Section 47-7-1. – Appointment of public weighers — Fees.

§ 47-7-1. Appointment of public weighers — Fees. The town councils of the several towns and the city council of any city shall appoint one or more persons to be weighers of coal and other articles of merchandise, who shall be sworn and be removable at the pleasure of the town or city council appointing […]

Section 47-7-2. – Sale of merchandise without certificate from weigher.

§ 47-7-2. Sale of merchandise without certificate from weigher. Every person who shall sell coal or other merchandise without its being first weighed by a weigher provided for in § 47-7-1, when the weighing shall be demanded by the purchaser, and procuring a certificate of the weight for the purchaser, shall be fined twenty dollars […]