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In the event that solid fuel is sold or offered for sale by a peddler, or by a dealer making sale or delivery in any other manner than by wagon, truck or other conveyance, such peddler or dealer, shall deliver to the purchaser or intending purchaser, or his agent or representative, or the person to whom delivery is to be made, before the delivery of such fuel or any part thereof, or to the Inspector of Weights and Measures of the Village upon his demand, a delivery ticket bearing the name of such peddler or dealer, his license number if a peddler or name and address if a dealer, and showing the net weight, and the kind, grade and size of the fuel sold or offered for sale.
Every such person shall, on demand of the Inspector of Weights and Measures of the Village, or any deputies, or the purchaser or intended purchaser or his agent or representative, or the person to whom the delivery is to be made, produce and deliver such ticket to such officer, or to the purchaser or intended purchaser, or his agent or representative, or to the person to whom delivery is to be made.
Whenever such officer or any deputies, or the purchaser or intended purchaser, or his agent or representative, or the person to whom delivery is to be made, shall demand that the weights shown by such ticket be verified, it shall thereupon become the duty of the person delivering such fuel to convey the same forthwith to some public scale selected by the Inspector of Weights and Measures of the Village or any deputies, or the purchaser or intended purchaser of the fuel being delivered, or his agent or representative, or the person to whom delivery is to be made, in the village where the solid fuel is to be delivered, or to any private scale if the particular locality where the owner thereof shall consent to such use, and permit the weighing of the solid fuel, together with conveyance and equipment, for the purpose of ascertaining the gross weight thereof, and shall, after the delivery of such fuel, return forthwith with the conveyance and equipment used in the delivery of such solid fuel to the same scale and permit the weighing of the conveyance and equipment for the purpose of verifying the net weight of the solid fuel, as shown by the ticket; provided, however, that if such person requests the privilege of reweighing such solid fuel conveyance and equipment on another and different scale from that selected by the Inspector of Weights and Measures of the Village or any deputies, or the purchaser or intended purchaser or his agent, or representative, or the person to whom delivery is to be made, the Inspector of Weights and Measures or deputy, or the purchaser or intended purchaser or his agent or representative, or the person to whom the delivery is to be made, shall consent to such weighing on some other scale in the particular locality.
It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale any two (2) or more different kinds, grades or sizes of solid fuel which have been mixed in such manner as to prevent purchasers, or intended purchasers, or the Inspector of Weights and Measures of the Village, or any deputy, from reweighing separately each kind, size and grade to determine the weight of each kind, size and grade.
If two (2) or more different kinds, grades or sizes of solid fuel are loaded on the same wagon, truck or other conveyance, each kind, grade and size of solid fuel shall be weighed and loaded separately, and shall be placed in bags, separated by partitions, or placed in closed containers, which shall have legibly stamped upon their sides the actual net weight and the kind, grade and size of each type of solid fuel contained therein. Such loading shall be in such a manner so that any time during the selling or delivery of such solid fuel, each kind, grade and size of solid fuel may be weighed separately. Such person selling or delivering such solid fuel shall provide the driver of the wagon, truck or other conveyance in which the same is transported, with a delivery ticket made out in conformity with the provisions of this Article and shall also show on all invoices, bills and statements rendered the purchaser, the weight of each separate kind, grade or size of solid fuel so delivered.
Any person selling and delivering or attempting to deliver solid fuel within the Village, who shall provide the driver or person in charge of the wagon, truck or other conveyance used in the carrying thereof, or the person making or attempting to make the delivery thereof, with a ticket or memorandum which does not correctly give the information required to be given by virtue of this Article, or with a ticket or memorandum which does not give the result of the actual weighing of such solid fuel, and any such driver and any such persons making or attempting to make delivery of any solid fuel, who shall produce, deliver, offer or tender any ticket or memorandum which does not correctly give the information aforesaid, or does not give the result of the actual weighing of such solid fuel, and any person delivering or attempting to deliver solid fuel within the Village of a quantity less than that called for by the delivery ticket, as provided for in this Article, and any person selling and delivering or attempting to deliver solid fuel within the Village who shall fail to deliver by the person in charge of the wagon, truck or other conveyance used in the carrying thereof the ticket or memorandum giving the information required to be given in this Article and any such driver or persons, making or attempting to make delivery of any solid fuel who shall fail, neglect or refuse to deliver to the purchaser or intended purchaser, or his agent or representative, or to the person to whom delivery is to be made, or to the Inspector of Weights and Measures of the Village or any deputy, the ticket or memorandum as aforesaid, before such solid fuel or any part thereof is removed from the wagon, truck or other conveyance, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in Section 1-1-5 of this Code.