THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1951

the appointment of a sealer is required by Section 13 of
this Act shall procure at the expense of the town, city or
county, as the case may be, such standards of weight and
measure and such additional equipment, to be used for
the enforcement of the provisions of this Act in such town,
city, or county, as may be prescribed by the superinten-
dent; shall provide a suitable office for the sealer; shall
make provision for the necessary clerical services, supplies,
and transportation, and for defraying contingent expenses,
incident to the official activities of the sealer in carrying
out the provisions of this Act. When the standards of
weight and measure required by this section to be pro-
vided by a town, city or county shall have been examined
and approved by the superintendent, they shall be the offi-
cial standards for such town, city or county,,

17. Joint City and County Jurisdictions. — Notwith-
standing the provisions of Sections 13, 14, 15, and 16 of
this Act, a county and one or more cities situated therein,
each of which would otherwise be required by Section 13
of this Act to appoint a sealer, may, with the consent of

the superintendent, establish a joint county-city weights
and measures jurisdiction under an agreement between
the governing body of the county and the governing body
BODIES of he city or town of such cities, with one sealer
and one set of standards and equipment. When such a joint
county-city jurisdiction is established, the provisions of Sec-
tion 13 of this Act relative to the appointment, removal, dis-
charge, and reduction in pay and position of sealers and
deputy sealers shall be observed except that in every case
joint action of the county and the city or cities forming
the joint jurisdiction shall be required. A sealer, and
deputy sealers, appointed pursuant to the provisions of
this section shall have the same powers and duties as
though appointed separately in and for the county and the
city or cities forming the joint jurisdiction.

18. Method of Sale or Commodities: General. —Com-
modities in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid measure
or by weight, and commodities not in liquid form shall be
sold only by weight, by measure or length or OF area, or
by county COUNT. Provided, that the provisions of this
section shall not apply to commodities when sold for imme-
diate consumption on the premises where sold, to vege-
tables when sold by the bunch, or to commodities when in
package form or in containers standardized by a law of
this State or by Federal law.