761.16 STATE STANDARDS.

   The standards used by the City Sealer to test weights and measures shall conform to standards established hy the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Council, at the expense of the City, shall provide and maintain the necessary and approved standards with these several necessary subdivisions for the purpose of testing and approving the weights and measures to be used in the City.

(Ord. 4799. Passed 12-17-56.)

761.17 SELLING BY SHORT WEIGHT PROHIBITED.

   No person shall sell or deliver or offer to sell or deliver any coal, coke, flour, feed, hay, straw or other such commodity, the actual weight of which is less than represented.

(Ord. 4799. Passed 12-17-56.)

761.18 WEIGHT CERTIFICATES.

   Whoever sells, delivers or offers to sell or deliver within the City, coal, coke, straw, mill feed or grain, shall place in possession of the driver delivering any such commodities sold or being offered for sale, a written statement or bill showing separately the true weight of the vehicle, the gross weight of the vehicle with such commodity therein, the net weight of such commodity within the vehicle, the name and address of the purchaser, the name and address of the seller and the name and address of the driver or other person in charge of the delivery vehicle.

   Such statement or weight certificate shall be signed by the weigher weighing the same and the same shall be delivered by such driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to the purchaser before unloading. The weigher shall imprint on such duplicate statement or certificate across the figures showing the weight, a seal showing the name and place of the scale, where weighed and the words "Inspected and Sealed Scale." It shall be the duty of the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle, on demand, to produce such bill and exhibit the same to the City Sealer or his deputies or any police officer, and the City Sealer or such police officer, where complaints are made or such officers have reason to believe the coal or other commodity is short weight, shall cause the same to be driven to the City scales or a scale that the City Sealer has inspected and sealed. The gross weight of the coal or other commodity, and the vehicle containing the same, shall be determined and such vehicle shall also be weighed separately.

(Ord. 4799. Passed 12-17-56.)