HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 925

ceding section. Any violation of the provisions of this sec-
tion shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a
fine not exceeding $25. 00 for each and every cart, waggon or
other load of said coal or coke sold without such weighing.

96D. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff, the Deputy
Sheriff, constables, and other police officers of Caroline
County on demand of the purchaser made prior to the un-
loading 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 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 certifi-
cate of the weight. No additional charge shall be made for
hauling coal or coke to any scales to be weighed. Any vio-
lation 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 deliv-
er a weight of coal or coke less than that indicated upon the
face of the card of 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 noti-
fied 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.

96E. 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.