Chapter 3444. To amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the appointment of a sealer and assistant sealer of weights and measures in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five
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CHAP. 3444.— An Act To amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the appointment of a sealer and assistant sealer of weights and measures in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. June 20, 1906. [[H. R. 4468](/us/bill/59/hr/4468).] [[Public, No. 252](/us/pl/59/252).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section ten of the ActDistrict of Columbia.Weights and measures.Vol. 28, p. 812, amended. entitled “An Act to provide for the appointment of a sealer and assistant sealer of weights and measures in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read:
" “Sec. 10. No person shall sell or offer for sale anywhere in theAll provisions, etc., to be sold by weight or measure.*Post,* p, 854. District of Columbia, any provisions or produce or commodities of any kind for a weight or measure less than the true weight or measure thereof; and all provisions, produce, or commodities of any kind shall be weighed by scales, weights, or balances or measured in measures 316duly tested and sealed by the sealer or an assistant sealer of weights *Provisos*.Berries in original packages permitted.and measures: *Provided,* That berries, when offered for sale in an original package or basket containing a standard measure, may be sold in said package or basket without the same having first been tested and sealed, but in no ease shall said basket be refilled for use in the sale of berries or produce of any kind whatsoever: *And provided further,*Poultry and vegetables.
That poultry and vegetables, usually sold by the head or bunch, may be offered for sale and sold in other manner than by weight or measure; but in all cases where the person intending to purchase shall so desire and request, poultry shall be weighed as hereinbefore prescribed: Sealing scales notin use. *And provided further,* That scales reported not in use shall be sealed down, and said seal shall not be broken except by authority of the sealer of weights and measures.” " Approved, June 20, 1906.