CHAPTER 629

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 59-106.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to equipment for weighing livestock.
{S 335]
Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
i That § 59-106.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:
; § 59-106.1. The scale house at all livestock auction markets, receiv-
ing stations, packing plants or other establishments where livestock is
regularly bought from producers shall be so constructed that all parties
in interest may readily observe the weighing of livestock. The weigh
beam or indicating apparatus must be so situated that the weight indica-
tions thereon are clearly visible to public view. Provision must be made
whereby the meighmaster from his normal weighing position has full
view of the stock rack on the scale platform, the approaches thereto and
the livestock being weighed. Ready access from the unloading platform
or chutes to the scale house must be provided to enable owners of livestock
to get to the scale house in time to see their livestock weighed. A sign
clearly visible to public view shall be affixed on or adjacent to the scale
house with the following legend in letters at least three inches in height:
TO AVOID COMPLAINTS WATCH LIVESTOCK WEIGHED.