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02/19/68
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<br />Substitute Bill No. 2 for
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<br />BILL NO. 307 , 1967
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<br />ORDINANCE NO.
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<br />4.600 ,1967
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<br />Introduced by Councilman
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<br />Scott
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<br />AN ORDINANCE
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<br />AMENDING TITLE VI, CHAPTER 618, SLCRO 1964, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED
<br />"WEIGHTS AND MEASURES", BY REPEALING SECTIONS 618.080, 618.260, 618.480,
<br />AND 618.770, RELATING TO GENERAL INSPECTIONS, FEES AND CHARGES FOR
<br />TESTS, BLANK WEIGHT CERTIFICATES ISSUED TO WEIGHERS, REQUIRF2vlElqTS
<br />AND REGULATIONS AS TO USE, AND FEE AND CHARGES FOR TESTS FOR GAS
<br />AND FUEL MEASURING DEVICES AND INSTRUMENTS, RESPECTIVELY, AND
<br />ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF NEW SECTIONS TO BE NUMBERED 618.080,
<br />618.260, 618.480 AND 618.770 RELATING TO THE SAME SUBJECT MATTERS.
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF ST. LOUIS COLRqTY, MISSOURI, AS
<br />FOLLOWS:
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<br />SECTION 1. Title VI, Chapter 618, SLCRO 1964, as amended, entitled "Weights and Measuma", is hereby
<br />amended by repealing Sectiota 618.080, 618.260, 618.480 and 618.770, relating to general inspections, fees
<br />and charges for tests, blank weight certificates issued to weighers, requirements and regulations as to use,
<br />and fees and charges for tests for gas and fuel measuring devices and instruments, respectively, and enacting
<br />in lieu thereof new sections to be numbered 618.080, 618.260, 618.480 and 618.770, relati~ to the same
<br />subject matters, which new sections read as follows:
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<br />618.080 - General Testing. (1) The Supervisor, Chief Inspector, and the Inspectors ,hall have the
<br />power to inspect and to test for accuracy all weights and measures used or possessed for current use
<br />in the buying, selling, or leasing of any commodity or things, or in the computation of any basic
<br />charge for payment of services rendered on the basis of weight or of measure.
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<br />(2) It shall be the duty of the Supervisor at least semi-annually and as more often as he may deem
<br />necessary, to inspect and to test for accuracy all weights and measures commercially used (a) in
<br />determining the weight, measure, charge, or count of commodities or things sold or offered or
<br />exposed for sale, or leased, on the basis of weight or of measure, (b) in computing the basic charge
<br />for services rendered on the basis of weight or of measure when a charge is made for such delmmi~-
<br />lion; provided that with respect to single-service devices designated to be used commercially only
<br />once and then to be discarded, and with respea to devices uniformly mass-produced and not suscep-
<br />tible to individual adjustment, the inspection and testing of each individual device shall not be
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<br />WTAO (Rev)-I
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