The British city has a tradition of public weighing of the mayor

In the English town called High Wycombe in 1678, the year the first public weighing of the mayor. Local residents were angry that the city officials came to power, one and all began to gain weight rapidly.

Townspeople linked this fact with the fact that the mayor and his aides are stealing from the city treasury, begin to live well and eat well, and as a result gaining weight. They demanded a publicly weigh the mayor in the town square, to make sure that the weight is correct.

Over time, it became a tradition. In the town and to this day the mayor is weighed at the beginning and the end of its service life as the head of the city. After weighing took place, a herald shouted to the entire area, "No more!" When the mayor was able to keep the figure, or "Something else!" - If the mayor did stout at the post.

via factroom.ru