HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 857

or semi-trailer at the time of weighing the trailer or semi-
trailer may be weighed without the tractor. No licensed
weightmaster shall weigh up and sign a delivery ticket for
any load of anthracite transported or being transported
into the State of Maryland by motor vehicle unless and
until a duplicate original of the certificate of origin of such
anthracite shall be filed with the weighmaster as in this
sub-title hereinafter provided, and such weighmaster upon
signing such delivery ticket for any such load of anthracite
shall make a notation upon the delivery ticket of the serial
number and date of the certificate of origin covering said
anthracite; provided, however, that for the purpose of per-
mitting licensed dealers in solid fuel in the District of
Columbia to comply with the provisions of this Act, the
Bureau of Mines is authorized to issue weighmaster licenses
to persons employed in the District of Columbia by a dealer
in coal who has obtained a license to do business in the
State of Maryland, and such persons may weigh up and
sign a delivery ticket for any load of solid fuel if such
load has been weighed by him on scales located within the
District of Columbia which have been tested, approved
and sealed by the Sealer of Weights and Measures of the
District of Columbia. Application for a weighmaster
license pursuant hereto shall be made in the manner here-
inbefore provided and such license shall be subject to all
of the provisions of this Article and may be revoked as in
said Article provided.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
intended to apply solely in favor of solid fuel dealers in
the District of Columbia and shall under no circumstances
be held to enlarge the privileges of solid fuel dealers doing
business elsewhere than in the District of Columbia or of
persons employed by them and if this Act or any part
thereof is held to create an unlawful discrimination against
such solid fuel dealers or the persons employed by them,
then and in that event, this act shall be deemed to be of
no effect whatever and Chapter 349 of the Acts of 1937
shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect as if
this act had never been passed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 17, 1939.