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'c Scanners are required to be 98% accurate. Report of the :. Several businesses now give the consumer the Sealer of Weights and Measures item free if the scanned price exceeds the sale or posted. price of the item. Consumers should always review their sales receipts to ensure they were not and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: To the Honorable Board of Selectmen overcharged for any item purchased. Firewood can only be sold by cubic foot. The I herewith submit my report as Sealer of Weights sales receipt must include the number of cubic feet and and Measures for the year 2002. the price. Scales and Balances I would like. to thank Massachusetts State 100-1,000 lbs Sealed 4 Metrology Technician, Donald'Smith, for providing a >10-<100 lbs Sealed 59 State Standards Test Kit necessary to perform the work <10 lbs Sealed 16 Ain Mashpee. Adjusted 12 Not Sealed 6 Respectfully submitted, Weight Sets Sealed 2 Ray E. Bowman Linear Measuring Devices Sealer of Weights &Measures Measuring Wheels (Town) Sealed 2 Cordage Sealed 4 Tapes Sealed 3 Report of the Liquid Measuring Devices Gasoline&Diesel Sealed 64 Animal Control Officer Adjusted 11 Not Sealed 4 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Scanner Systems Chief of Police Cooper and the Citizens of the Number 98% Accurate or above 2 Town of Mashpee: Number below 98% Accurate 1 It is with a great deal of pleasure that I submit my Trial Weighing of Commodities seventeenth annual report to the community. During Number Correct 15 the period of January 1, 2002 through December 31, Number Incorrect 1 2002 this department provided the following services. Reverse Vending Machines 11,625 miles covered Sealed 10 67 dogs removed to the shelter 94 feral and stray cats removed to the shelter Complaints 2 19 animal bites investigated 103 dead animals and birds removed Number of Civil Citations 212 lost animals recorded Warnings 2 32 barking complaints investigated 6 wild animals removed from domestic locations Consumer/Merchant Savings $81.00 6 injured or sick animals and birds treated 37 citations issued Total Sealing Fees Collected $2,900.00 On January 13th the annual rabies and licensing All digital scales used for retail sales must be clinic was held. This was our first year holding the mounted so the readout on the back of the scale is clinic at the newly renovated Fire Station. The heavy clearly visible to the consumer. Also, aro er tare for rain that day turned to snow just as the clinic began. packaging must be entered on digital scales to ensure Sixty-two dog-owners braved the storm to inoculate consumers are onlycharged for the net weight of the and license their best friend. I would like to thank vol- item g g purchased. unteer Jane Nevins for her assistance at the clinic. 107