272                               Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 216

shall be given to the purchaser at the time of making the delivery.
Every driver or person in charge of a vehicle in which solid fuel is
being transported for delivery to a purchaser within the State of
Maryland, shall at all times have in his possession delivery tickets
for the solid fuel so transported or delivered, shall present them for
inspection to any police officer upon request, and shall present them
to the purchaser before unloading or attempting to unload the ve-
hicle. The actual amount of the load of solid fuel being transported
or delivered shall not be less than the weight represented in the de-
livery ticket or tickets, provided that in all cases sixty (60) pounds
to a ton may be considered as an allowance for variation in scales
and wastage, and the kind and size of the solid fuel being trans-
ported and delivered must be as specified on the delivery ticket. Any
person transporting or delivering solid fuel in the State of Mary-
land except in the manner provided for in this section shall be
deemed guilty of a violation of the provisions of this section, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than
five hundred dollars ($500) or by inprisonment for not more than
six (6) months or by both fine and imprisonment. Where solid fuel
is delivered in car load quantity to a single consumer or to one or
more consumers who have agreed to divide a car load lot and who
are transporting the solid fuel from the siding or have made ar-
rangements for such transportation, the delivery ticket shall show
merely the initial, number and location of the car from which said
fuel was unloaded, the date of delivery and the name of the person
making delivery. Nothing in this section shall apply to the delivery
of coal to or from a boat(.) or to the delivery of bituminous coed
from the mines IN MARYLAND for industrial or commercial use or
to the delivery of bituminous coal from the mines IN MARYLAND
to any church, hospital, school, or other (public institution.

67. No person shall make or issue a delivery ticket for solid fuel
as provided in this sub-title unless such solid fuel has been weighed
as herein provided by a weighmaster duly licensed by Superin-
tendent of Weights and Measures. Application for a license shall be
made upon the form prescribed by the Superintendent of Weights
and Measures, shall state the name and address of the applicant's
employer and shall be verified by the oath of the applicant. In addi-
tion the applicant shall furnish satisfactory evidence of good moral
character, and of ability to weigh accurately, and make correct
weight tickets. The Superintendent of Weights and Measures may
issue a license upon the payment of the annual license fee of ten
dollars ($10). The license may be renewed for successive periods of
one year each, upon payment of a license fee of ten dollars ($10),
which license shall be kept in the place where the weighmaster is en-
gaged in weighing and shall be open to inspection. Every licensed
weighmaster shall notify the Supt. of Weights and Measures in writ-
ing of any change of the name or address of his employer. A license
may be suspended or revoked by the Supt. of Weights and Measures
after hearing, upon due notice to the licensee, for dishonesty, in-
competency, inaccuracy, or any violation of the provisions of this
sub-title. No licensed weighmaster shall knowingly permit any de-
livery ticket to be used or issued which purports to bear his signa-
ture which was not in fact signed by him or which expresses a
weight not ascertained by him, nor shall any person use a delivery
ticket not signed by licensed weighmaster, nor knowingly issue or
use a delivery ticket which purports to bear the signature of a li-