repaired or corrected the owner or user thereof shall notify the sealer of weights and measures and the sealer of weights and measures shall again test and prove the weight, measure or weighing or measuring instrument which has been found incorrect and marked as in this section provided, and until such weight, measure or weighing or measuring instrument has been inspected by the sealer of weights and measures and found correct the same shall not be used.

Any person who removes or obliterates any tag or device with the words "Out of order" or any tag, mark, seal or device placed upon any weight, measure or weighing or measuring instrument, as in this act provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

When any weight, measure or weighing or measuring instrument has been repaired and corrected, as in this section provided, and has been inspected and found correct by the sealer of weights and measures, as in this section provided, the sealer of weights and measures shall remove the tag or device with the words "Out of order" and shall seal and mark such weight, measure or weighing or measuring instrument in the manner provided in this section.

Penalty for use of false weights.

§ 17. Any person who, by himself, or his employee or agent or as the employee or agent of another, shall use, in the buying or selling of any commodity, or retain in his possession a false weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument, or use or retain in his possession any weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument in any county, incorporated city, incorporated town or incorporated city and county in which there has been appointed a sealer of weights and measures in accordance with the provisions of this act, which has not been sealed by a sealer of weights and measures within one year, or who shall dispose of any condemned weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument contrary to law, or any person who, by himself, or his employee or agent, or as the employee or agent of another, shall sell or offer for sale or have in his possession for the purpose of selling, any device or instrument to be used to or calculated to falsify any weight or measure, and any person who, by himself or his employee or agent, or as the employee or agent of another, shall sell or offer or expose for sale any commodity, produce, article or thing in a less quantity than that he represents it to be or contain, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Powers of sealer.

§ 18. A sealer of weights and measures, in the performance of his official duties, shall have the same powers as are possessed by police officers of this state.

Obstructing or hindering sealer a misdemeanor.

§ 19. Any person who shall hinder or obstruct in any way a sealer of weights and measures in the performance of his official duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Refusal to exhibit weights.

§ 20. No person shall neglect or refuse to exhibit any weight, measure or weighing or measuring instrument of any kind, or appliances or accessories connected with any or all of such instruments or measures which is in his possession or under his control, to any sealer of weights and measures within the territorial limits of the jurisdiction of such sealer of weights and measures for the purpose of allowing the same to be inspected and examined by the sealer of weights and measures.

Refusal to exhibit commodity.

§ 21. No person, by himself, or his employee or agent, or as a proprietor or manager, shall refuse to exhibit any article, commodity, produce or thing being sold or offered for sale at a given weight or quantity, or ordinarily so sold, to a sealer of weights and measures within the territorial jurisdiction of such sealer of weights and measures for the purpose of allowing the same to be tested and proved as to the quantity therein contained by the sealer of weights and measures.

Record of tests.

§ 22. Every sealer of weights and measures appointed under the provisions of this act shall carefully keep a record of all tests made by him, of all measures or weights and of all weighing or measuring instruments which have been tested and found correct, or which have been tested and found incorrect, of all arrests made by him for violations of the provisions of this act, and of all of his official acts, which record shall always be open to public inspection.

Neglect of duty. Sealing before testing.

§ 23. Any sealer of weights and measures who willfully neglects to perform any of his duties, as provided by this act, may be removed by the same power which appointed him and the said appointing power shall be sole judge of the existence of the cause for such removal.

Any sealer who shall seal any weight, measure, balance or apparatus before first testing and making the same conform with the authorized standard, or who shall condemn any weight, measure, balance or apparatus without first testing the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misde

meanor.

Penalty.

§ 24. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

"Person."

§ 25. The word "person," as used in this act, shall be deemed to include person, firm or corporation.

Duty of corporation officer.

§ 26. It shall be the duty of all officers, directors and managers of corporations, whose respective corporations use or keep for use or sell

or offer for sale any weights, measures or weighing or measuring instruments which are subject to inspection by the provisions of this act, to comply with the provisions of this act on behalf of their respective corporations, and it shall be the duty of all officers. directors and managers of corporations, whose respective corporations offer for sale or keep for sale any commodity, produce, article or thing which is subject to inspection by the provisions of this act, to comply with the provisions of this act on behalf of their respective corporations. In case any corporation shall violate any of the provisions of this act the officers, directors and managers of the same shall be responsible for such violation and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

One sealer for two counties.

§ 27. Two or more counties of this state may, by agreement, appoint one sealer of weights and measures and may fix his compensation and provide for his deputies and fix their compensation. A sealer of weights and measures so appointed shall have jurisdiction over the counties appointing him. In case two or more counties appoint a sealer of weights and measures, under the provisions of this section, such sealer of weights and measures shall perform the duties and have the powers of sealers of weights and measures appointed under the foregoing provisions of this

act.

Fees for sealing.

§ 28. Any county or counties, incorporated city, incorporated town or incorporated city and county appointing a sealer of weights and measures under the provisions of this act may provide the fees or charges that may be exacted by the sealer of weights and measures for sealing and making each weight, measure or weighing or measuring instrument and may provide for the proper disposition of such fees and charges.

Repeal of prior conflicting acts.

§ 29. All acts and laws and parts of acts and laws in conflict with the, or any of the provisions of this, act are hereby repealed.

TITLE 566.

ACT 4408.

WHITTIER STATE SCHOOL.

To establish the Whittier Reform School for Juvenile Offenders. [Stats.

1889, p. 111.]

Amended 1893, p. 328; 1905, p. 80; 1907, p. 3; 1909, p. 988. Superseded 1911, p. 673.

See ante, Act 1770.

ACT 4420.

TITLE 568.

WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.

Citations. App. 8/529, 530, 531, 532, 537.