The commissioner of the department of agriculture and commerce shall be, ex officio, the director. There shall be a deputy state director of weights and measures and state inspectors of weights and measures, and necessary technical and clerical personnel, who shall be appointed by the director under the rules of said department, and who shall collectively comprise the state division of weights and measures, of which the deputy director shall be the administrator. The director shall be allowed salaries for the deputy director, the inspectors, and the necessary technical and clerical employees, for necessary equipment and supplies, and for traveling and contingent expenses, such sums as shall be appropriated by the legislature.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments
Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures
Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964
§ 75-27-5. Systems of weights and measures
§ 75-27-7. Definitions of special units of measure
§ 75-27-9. State standards of weight and measure
§ 75-27-11. Office and working standards and equipment
§ 75-27-13. State director, deputy director, and inspectors of weights and measures
§ 75-27-15. Bonds of deputy director and inspectors
§ 75-27-17. General powers and duties of director
§ 75-27-19. Specific powers and duties of directors; regulations
§ 75-27-21. Testing of standards at state-supported institutions
§ 75-27-27. Inspections of packages
§ 75-27-29. Stop-use, stop-removal, and removal orders
§ 75-27-31. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus
§ 75-27-33. Police powers; right to entry and stoppage
§ 75-27-35. Powers and duties of deputy director and inspector
§ 75-27-37. Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus
§ 75-27-39. Methods of sale of commodities; general
§ 75-27-43. Methods of sale of commodities; declaration of unit price on random packages
§ 75-27-45. Methods of sale of commodities; misleading packages
§ 75-27-47. Methods of sale of commodities; advertising packages for sale
§ 75-27-49. Sale by net weight
§ 75-27-51. Misrepresentation of price
§ 75-27-53. Construction of contracts
§ 75-27-55. Hindering or obstructing officer; penalties
§ 75-27-57. Impersonation of officer; penalties
§ 75-27-63. Presumptive evidence