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 812 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, Sess. III. Ch. 179. 1895. of his principal, and any defaultor misfeasance in office by the assistant surveyor, or other assistant or helper of the sealer of weights and measures, shall be deemed a breach of the official bond of his principal. D‘*°*°°— Sec. 6. The sealer of weights and measures and, under his direction, the assistant sealer of weights and measures shall have the exclusive power to perform all the duties of their office. They shall from time to Pr¤vi¤z ¤•¤¤1¤¤·¤*¤- time try and prove all scales, weights, beams, and measures of every kind whatsoever used in the District of Columbia for the purpose of buying and selling, and such as shall be found to conform to the standsump. ards kept in their office they, or either of them, shall stamp with the word “approved," or with the letter *‘ W,” and the year in which said inspection is made; and such as are found not to conform to the standards in their office they, or either of them, shall stamp with the word rem Dmsqmc. “coudemned" and the year in which the inspection is made. .Upon the written request of any resident of the District of Columbia the sealer of weights and measures shall test, or cause to be tested, within a reasonable time after the receipt of such request, the weights, scales, beams, or other instruments used in buying or selling by the person,- rmuam. - firm, or corporation designated in such request: Provided, That noth- ,u'f°°:*_,fQ'   ""’°‘ ing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any manufacturer or other person from keeping for sale scales, beams, weights, or measures; but on the written request of such manufacturer or other person the sealer of weights and measures shall test, or cause to be tested, and shall stamp as herein provided all such scales, beams, weights, or meascovmmm scales- ures offered for sale: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to require or to authorize the sealer of weights and measures to test any scales belonging to the United States. Reymy- Sino. 7. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall furnish the sealer of weights and measures a book to be kept in his omce, in which book he shall register, in alphabetical order, the name of each person whose measures, scales, beams, or other instruments he or his assistant has inspected, together with the number and size of the same, and what number of each was approved and what condemned, with the time of inspection; and such book shall be open to the inspection and examination of the public at all reasonable times. °“;`¤:gE¤;:-*;;·;,b;°b¤ Sec. 8. No person shall neglect or refuse to exhibit any weights, °° °scales, measures, beams, or other instruments used by him or her in weighing or measuring to the sealer or assistant sealer of weights and measures when and whenever demanded by them, or either of them, ggmgng fm for the purposes of inspection and stamping: Provided, That no fees ` shall be collected for examinations made in excess of the number of gxaminations prescribed in the schedule of fees hereinbefore provided or. wg ¤h~;_¤f_·;¤_§¤¤¤;g¤Ig} Sec. 9. No person shall use, for buying or selling, any weights, nanfa..' " measures, scales, beams, or other instruments, unless the same has been inspected and stamped “approved," or with the letter **W," by the sealer or assistant sealer of weights and measures. W4;;?;; W bs =·>¤ Sec. 10. No person shall sell, or offer for sale, in any market, or in ' the public streets or alleys, or anywhere in the District of Columbia, any fruits, vegetables, or berries, in crates, baskets, or other measures, or any butter in prints, or any ice or coal, at or for a greater weight or measure than the true weight or measure thereof; and all ice, coal, meats, poultry, and provisions (excepting vegetables sold by the head or bunch) of every kind sold in the markets, streets, alleys, or elsewhere in the District of Columbia, shall be weighed or measured by scales, weights or balances, or in measures duly tested and stamped grmsv- by the sealer or assistant sealer of weights and measures: Provided, ° "" That poultry may be oilered for sale and sold in other manner than by weight; but, in all cases where the person intending to purchase shall so desire and request. poultry shall be weighed as hereiubefore provided.