HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES - 04121920 - 0155 ORDINANCE No, 155
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I AN ORDINANCE FIXING STANDARDS
OF WEIGHT OF BREAD IN THE
LOAVES AND PROVIDING PEN-
ALTY I+`OR VIOLATION THERE-
OF, AND PROVIDING FOR THE
TIME THAT SAID ORDINANCE
SHALL GO INTO EFFECT.
The Board of Supervisors of the
County of Contra Costa do ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1: All loaves of bread
made or procured for the purpose of
sale, sold, offered or exposed for sale
i' in the County of Contra Costa, shall
weigh, six hours after baking, not
less than sixteen ounces avordupois,
except as hereinafter provided, and
such weight shall be the standard
weight of a small loaf in the County
of Contra Costa.
Bread may also be made or pro-
cured for sale, sold or offered or ex-
posed for sale in twenty four ounce
loaves, which shall be known as a
standard large loaf; also, in multiples
of the standards fixed for the small
and large loaves and no other.
Commercial tolerances in excess
are hereby fixed for small loaves of
two ounces, and for large loaves of
three ounces, and there shall be no
tolerance below or in deficiency of
the fixed standard weight.
Bread commonly known as "twin
loaves" or multiple loaves may be
'f made or procured for the purpose of
sale, sold, offered or exposed for
sale, providing each unit of such
"twin" or multiple loaf conforms to
the standard weights as herein fixed.
The commercial tolerance fixed for
smell loaf shall apply to each unit
of the "twin" or multiple loaf.
° SECTION 2: Any person, firm or
corporation who shall make or pro-
cure for the purpose of sale, sell,
offer or expose for sale within the
County of Contra Costa, any bread
in loaves otherwise than herein pro-
vided for or in conflict with the
standard weights of bread, when
baked as herein fixed, shall be
,) guilty of a misdemeanor.
SECTION 3: All Inspections of the
weight of bread shall be made on
the premises of the maker or manu-
facturer by averaging the weight of
not less than 20 loaves of bread of
any one unit and such average
weight per loaf shall not be less
than the minimum or more than the
maximum weight herein fixed for such
units. This Ordinance shall be en-
forced by the County Sealer of
Weights and Measures.
SECTION 4: The provisions of this
Ordinance shall not apply to crack-
ers, pretzels, biscuits,. buns, scones,
rolls or. loaves of fancy bread weigh-
ing less than one fourth of a pound
avoirdupois or to what is commonly
known as "stale bread" sold as such,
provided the seller shall, at the time
of sale, expressly state to the buyer
that the bread so sold is stale bread.
SECTION 5: This Ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
after the 14th day of May, 1920, and
before the expiration of the time in-
tervening, the same shall be published
with the names of the members vot-
ing for and against the same, for
one week, in the Contra Costa Ga-
zette, a newspaper published in said
County of Contra Costa.
Passed and adopted this 12th day
of April, 1920, by the following vote:
Ayes: Supervisors Knott, Casey,
Hayden, Buchanan and Trythall.
Noes: Supervisors None.
Absent: Supervisors None.
J. H. TRYTHALL,
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors
of County of Contra Costa.
Attest: J. H. WELLS,
County Clerk.
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