PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1631

violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misde-
meanor and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $25.00
for each and every cart, wagon or other load of said coal or coke
sold without such weighing.

537. It shall be the duty of any police officer of Baltimore
City on demand of the purchaser made prior to the unloading
of the cart, wagon or other, vehicle in which coal or coke is deliv-
ered to said purchaser, or whenever such police officer has rea-
son to believe that any cart, wagon or other vehicle containing
coal or coke contains a less weight than that stated upon the
card or ticket hereinafter in the next succeeding section pro-
vided for, to take such cart, wagon or other vehicle to the nearest,
or most convenient State, city or available private scale and
have it weighed; and it shall be the duty of the party so weigh-
ing to give a written certificate of the weight. No additional
charge shall be made for hauling coal or coke to any scales to be
weighed. Any violation of the provisions of this section and
any refusal of any driver or owner of any cart, wagon, or other
vehicle to take such cart or other vehicle to such scales to be
weighed as aforesaid, and any delivery or attempt to deliver a
weight of coal or coke less than that indicated upon the face of
the card or ticket hereinafter in the next succeeding section pro-
vided for shall be a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by a
fine not exceeding the sum of $50.00 for each and every offense;
provided, however, that in all weighings made under the provi-
sions of this section, three per centum of the net weight shall
be allowed for variation of scales, and provided further that
whenever such weighing is made upon a private scale, and said
load is found to be under weight, the seller of such coal or coke
shall be notified before said load is dumped, and shall have the
right to demand that said coal or coke shall be reweighed upon
a State or city scale.

538. It shall be the duty of every seller of coal or coke to
send with each and every load of coal or coke sold by him a card
or ticket which shall indicate on its face in plain characters the
seller's name, the date, the weight of coal or coke contained in
the cart, wagon or other vehicle in which it is being transported,
and any violation of the provisions of this section on the part
of any seller of coal or coke shall be a misdemeanor and pun-
ishable by a fine of not more than $10.00 for each and every
offense.

539. A compensation of twenty-five cents shall be paid per
ton to the parties weighing the coal or coke under the foregoing
sections, said sum for weighing to be paid by the seller if the
coal or coke is deficient in weight, otherwise to be paid by the