HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 111Be it ordained 3;. the Board of Trustees of the City of
Lodi, as follows:-
Section 1. All loaves of bread made or‘procured for
the purpose of sale, sola, ,offered or exposed- for sale in the City of
Lodi, shall vreigh, six hours after baking, not less than sixteen ounces
avoird-upois , except as hereinafter provided, and such weight shall be
the standard weight of a small loaf in the City of Lodi.
Bread may also be made or procured for sale, sold OT
offered or exposed. for sale in twenty-four ounce loaves, which shall be
horn as a standard large loaf; also, in nmltiples of the standards fix-
ed for the small and large loaves and. no other.
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Commercial tolerances iil excess are hereby fixed for small
loaws 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 lltvrin loaves” or !-alti,oLe loaves
may be made or procured. for the puruose of sale, sold, offered or ex-
gosed for sale, providing each unit of such “twin“ or multiple loaf con-
forms to the standard weights as hereii? fixed.. The coni!mercial tolerance
fixed for small loaf shall app1.y to each unit of the ‘‘twin” or nmltiyle
loaf.
Section 2. Any person, firm or corporation mho shall
make or procure for the purpose of sale, sell, offer or expose for sale
mithii? the City of L0d.i any bread in loaves otherwise tha? herein pro-
vided for or in coilflict with %he standard weights of bread, when baked
as herein fixed, shall be guilty of a rnSsdeveanor.
A11 ins.pections of the weight of bread. shall be made on
the premises of the maker or r?a-mi.factu.rer by averaging the weight of
cot less thaii 20 1.oav-e~ of bread of any one unit and. such average weight
per loaf shall. not be less than t%e rcinii-mm or Eore l;fiaii the maximwn
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weig.iit herein fixed for sv.& nnits.
3ection 8. "he Lx-ovisioiis of this ordinai?ce shall not
apply to crackers, pretzels, I:iscvits, huxs , sceliies, rolls or loaves of
fajzcg bread Velghinq less than one-i'ouyt.h of a po#nd avoir&u.,pois Or to
vfnat is conmion!-y 'xaomi as "stde bread" , sold as sucii, provided the
selles shall at the t.ime of sale sx?:Cessl.ji- state to the buyer that the
bread. so sold is stale bread.
?his ordinance sba.l.1 be
exifo-rce8. By the Couatg 3ealer of '$!eigl:_.ts and l.:.easu.rers.
Section 4. This ordinance is an ord.ina-ilce for the
ini??ediate ?reservation of the i)x?hlie :hsalth and safety an8 s:hall take
effec-l; and shall be in force irmedia,tel;r after its fiiial passaze and
p.bl i cat ion.
I hsrcehy app-rove aiid s igi %lie foregoiii:g o:i-dinamce t'nis
of the City of Lodi.
I, H. S. CUM, City Clerk of the City of Lodi, do hereby
certify that the foyegoing Ordinance tho. 31. was read ad. introduced
LOT -passage at a regu.1a.r meting of the 3oard of Trustees of the City of
TJod-i, 0x1 the 1st. day of TLarclz, A. 2- 1-920, ai'ila mas thereaftel., on -
March 15th , 1.S20, duly passed and adopted by the following vote:-
2.
A:res: Trustees Montgomerygdorehead,Crose,Hale and &ex.
IJoes: hTom.
Absent: None.
And- that said ordinance was tliereu.pon a,?p-roved and signed
bg the ?resident of tne Board of Tmstees.
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