION 11. SAME: INSPECTION OF PACKAGES. The sealer shall,, from time
<br /> to time, weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities kept,
<br /> offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery, to determine
<br /> whether the same contain the amounts represented and whether they be kept, offered,
<br /> or exposed for sale, or sold, in accordance with law; and when such packages or
<br /> amounts of commodities are found not to contain the amounts represented, or are
<br /> found to be kept, offered, or exposed for sale in violation of law, the Sealer
<br /> may order-them off sale and may so mark or tag them as to show them to be illegal.
<br /> In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Sealer may employ recognized
<br /> sampling procedures under which the compliance of a given lot of packages will be
<br /> determined on the basis of the result obtained on a sample selected from and repre-
<br /> sentative of such lot. No person shall (1) sell, or keep, offer, or expose for sale
<br /> in intrastate commerce any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered
<br /> off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this section unless and until such
<br /> package or amount of commodity has been brought into full co*pliance with all legal
<br /> requirements, or (2) dispose of any package or amount of commodity that has been
<br /> ordered off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this section and that has not
<br /> been brought into compliance with legal requirements, in any manner except with the
<br /> specific approval of the Sealer.
<br /> Section 12. SAME: STOP-USE, STOP-REMOVAL, AND REMOVAL ORDERS. The Sealer
<br /> shall have the power to issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders, and removal
<br /> orders with respect to weights and measures being, or susceptible of being, com-
<br /> mercially used, and to issue stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect
<br /> to packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold,
<br /> or in process of delivery, whenever in the course of his enforcement of the pro-
<br /> visions of this Ordinance he deems it necessary or expedient to issue such orders,
<br /> and no person shall use, remove from the premises specified, or fail to remove from
<br /> the premises specified any weight, measure, or package or amount of commodity con-
<br /> trary to the terms of a stop-use order, stop-removal order, or removal order
<br /> issued under the authority of this section.
<br /> SECTION 13. SAME: DISPOSITION OF CORRECT AND INCORRECT APPARATUS. The
<br /> Sealer shall approve for use and seal or mark with appropriate devices such weights
<br /> and measures as he finds upon inspection and test to be correct, and shall reject
<br /> and mark or tag as "rejected" such weights and measures as he finds, upon inspection
<br /> or test, to be incorrect, but which in his best judgment are susceptible of satis-
<br /> factory repair. The Sealer shall condemn, and may seize and may destroy, weights
<br /> and measures found to be incorrect that, in his best judgment, are not susceptible
<br /> of satisfactory repair. Weights and measures that have been rejected may be con-
<br /> fiscated and may be destroyed by the Sealer if not corrected as required by Section
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