O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 10-2-40 (2019)

Persons who may be licensed and known as certified public weighers

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Any person who shall weigh, measure, or record the indications or readings of weighing or measuring and declare the weight, measure, reading, or recording to be the true weight, measure, reading, or recording of any commodity, article, or product may be licensed under this article and shall be known as a certified public weigher of Georgia.

History

Ga. L. 1949, p. 1179, § 1.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Employment of weighers. - The “any person” designation in this section indicates that certified public weighers

can be employed by highway contractors or material producers. 1972 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 72-47.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Weights and Measures, §§ 19, 24, 26. C.J.S. 94 C.J.S., Weights and Measures, § 13 et seq.

ALR. Right to enjoin business competitor from unlicensed or otherwise illegal acts or practices, 90 A.L.R.2d 7.