§ 47-8-2. Sealed measure to be used on demand of purchaser.
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.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 47 - Weights and Measures
Chapter 47-8 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products
Section 47-8-1. - Testing of measuring devices — Forbidding use — Fee.
Section 47-8-2. - Sealed measure to be used on demand of purchaser.
Section 47-8-3. - Use of sealed measure after seal on measuring device broken.
Section 47-8-5. - Testing and marking of tank vehicles and meters.
Section 47-8-6. - Use of unsealed or condemned measuring device.
Section 47-8-7. - Liability insurance — Marking of vehicles.
Section 47-8-8. - Licensing of petroleum products delivery companies.