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AN ORDINANCE FIXING A 8TANDARD V,,qEIGHT OF BBAD" "
IN LOAV~S I~ZING T~ VIOL~TION ~0F A MISD~!EANOR
AND PR0% I~ING ~' PENALTY TH~R
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF B~XERSFIELD,
as follows:
SECTION 1.
All loaves of bread· made or-procured for the 'purpose of sale,
sold, offered or exposed for sale in the City of Bakersfield, shall
weigh, six hours after baking, not less 'than sixteen (16) ounces
avoirdupois, except as hereinafter provided·, and such weight shall be
the standard weight of a small loaf in the said City.
Bread. may also be made or procured. for sale, sold or offered
or exposed for sale in twenty-four (24) 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 (2) and for large loaves of three (3) ounces,
and there shall be no tolerancle below or in deficiency of the fixed
standard weight.
Bre.~d con~nonly known as "twin loaves" or multiple loaves
may be 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 commer-
cial tolerance fixed for small loaf shall. apply to each unit of the
mn or m,~ltiple loaf.
SECTION 2.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall make or procure
for the purpose of sale, sell, offer or expose for sale within the
City of Baker'sfield any bread in loaves o'thenvise than herein pro-
vided for or in conflict with the standard weights of bread when
baked as herein fixed., shall be gailty of a misdemeanor.,
All inspections of the. weight o'f bread shall be made:on th~.Z"'
premises of.the maker· or manufacturer b~ averagirkg the.. weight of not
less titan twenty (20) loaves of bread of·any one u~i~'~i'~.and such aver-
~e weight per loaf s~ll not be less th~ the minim~ or more than
the mximmn weight herein fixed for such mits.
SECTION 3.
The provisions of this ordin~ce shal'l not apply to crackers,
pretzels, biscuits, b~s, scones, rolls or loaves of f~cy bread
weighi~ less t~ one-fourth of a pored avoirdupois or to what is
cornonly hoe 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.
I HEREBY CERTIFY T~&T the. fore~oi~ Ordinance was passed and
of the City of Bakersfield, on the ~ day
adopt ,~by the Council
of ~/~~ , 1920, by the followiA~ vote:
Ayes-Bau~hman, 'Gilchrist, Hinmano i~ous~ham, Senfro, Wffiow, Wilson.
Nay~ -.......~ .................
Absen~ - .....~ ..
~ity ~l erk~~~l erk o f he
C ~ t
Council of the City of Bakers~ield.
APPROVED this ~ day of
~ , 1920.