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Home » US Law » 2022 Rhode Island General Laws » Title 47 - Weights and Measures » Chapter 47-6 - Hay Scales and Platform Balances

Section 47-6-1. – Periodical testing and sealing.

§ 47-6-1. Periodical testing and sealing. Every person who shall keep hay scales or platform balances for public use shall cause the hay scales or platform balances to be tried and sealed at least once in six (6) months by a sworn sealer of weights and measures. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 167, § 18; […]

Section 47-6-2. – Use of unsealed scales.

§ 47-6-2. Use of unsealed scales. Every person who shall keep hay scales or platform balances for public use, or shall weigh or suffer to be weighed in these scales or balances any article of merchandise, unless the scales or balances shall have been tried and sealed as provided in § 47-6-1, shall be fined […]

Section 47-6-3. – Testing when office of sealer is vacant.

§ 47-6-3. Testing when office of sealer is vacant. Whenever the owner or keeper of hay scales or balances shall apply to the mayor of the city or president of the town council, as the case may be, or to any person by him or her appointed for that purpose, in any town or city […]