Section 8-16-50 Appointment; oath; certificate of appointment. (a) Any person engaged in the business of weighing for hire who shall weigh or measure any commodity, produce or article and issue therefor a weight certificate which shall be accepted as the accurate weight upon which the purchase or sale of such commodity, produce or article is […]
Section 8-16-51 Rules and regulations; fees. (a) The term of appointment for weighmasters shall be for one year. (b) A fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100), which shall accrue to the Agricultural Fund, shall be paid to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries by each […]
Section 8-16-52 Bond. Repealed by Act 2012-399, §1, effective May 14, 2012. (Ag. Code 1927, §275; Code 1940, T. 2, §631.)
Section 8-16-53 Rights and duties; compensation not to be paid by state. The rights and duties of all weighmasters shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. Such weighmasters shall not receive compensation from the state for the duties so performed. (Ag. […]
Section 8-16-54 Seal. (a) It shall be the duty of every weighmaster in this state to provide himself with a seal at his own expense which shall have inscribed on the outer margin thereof his name and the word “Alabama,” with the words “Public Weigher” inscribed in the center of such seal. (b) Such seal […]
Section 8-16-55 Records. All public weighmasters shall keep and preserve correct and accurate records of all public weighings as provided by this article, which records shall be open at all times for inspection by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his assistants. (Ag. Code 1927, §269; Code 1940, T. 2, §625.)
Section 8-16-56 Weight certificate form; certificate deemed prima facie evidence of weight. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall prescribe the form of weight certificate to be used by all public weighmasters in this state. (b) Such certificate shall state thereon the kind of commodity, produce or article, the number of units of the […]
Section 8-16-57 Certificates to contain accurate weight. All certificates of weights and measures, as provided by this article, shall contain the accurate and correct weight of any and all commodities weighed when issued by the public weighmaster. (Ag. Code 1927, §270; Code 1940, T. 2, §626.)
Section 8-16-58 Reweighing of certified commodity, produce or article. When doubt or differences arise as to the correctness of the net or gross weight of any amount or part of any commodity, produce or article for which a certificate of weights and measures has been issued by a public weighmaster, the owner, agent or consignee, […]
Section 8-16-59 False certificates. Any weighmaster who shall issue a certificate of weights and measures giving a false weight or measure of any article or commodity weighed or measured by him or his representative to any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition thereto, he shall forfeit his certificate as weighmaster, which certificate, […]
