Rhode Island § 47-1-5 - Duties of Director of Labor and Training
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§ 47-1-5. Duties of Director of Labor and Training
R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-1-5
§ 47-1-5. Inspection of mercantile weights and measures — Reports of inaccuracy.
The director of the department of labor and training may, in the discharge of his or her duties, inspect the weights, measures, and balances of any person or persons, which are used for selling any goods, wares, merchandise, or other commodities, or for public weighing in any town or city in this state, and if he or she finds the weights, measures, or balances to be inaccurate, he or she shall forthwith inform the mayor of the city or the president of the town council, as the case may be, and the mayor or president shall at once call the attention of the town or city sealer thereto.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 167, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 5; G.L. 1938,
ch. 407, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1941, ch. 1069, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 47-1-5.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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