Fees for sealing and licensing of weights and measures.
Section 14
SEC. 14. Fees for sealing and licensing of weights and measures. — The province shall collect fees for the sealing and licensing of weights and measures in accordance with the following schedule: For sealing linear metric measures: Measures not over one, meter — one peso Measures over one meter — two pesos For sealing metric measures of capacity: Measures not over ten liters — one peso Measures over ten liters — two pesos For sealing metric instruments of weights: Those with a capacity of not more than thirty kilograms — two pesos Those with a capacity of more than thirty but not more than three hundred kilograms — three pesos Those with a capacity of more than three hundred hut nut more than three thousand kilograms - five pesos Those with a capacity of more than three thousand kilograms - six pesos For an apothecary balance or other balance of precision, the fee shall be doubled. A complete set of weights for each scale or balance shall be sealed free of charge. For each extra weight, the fee shall be fifty centavos. The fees herein levied shall be paid at the place where the business is conducted. In the case of a peddler or similar itinerant vendor using only one weight or measure, he shall pay the fees in his place of residence. Municipal treasurers are hereby required to keep full sets of secondary standards in their offices for the use in testing of weights and measures. These secondary standards shall be compared with the fundamental standards in the National Institute of Science and Technology at least once a year. When found to he sufficiently accurate, the secondary standards shall he distinguished by label, tag, or seal, and shall he accompanied by a certificate showing the amount of its variation from the fundamental standards. If the variation is of sufficient magnitude to impair the utility of the instrument, it shall be destroyed in the National Institute of Science and Technology. The proceeds from these fees shall accrue entirely to the municipalities where collected. The provincial board shall prescribe the necessary regulations for the use; of such weights and measures.