Sec. 6. Only those persons shall be eligible to appointment to the position of county or city inspectors of weights and measures who on March 9, 1925, are county or city sealers or inspectors of weights and measures or who have passed an examination which shall be given by the division of weights and measures of the Indiana department of health to test the ability of the person so examined to perform satisfactorily the duties of a county or city inspector of weights and measures. If it is evident to the division of weights and measures that any county or city inspector of weights and measures is not properly and faithfully performing the duties of the office, the division of weights and measures shall have power to discharge such county or city inspector of weights and measures. Such removal, however, shall not be made until five (5) days’ notice of the charge or charges shall have been mailed to him by the division, naming a time and place for a hearing not less than two (2) weeks later than the time of mailing such notice to the county or city inspector of weights and measures; provided, however, that any county or city inspector of weights and measures so removed by the division of weights and measures shall have the right to appeal from the action of the division to the circuit or superior court of the county in which such county or city inspector of weights and measures resides, and during the pendency of such appeal, such county or city inspector of weights and measures may serve in the inspector’s official capacity. Any county or city inspector of weights and measures discharged as provided in this section shall be ineligible to hold the position of county or city inspector of weights and measures for four (4) years, and the vacancy shall be filled by the proper authorities as provided in this chapter.

Formerly: Acts 1925, c.86, s.6. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.86; P.L.2-1992, SEC.754; P.L.56-2023, SEC.217.