Every maker, baker or manufacturer of bread, every proprietor of a bakery or bake shop and every seller of bread within the City shall keep scales and weights suitable for the weighing of bread in a conspicuous place in his bakery, bake shop or store and shall, whenever requested by the buyer, and in the buyer's presence weigh the loaf or loaves of bread sold or offered for sale.
(1952 Code § 26-4-3)