28-3-22: MEANING OF NET WEIGHT:

When any commodity, produce or articles is or are sold subject to public weighmaster's weights, the net weight shown in the weight certificate issued by such public weighmaster shall be taken to be the true net weight of the same, subject to the right of reweighing as herein provided. Net weight, within the meaning of this Article, shall be the actual weight of the commodity, produce or articles excluding the weight of the vehicle, if any, in which it is loaded, and excluding the weight of the driver of such vehicle, if such driver be weighed as part of the tare weight.

28-3-23: WEIGHING AFTER LICENSE HAS EXPIRED:

No public weighmaster whose license shall have expired shall weigh any commodity for fee or reward, or shall issue any weight certificate, until he shall have secured a new license.

28-3-24: EVERY LOAD OF MERCHANDISE TO BE WEIGHED:

Every load of any commodity, produce or other articles of merchandise sold in load lots by weight, delivered by wagon, truck or other vehicle within the Village shall be weighed by a public weighmaster.

28-3-25: WEIGHING BY OTHERS PROHIBITED:

No person shall use or keep any scale within the Village for weighing any commodity, produce or articles of merchandise of any kind whatsoever for fee or reward, except public weighmasters who shall have complied with the provisions of this Article.

28-3-26: STREET SCALES:

No person shall use or keep any scale in any public place, street or alley within the Village unless duly authorized to do so by the Board of Trustees.

28-3-27: ICE EXCLUDED:

Ice sold in load lots by weight is exempted from all the provisions of this Article.

28-3-28: PENALTY FOR VIOLATION:

Any person selling and delivering or attempting to deliver any load lot of anycommodity, produce or articles of merchandise sold in load lot by weight, delivered by wagon, truck or other vehicle within the Village, of a quantity less than that called for by the delivery ticket, or any public weighmaster or deputy who shall provide the driver or person in charge of the vehicle used in the delivery thereof, or the person making or attempting to make delivery thereof, with a certificate or memorandum which does not give the result of the actual weighing of such load lot, and any driver or person in charge of such delivery who shall fail, neglect or refuse to deliver to the Inspector of Weights and Measures or any deputies upon demand, the aforesaid public weighmaster's certificate before such load or any part thereof is removed from the vehicle, or who shall refuse to comply with a lawful request to reweigh the same in order that the weights stated in such certificate may be verified shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in Section 1-1-5 of this Code; provided, that whenever the reweighing is done on a scale other than the scale on which the weighing was originally done a variance of one percent (1%) or less in the net weight of a load lot between the net weight as set forth in the public weighmaster's certificate and the net weight as ascertained by reweighing such load shall not be considered a violation of this Article.

ARTICLE 4 SOLID FUELS

SECTION:

28-4-1: Definitions

28-4-2: Sale by Avoirdupois Weight Required

28-4-3: Delivery Tickets; Required; Contents; Delivery to Purchaser

28-4-4: Delivery Tickets; Required of Peddlers; Delivery to Purchaser or Village Inspector

28-4-5: Delivery Tickets; Production Required on Demand

28-4-6: Verification of Weight

28-4-7: Mixing Solid Fuel

28-4-8: Penalty for Violation

28-4-1: DEFINITIONS:

The following words and phrases shall have the meanings, and are hereby defined, as follows:

AVOIRDUPOIS: The ordinary system of weights of the U.S. in which sixteen (16) ounces avoirdupois make a pound.

SOLID FUEL: Solid fuel shall mean any anthracite, semianthracite, bituminous, semibituminous or lignite coal, briquettes, boulets, coke, gashouse coke, petroleum coke, petroleum carbon or any other manufactured or patented fuel not sold by liquid or metered measure.

HUNDRED WEIGHT: Hundred weight shall mean one hundred (100) pounds avoirdupois.

TON: Ton shall mean twenty (20) hundred weights.