3.2-5618 - Standards, equipment, and office space for sealers.
§ 3.2-5618. Standards, equipment, and office space for sealers.
The governing body of each city and county for which a sealer has beenappointed as provided for by § 3.2-5615 of this chapter shall: (i) procure atthe expense of the city or county, as the case may be, such standards ofweight and measure and such additional equipment, to be used for theenforcement of the provisions of this chapter in such city or county, as maybe prescribed by the Commissioner; (ii) provide a suitable office for thesealer; and (iii) make provisions for the necessary clerical services,supplies, and transportation, and for defraying contingent expenses incidentto the official activities of the sealer in carrying out the provisions ofthis chapter. When the standards of weight and measure required by thissection to be provided by a city or county shall have been examined andapproved by the Commissioner, they shall be the official standards for suchcity or county. It shall be the duty of the sealer to make, or to arrange tohave made, at least as frequently as once a year, comparison between hisfield standards and appropriate standards of a higher order belonging to hiscity or county or to the Commonwealth, in order to maintain such fieldstandards in accurate condition.
(Code 1950, §§ 3-708.22, 59-89; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-940; 2008,c. 860.)