[R.O. 1966 § 26:2-1]
The standard of weights and measures of the State deposited in the office of the Secretary of State at Trenton shall be the standard of weights and measures of the City.
Editor's Note: For State Statute setting forth standards, see N.J.S. 51:1-1 et seq.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:2-2]
The standard bushel shall contain 2150.42 cubic inches. Such capacity shall apply to all articles usually sold by the bushel and not weighed.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:2-3]
a.
All persons using weights and measures, scale beams, patent balances, steel yards or any other instrument in weighing or measuring any article intended to be purchased or sold, or scales used for weighing work for employees in factories in the City, shall cause such instruments to be sealed and marked by the Manager, Division of Environmental Health or an Assistant Manager, unless such instrument has been previously so tested, sealed and marked.
b.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use any weight, measure, scale beam, patent balance, steel yard or any other instrument in weighing or measuring any commodity, article or thing intended to be purchased or sold or any instrument used for weighing or measuring work for employees in factories unless such instrument shall have been tested, sealed and marked by the Manager, Division of Environmental Health or by an Assistant Manager.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:2-4]
a.
It shall be unlawful for any person within the City to sell, or offer for sale, or give any weight, measure, scale beam, patent balance, steel yard or other instrument, intended for use in weighing or measuring, unless the same shall have been tested, sealed and marked by the Manager, Division of Environmental Health or by an Assistant Manager of the City.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:2-5]
a.
All weights, measures, scale beams, patent balances, steel yards and other instruments for weighing, to be sealed and adjusted by the City, shall be made to conform to the standards of the City and shall be marked by him/her with the initial of his/her name and the year in which the same shall be sealed and marked; provided, however, that if the Manager cannot seal any such instrument in the manner hereinbefore provided, such may be marked with a stencil or by other suitable means, so as to show that it has been inspected. The Manager shall in no case seal or mark as correct any weights, measures, scale beams, patent balances, steel yards or other instruments for weighing which do not conform to the City standards.
b.
If, upon inspection, any weights, measures, scale beams, patent balances, steel yards or other instruments for weighing shall be found not to conform to the City standards and such instruments can be readily adjusted by such means as the Manager has at hand, he/she may adjust and seal them. But if they cannot be readily adjusted the City Manager shall affix to such weights, measures, scale beams, patent balances, steel yards or other instruments for weighing, a notice forbidding their use until he/she is satisfied that they have been so adjusted as to conform to the standards. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove such notice without the consent of the officer affixing the same.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:2-6]
Any person who shall use in the City in weighing or measuring as aforesaid any weight, measure, scale beam, patent balance, steel yard or other instrument which shall not conform to such standard or shall use in weighing as aforesaid any scale beam, patent balance, steel yard or other instrument which shall be out of order or incorrect, or which shall not balance, shall be punished for every such offense, as provided in Section 31:1-12 of this Title.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:2-7]
a.
All weights, measures, scale beams, patent balances, steel yards or other instruments used in weighing or measuring any article intended for purchase or sale within the City, which are incorrect and which cannot be made to conform to the standard, shall be stamped "condemned" by the City Manager of Environmental Health and shall not thereafter be used by any person for the purpose of weighing or measuring any goods or merchandise.
b.
It shall be unlawful for any person to alter or cause to be altered any instrument intended to be used for weighing and measuring so that the same does not conform to the standard. Nor shall any such altered instrument be used within the City for weighing or measuring any article or thing whatsoever.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:2-8]
a.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale within the City any commodity, goods or merchandise at or for a greater weight or measure than the true measure or weight, thereof.
b.
All ice, meats, poultry, butter, butter in prints, provisions and all other commodities and articles of merchandise (except vegetables sold by the head or bunch) shall be weighed by scales or balances, duly tested, sealed and marked by the Manager, Division of Environmental Health.