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shall be a misdemeanor 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.

1924, ch. 258, sec. 38C.

55. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff, the Deputy Sheriffs, constables,
and other police officers of Howard County 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 sheriff,

deputy sheriff, constable or other police officer has reason to believe that
any cart, wagon or other vehicle containing coal or coke contains at 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 convenient State, city or availaible private or public
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 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 provisions of this section, three per centum
of 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.

1924, ch. 258, sec. 38D.

56. 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

offense.

1924, ch. 258, sec. 38E.

57. 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 purchaser; if said coal is ordered

weighed by the sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or other police officer,