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Copies of such
Standards to be made by order of
fied and marked,
trate of Police and others.
II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Governor of the said Colony to cause copies and models of the the Governor, and several weights and measures so deposited in the Colonial having been veri- Treasury in Victoria as aforesaid to be carefully made, and to be deposited upon every such weight or measure being verified before such with the Magis- Governor, and approved of by him, to cause a mark or stamp to be legibly impressed or engraven thereon, to shew that the same hath been so verified and approved; and such mark or stamp shall consist of such letters and figures as are commonly used to signify Her Majesty's name or mark, together with Š. W. or S. M. signifying standard weight or standard measure as the case may be, and the number of pounds or other deno- mination of such weight or measure; and such copies or models, after being so verified, approved, and marked, shall be deposited with all Magistrates of Police, and such other proper persons as may be appointed, and shall be by them respectively, safely, Penalty if Ma. and securely kept for the purpose of reference as hereinafter gistrate or other directed; and if any such person shall falsify or otherwise wilfully person shall falsify or wilfully injure injure such copies or models so deposited with him as aforesaid, he shall, on conviction thereof in a summary manner, forfeit and pay for such offence the sum of One Hundred Dollars.
every
such copies.
In case of Stand-
III. And be it further enacted, That in case any of the said ards or Copies be- standard weights or measures, or the copies or models thereof, ing lost, others to be supplied. shall be lost, destroyed, defaced, or otherwise injured, another weight or measure shall be provided with the approbation of the Governor for the time being, of the same size and weight or measure as the weight or measure so lost, destroyed, defaced, or otherwise injured, and the same shall thereupon be deemed to be a true and genuine weight or measure to all such and the like intents and purposes as the weight or measure which shall have been lost, destroyed, defaced, or otherwise injured.
Persons to have
pies at all reason-
IV. And be it further enacted, That all persons who may access to such co- be desirous of comparing and adjusting any weights and able times. measures, shall have access to all such copies and models of the standards so deposited as aforesaid at all reasonable times; Magistrates and and it shall be the duty of the respective Magistrates of Police, others to compare and such other persons as aforesaid, to compare every such Weights and Mea- weight and measure as shall be brought before them respectively sures as shall be with such copies or models as aforesaid, and to stamp them brought before them for that pur- accordingly with such marks as are herein aforesaid, without
taking any fee or reward therein.
and stamp such
pose.
Penalty if they
refuse.
V. And if any such Magistrate or other person shall fail, should neglect or neglect, or refuse to compare or stamp any such weights and measures at all such reasonable times as lie or they shall be thereunto required, he shall on conviction forfeit and pay the sum of Fifty Dollars, to be recovered in a summary manner in manner aforesaid.
sures.
ex-
Balances,
VI. And be it further enacted, That as soon as conveniently Persons to be may be after the taking effect of this Ordinance, the Chief Magis- amine
appointed to trate of Police in Hongkong shall be, and he is hereby direct- Weights, and Mea- ed to appoint one or more person or persons, who shall have power to examine the balances, weights, and measures in Hong- kong, and shall be duly sworn well and faithfully to execute the office in him or them reposed by virtue of such appointment and of this Ordinance, which Oath the said Chief Magistrate of Police is hereby directed and empowered to administer.
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and Measures.
VII. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be Examiners, when lawful to and for the person or persons so to be appointed shops &c. and seize directed to visit examiners as aforesaid, and they are hereby required as often as false or deficient may be necessary, in the day time to enter into the shop, house, Balances, Weights, mill, store, outhouse, and other places near to such shop, mill, store, or house, and into the stall or standing-place of any person or persons who shall sell by weight or measure any wares, provisions, goods, or merchandise, or any liquid or dry goods, or other articles whatsoever, and then and there to search for, view, and examine all balances, and all weights and measures of length and capacity therein, and to seize any false or unequal balance or balances, and any weight or weights, measure or measures, being fraudulently stamped, or not being according to the stand- ards, or the copies or models thereof, as hereinbefore is mention- ed, which shall upon such search be found therein, and to detain the same to be produced before any Justice of the Peace for the district or place within which any such balance, weight, or mea- sure shall have been seized as aforesaid; and such Justice of the Upon conviction, Peace is hereby authorized and required to inquire into, hear, false Weights and and determine in a summary way, all informations, matters, and destroyed. things touching such seizures, and the person or persons in whose shop, house, mill, storehouse, outhouse, premises, stall, or standing-place, any such false, deficient, or fraudulently stamped balance or balances, weight or weights, measure or measures, shall be found shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit all such false, deficient, or fraudulently stamped balances, weights, and mea- sures, which balances, weights, and measures, so forfeited, shall be broken or otherwise disposed of, as such Justice before whom such conviction shall have taken place, shall order and direct, and shall also forfeit and pay for every such false, deficient, or fraud- forfeit a sum ulently stamped balance, weight, or measure, such sum of money, Hundred Dollars.
exceeding One not exceeding the sum of One Hundred Dollars, as the said Justice before whom any such person or persons shall be con- victed shall in his discretion order and adjudge.
Measures 10 be
And offender to
not
VIII. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall Penalty on per- SOBS obstructing wilfully obstruct, hinder, resist, or in any wise oppose any of the Examiners, or re- persons hereby authorized and empowered to view and examine fusing to produce such balances, weights, and measures, in the execution of his Balances, Weights, or Measures for office, examination.
VI.