658 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 311

chaser made prior to the unloading of the cart, wagon or
other vehicle in which coal or coke is delivered to said pur-
chaser, or whenever such sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable
or 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
convenient State, city or available 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 provi-
sions 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 pro-
vided, 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 or if none is available, upon another private scale.

15E. 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.

15F. 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, other-
wise to be paid by the purchaser, if said coal is ordered
weighed by the sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or other