Rhode Island General Laws 47-8-2. Sealed measure to be used on demand of purchaser
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Any person, firm, or corporation selling or vending gasoline from a gasoline station, so-called, or from a garage, shall keep for use at the gasoline station or garage a five (5) gallon measure which has been properly tested and sealed by the sealer of weights, measures, and balances of the town or city in which the gasoline station or garage is located. Upon the request of any purchaser of gasoline, the person selling the gasoline shall, in the presence of the purchaser, use the gasoline measure in the sale of the gasoline.
History of Section.
G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 29; P.L. 1922, ch. 2185, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 29; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 47-8-2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 47-8-2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9