10 §2451. Election by municipal officers
Title 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE
Part 6: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Chapter 501: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW
Subchapter 4: LOCAL SEALERS
§2451. Election by municipal officers
The municipal officers of each municipality shall elect or appoint a sealer of weights and measures, and a deputy sealer if necessary, not necessarily a resident therein, and said sealer and deputy shall hold office during their efficiency and the faithful performance of their duties. On complaint being made to said officers of the inefficiency or neglect of duty of a sealer or deputy sealer, the said officers shall set a date for and give notice of a hearing to the complainant, sealer complained of and the state sealer. If evidence satisfies the said officers that the said sealer or deputy sealer has been inefficient or has neglected his duty, they may remove him from office and elect or appoint another in his stead. The state sealer shall have jurisdiction over said sealer or deputy sealer and any vacancy caused by death or resignation shall be filled by election or appointment by said municipal officers within 30 days. For each month that said municipal officers neglect their duty, they severally shall forfeit $10. Within 10 days after each such election or appointment, the clerk of each municipality shall communicate the name of the person so elected or appointed to the state sealer and for neglect of this duty shall forfeit $10. Such sealer of weights and measures in any municipality may be sealer for several municipalities, if such is the pleasure of the municipal officers therein, provided such action received the approval of the state sealer. [1973, c. 91, §7 (RPR).]
SECTION HISTORY
1973, c. 91, §7 (RPR).