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.)