Sec. 120. City sealer—powers and duties.
When not otherwise provided by law the City Sealer shall have
the power and it shall be his duty within his City to inspect, test,
try, and ascertain if they are correct all weights, measures, and
weighing or measuring devices kept, offered, or exposed for sale,
sold, or used or employed within the City by any proprietor,
agent, lessee, or employee in proving the size, quantity, area, or
measurement of quantities, things, produce, or articles for distribution
or consumption purchased or offered or submitted by
such person or persons for sale, hire, or award; and he shall have
the power to and shall from time to time weigh or measure and
inspect packages or amounts of commodities of whatsoever kind
kept for the purpose of sale, offered or exposed for sale, or sold
or in the process of delivery, in order to determine whether the
same contain the amounts represented, and whether they be kept,
offered, or exposed for sale or sold in a manner in accordance
with law; he shall at least twice each year and as much oftener
as he may deem necessary see that all weights, measures, and
weighing or measuring devices used in the City are correct. He
may for the purpose above mentioned, and in the general performance
of his official duties, enter and go into or upon, and
without formal warrant, any stand, place, building, or premises, or
stop any vendor, peddler, junk dealer, coal wagon, ice wagon, delivery
wagon, or any person whomsoever, and require him, if
necessary, to proceed to some place which the sealer may specify,
for the purpose of making the proper tests. Whenever the City
Sealer finds a violation of the ordinances or statutes relating to
weights and measures, he shall cause the violater to be prosecuted.
The City Sealer shall have such other powers and perform
such other duties as provided by law.
The City Sealer shall perform such other duties as may be required
of him by the Council or the City Manager.
