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shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $10.00 for each and every
day that said violation shall continue.

1880, ch. 382. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 429. 1912, ch. 838.

536. Every person, firm or corporation dealing in or selling mineral
coal or coke within the City of Baltimore shall cause all coal or coke so sold
to be weighed upon the scales maintained in accordance with the provisions
of the preceding section. Any violation of the provisions of this section
shall be a misdemeanor and shall he 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.

1880, ch. 382. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 430. 1912, ch. 838.

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 delivered to said purchaser, or
whenever such police officer has reason 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 provided
for, to take such cart, wagon or other vehicle to the nearest or most con-
venient State, city or available private scale and have it weighed; and it
shall be the duty of the party so weighing 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 provided for shall be a misdemeanor, and shall be pun-
ishable by a fine not exceeding the sum of $50.00 for each and every
offence; 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.

1880, ch. 382. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 431. 1900, ch. 524. 1912, ch. 838.
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
punishable by a fine of not more than $10.00 for each and every offence.