District of Columbia Code
Subchapter I - Weights and Measures Generally
§ 37–201.12. Sale of ice

It shall be unlawful to sell, within the District of Columbia, any ice in any manner other than by weight, such weight to be ascertained at the time of delivery of such ice, and every person, or in case of a firm, copartnership, or corporation, the person in charge of its business in the District of Columbia, engaged in the sale of ice shall keep on each of his or its wagons or other vehicles used in the sale or delivery of ice, while in use, a scale suitable for weighing ice which has been tested and approved in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter. Every scale used for weighing ice in making sales in quantities of 100 pounds or less shall have graduations of 1 pound or less. Scales used for weighing ice in making sales in quantities of more than 100 pounds may have graduations of 5 pounds or less.
(Mar. 3, 1921, 41 Stat. 1220, ch. 118, § 12.)
1981 Ed., § 10-113.
1973 Ed., § 10-112.

Structure District of Columbia Code

District of Columbia Code

Title 37 - Weights, Measures, Markets, and Vending

Chapter 2 - Weights, Measures, and Markets Generally

Subchapter I - Weights and Measures Generally

§ 37–201.01. Department of Weights, Measures, and Markets created; appointment of Director, assistants and employees

§ 37–201.02. Director to give bond and take oath

§ 37–201.03. Exclusive powers of Director; examination of measuring devices; condemnation; charges by Mayor

§ 37–201.04. Inspection required after repair; alteration of condemnation tag prohibited

§ 37–201.05. Obstruction of inspection prohibited

§ 37–201.06. Record of inspections

§ 37–201.07. False measure prohibited; sale of commodities

§ 37–201.08. Commodities sold by weight; “ton” defined

§ 37–201.09. Vending machines

§ 37–201.10. Sales tickets

§ 37–201.11. Sale of coal, charcoal, or coke

§ 37–201.12. Sale of ice

§ 37–201.13. Sale of bread

§ 37–201.14. Sale of frozen and fluid dairy products

§ 37–201.15. Standard containers for sale of fruits, vegetables, and other dry commodities; no sales except in standard containers or by weight or count

§ 37–201.16. Substitutes for dry measure prohibited

§ 37–201.16a. Quantity markings required for packages; exemption

§ 37–201.17. Sale of wood

§ 37–201.18. Standard liquid measures; automatic gasoline pumps

§ 37–201.18a. Gasoline and fuel pump octane measurement

§ 37–201.19. Sale of shucked oysters, fish, meat, butter, and cheese

§ 37–201.20. Automatic measuring pumps

§ 37–201.21. Sale of pro rata quantity

§ 37–201.22. Inspection of commodities by Director

§ 37–201.22a. Sale of food by false advertising

§ 37–201.23. Sale of measuring devices by Director prohibited

§ 37–201.24. Police power conferred upon Director; inspections without warrants

§ 37–201.25. Council may establish tolerances and specifications

§ 37–201.26. Weighmasters; public scales; fees. [Repealed]

§ 37–201.27. Powers and duties of Director conferred on assistants and inspectors

§ 37–201.28. Supervision of markets; investigations and reports

§ 37–201.29. “Mayor” and “Director” defined

§ 37–201.30. “Person” defined; meaning of singular words

§ 37–201.31. Severability

§ 37–201.32. Penalties; conduct of prosecutions

§ 37–201.33. Registration and inspection fees for weighing and measuring devices