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Code of West Virginia, 1931
Official Recodification - Enacted December 31, 1930 - Effective January 1, 1931
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46-16-6 Ch. 46 — NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS Promissory Notes and Checks When Check Operates as an Assignment A check of itself does not operate as an assignment of any part of the funds to the credit of the drawer with the bank, and the bank is not liable to the holder… Proofed
46-17-1 Ch. 46 — NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS General Provisions Definitions of Terms In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: “Acceptance” means an acceptance com pleted by delivery or notification. “Action” includes countercla… Proofed
46-17-2 Ch. 46 — NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS General Provisions Person Primarily Liable The person “primarily” liable on an instrument is the person who, by the terms of the instrument, is absolutely required to pay the same. All other parties are … Proofed
46-17-3 Ch. 46 — NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS General Provisions Reasonable Time; What Constitutes In determining what is a “reasonable time” or an “unreasonable time,” regard is to be had to the nature of the instrument, the usage of trade or business, if an… Proofed
46-17-4 Ch. 46 — NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS General Provisions How Time Computed When Last Day Falls on Holiday Where the day, or the last day, for doing an act herein required or permitted to be done falls on Sunday or on a holiday, the act may be done on the next succee… Proofed
46-17-5 Ch. 46 — NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS General Provisions Cases Not Provided for in This Chapter In any case not provided for in this chapter the rules of law and equity including the law merchant shall govern. Proofed
47-1-1 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Definition of Terms The words “weights,” “measures” or “weighing or measuring devices” as used in this article shall be construed to include all weights, scales, beams, measures of… Proofed
47-1-2 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures State Standards The weights and measures received from the United States under a resolution of congress approved June fourteen, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and such new we… Proofed
47-1-3 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Office and Working Standards In addition to the state standards of weights and measures provided for in this article, there shall be supplied by the State at least one complete set of copie… Proofed
47-1-4 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Commissioner of Weights and Measures; Deputies and Inspectors The state commissioner of labor shall be ex officio commissioner of weights and measures, and he shall be authorized to appoint and fix the salaries of such dep… Proofed
47-1-5 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Bond of Commissioner The state commissioner of labor shall forthwith, on his appointment, give bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of the du… Proofed
47-1-6 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Care of Standards; Reports; Assistant Commissioner The commissioner of weights and measures shall take charge of the standards adopted by this article as the standards of the State, and cause them to be kept in … Proofed
47-1-7 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Power of Commissioner to Administer Oaths and Compel Testimony In the exercise of his powers and the performance of his duties under this article, the commissioner of weights and measures shall have the power to administer … Proofed
47-1-8 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Inspection and Sealing of Weights and Measures of County or City; Inspecting Work of Local Sealers The commissioner of weights and measures, or his assistant commissioner, deputy, or inspectors, at his direction, shall at least once in five years try and prov… Proofed
47-1-9 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Supervision by Commissioner; Tests on Request or at State Institutions; Employees of Institutions as Deputies The state commissioner of weights and measures shall have and keep a general supervision of the weights and measures and weighing or measuring devices offered f… Proofed
47-1-10 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures General Powers and Duties of Commissioner The state commissioner shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, either personally or by deputy or through the agency of a county or city sealer of weight… Proofed
47-1-11 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Sealing or Marking of Correct Weights and Measures Whenever the state commissioner compares weights, measures, or weighing or measuring instruments, and finds that they correspond, or causes them to correspond, … Proofed
47-1-12 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Condemnation of Incorrect Weights and Measures The state commissioner shall condemn and seize incorrect weights, measures or weighing or measuring devices which, in his best judgment, are not susceptible of … Proofed
47-1-13 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures General Powers and Duties of Deputies and Inspectors The powers and duties given to and imposed upon the state commissioner of weights and measures by sections seven, ten, eleven and twelve are hereby given to and… Proofed
47-1-14 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures County Sealers; Deputies Except in counties where the county court shall appoint a sealer of weights and measures as hereinafter provided, the sheriff of the county shall be ex officio … Proofed
47-1-15 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures City Sealers; Deputy Sealers; Regulations There may be a city sealer of weights and measures in cities of not less than twenty-five thousand population, according to the latest official statement of Uni… Proofed
47-1-16 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Combined Territory for One Set of Standards and One Sealer Nothing in sections fourteen and fifteen of this article shall be construed to prevent two or more counties, or a county and any city therein, from combining th… Proofed
47-1-17 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Bond of County or City Sealer or Deputy Each county or city sealer or deputy sealer of weights and measures appointed under the provisions of sections fourteen, fifteen or sixteen of this article shal… Proofed
47-1-18 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Procurement and Certification of County and City Standards The county court of each county and the common council of each city required to appoint a sealer under the provisions of this article shall procure at the expen… Proofed
47-1-19 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Powers and Duties of County and City Sealers; Rules and Regulations Where not otherwise provided by law, the county or city sealer shall have the same powers and shall perform the same duties within his county or city as are gra… Proofed
47-1-20 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Records and Reports of County and City Sealers The county or city sealer shall keep a complete record of all his official acts, and shall make an annual report, duly sworn to, on the first day of November, t… Proofed
47-1-21 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Commissioner, Assistant, Inspectors, Deputies and Sealers Made Special Policemen; Arrests and Seizures The commissioner of weights and measures, his assistant, deputy and inspectors, and the county and city sealers and deputy sealers of weights and measures, are … Proofed
47-1-22 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Obstruction of Officers Any person who shall hinder or obstruct in any way the commissioner of weights and measures, his assistant, deputy, or inspectors, or any county or city sealer … Proofed
47-1-23 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Impersonation of Officers Any person who shall impersonate in any way the commissioner of weights and measures, his assistant, deputy, or inspectors, or any county or city sealer or depu… Proofed
47-1-24 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Labeling Packages with Quantity; “Package” Defined It shall be unlawful to keep for the purpose of sale, offer or expose for sale, or sell any commodity in package form unless the net quantity of the contents be… Proofed
47-1-25 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Butter It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale any butter, renovated or process butter, or oleomargarine in any other manner than by weight. When… Proofed
47-1-26 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Bottles for Milk or Cream Bottles used for the sale of milk or cream shall be of the capacity of one-half gallon, three pints, one quart, one pint, one-half pint, and one gill, when fill… Proofed
47-1-27 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Bushel and Its Subdivisions A bushel, half bushel, peck, half peck, quarter peck, quart and pint of the respective articles hereinafter mentioned, except when sold in baskets or containers… Unreviewed
47-1-28 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Ton A ton shall contain two thousand pounds. Proofed
47-1-29 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Barrel of Flour One barrel of flour shall contain one hundred and ninety-six pounds, one-half barrel ninety-eight pounds, one-quarter barrel forty-nine pounds, one eighth barre… Proofed
47-1-30 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Standard Lime Barrel There is hereby established a large and a small barrel of lime, the large barrel to consist of two hundred and eighty pounds and the small barrel to consist of … Proofed
47-1-31 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Standard Barrel for Fruits and Other Dry Commodities; for Cranberries The standard barrel for fruits, vegetables, and other dry commodities other than cranberries shall be of the following dimensions when measured with out distent… Proofed
47-1-32 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Standards for Climax Baskets Standards for Climax baskets for grapes and other fruits and vegetables shall be the two-quart basket, four-quart basket, and twelve-quart basket, respectively:… Proofed
47-1-33 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Standard Container for Small Fruits and Vegetables The standard basket or other container for small fruits, berries, and vegetables shall be of the following capacities, namely, dry one-half pint, dry pint, dry … Proofed
47-1-34 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Sale to be by Net Weight Whenever any commodity is sold on a basis of weight, it shall be unlawful to employ any other weight in such sale than the net weight of the commodity; and all … Proofed
47-1-35 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Measurement of Logs, Lumber and Timber “Doyle and Scribner’s combined rules” for the measurement of logs, lumber and timber of all kinds is hereby established as the lawful rule in this State for the… Proofed
47-1-36 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Offenses; Penalties Any person who, by himself or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of another person, shall knowingly offer or expose for sale, sell, use in the … Proofed
47-1-37 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Weights and Measures Jurisdiction of Justices Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction to try and determine all offenses committed by way of violation of the provisions of this article except where the… Proofed
47-2-1 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Trade-marks in General Who May Register Trade-mark Whenever any person, firm or corporation, or any association or union of workingmen, has heretofore adopted or used, or shall hereafter adopt or use, any label,… Proofed
47-2-2 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Trade-marks in General Registration; Certificates of Recordation Every such person, firm, corporation, association or union that has heretofore adopted or used, or shall hereafter adopt or use, a label, trade-mark, term, desi… Proofed
47-2-3 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Trade-marks in General Penalty for Counterfeiting, Imitating or Improper Use Whoever knowingly counterfeits or imitates any such registered label, trade-mark, term, design, device or form of advertisement; or knowingly sells, or offers f… Proofed
47-2-4 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Trade-marks in General Fraudulent Procurement of Filing; Civil Liability; Penalty Any person who shall for himself, or on behalf of any other person, or any firm, corporation, association or union, procure the filing of any such label, trade-… Proofed
47-2-5 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Trade-marks in General Remedies for Unlawful Use Every such person, firm, corporation, association or union so adopting or using and registering any such label, trade-mark, term, design, device or form of adve… Proofed
47-2-6 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Trade-marks in General Criminal Liability for Improper Use of Genuine Label, Etc Every person who, and every firm, corporation, association or union which, shall knowingly use or display, in any manner, the genuine label, trade-mark, term, d… Proofed
47-2-7 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Trade-marks in General Unlawful Use of Name or Seal; Penalty Any person who, and any firm, corporation, association or union which, shall in any way knowingly use the name or seal of any such person, firm, corporation, as… Proofed
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