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Rev. 1987 618.060 Duties and Qualifications of the Supervisor. The Supervisor of Weights and Measures shall be at least thirty (30) years of age, a resident of St. Louis County, Missouri, and shall be familiar with the laws and regulations of the State of Missouri pertaining to weights and measures. The Supervisor shall carry proper credentials of his office and the Chief Inspector and all inspectors shall also carry credentials which shall be displayed in each and every case where an inspec- tion is being made under the terms and provisions of this ordinance. Upon exhibition of said credentials, the Supervisor, Chief Inspector or inspectors shall have the right of entry during usual business hours to inspect all weights and measures and commodities in accordance with their duties as prescribed by this ordinance. The Supervisor of Weights and Measures shall have and be charged with the custody of all County standards of weights and measures and of the other standards and equipment provided for the office of weights and measures and shall keep accurate records of the same. The Supervisor, the Chief Inspector and inspectors shall enforce the provisions of this ordinance. The Supervisor shall have and keep a general supervision over the weights and measures offered for sale, sold or in use in the County. He shall annually make to the County Council, the County Executive and the Director of Public Works, a report on all the activities of his office. The Supervisor shall also be charged with all other duties as may be provided by law. 618.070 Specifications, Tolerances and Regulations for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices. The specifications, tolerances and regulations for commercial weighing and measuring devices, together with amendments thereto, as recommended by the National Bureau of Standards, and published in the National Bureau of Standards Handbook 44 and supplements thereto, or in any publication revising or superseding the Handbook 44, shall be the specifications, tolerances and regulation for commercial weighing and measuring devices of the County, except insofar as specifically modified, amended or rejected by action of the County Council. For the purpose of this ordinance, apparatus shall be deemed to be "correct" when it conforms to all such applicable specifications, tolerances and regulations; other apparatus shall be deemed to be "incorrect." 618.080 General Testing. (1) The Supervisor, Chief Inspector, and the Inspectors shall have the power to inspect and to test for accuracy all weights and measures used or possessed for current use in the buying, selling, or leasing or any commodity or thing, or in the computation of any basis of weight or of measure. (2) It shall be the duty of the Supervisor at least semiannually and as more often as he may deem necessary, to inspect and to test for accuracy all weights and measures commercially used (a) in determining the weight, measure, charge, or count of commodities or things sold or offered or exposed for sale, or leased, on the basis of weight or of measure, (b) in computing the basic charge for services rendered on the basis of weight or of measure, or (c) in determining the weight or measure when a charge is made for such determination; provided, that with respect to single-service devices designated to be used commercially only once and then to be discarded, and with respect to WTAO(Rev)-3