THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1957
by a fine of not less than $20. 00 or more than $200. 00, or
by imprisonment for not more than 3 months, or BY both
such fine and imprisonment.
31-B. Impersonation of Officer: Penalties. —Any person
who shall impersonate in any way the superintendent, Ms
deputy, or any one of his inspectors, INSPECTOR, or a
sealer or deputy sealer, by the use of his seal or a counter-
feit of his seal, or in any other manner, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than $100. 00 or more than
$500. 00, or by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
31-C. Offenses and Penalties. —Any person who, by him-
self, or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent
of another person, performs any one of the acts enumer-
ated in subparagraphs (a) through (i) of this section,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon a first con-
viction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than
$10. 00 or more than $200. 00, or by imprisonment for not
more than 3 months, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment; and upon a second or subsequent conviction thereof
he shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50. 00 or
more than $500. 00, or by imprisonment for not more than
1 year or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(a) Use, sell, offer or expose for sale or hire, or have
in possession for the purpose of using, selling, or hiring an
incorrect weight or measure or any device or instrument
used to or calculated to falsify any weight or measure.
(b) ^Use. USE, or have in possession for current use, in
the buying or selling of any commodity or thing, or for hire
or award, or in the computation of any charge or pay-
ment for services rendered on the basis of weight or meas-
urement, or in the determination of weight or measure-
ment when a charge is made for such determination, any
weight or measure which has not been sealed by the super-
intendent, his deputy, or one of his inspectors, OR ANY
INSPECTOR, or a sealer or deputy sealer within one year,
unless written notice has been given to the superintendent
or to the sealer in whose territory the weight or measure
is located, to the effect that such weight or measure is
available for examination, or is due for reexamination, as
the case may be, or unless specific written permission to
use such weight or measure has been received from the
office of the superintendent or from the sealer in whose
territory the weight or measure is located.
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