Procedure in Case of Violation of Laws; Sealing.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 82-55
in effect82-55. Procedure in Case of Violation of Laws; Sealing.
Whenever the commissioner of health finds a violation of the statutes or code provisions relating to weights and measures, the commissioner shall cause the violator to be prosecuted. Whenever an inspector compares weights and measures and finds that they correspond, or causes them to correspond with the standards in his possession, the inspector shall seal or mark the same with appropriate devices to be approved by the state superin-tendent of weights and measures. Inspectors shall condemn or seize, and may destroy incorrect weights and measures, and weighing or measuring instruments which cannot be repaired, or which have been falsified; and such as are incorrect and yet may be repaired, shall be marked or tagged as condemned for repairs, in a manner prescribed by the state superintendent of weights and measures. The owner thereof shall, within 10 days thereafter, have the same properly adjusted and sealed, and said inspectors may, at any time after the expiration of such period, seize or destroy all such weights, measures, weighing and measuring instruments which have not been corrected.
(HISTORY: Section 82-55 rn. from 2-178, File #881930, March 7, 1989; eff. March 25, 1989. 82-55 am. File #991247, Nov. 29, 1999; eff. Jan. 1, 2000.)
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