(A) Any person retaining coal in the city shall send, with each load, a certificate showing, separately, the weight of the vehicle and the weight of the coal. The certificate shall be signed by the person selling the coal and shall be delivered with the load of coal to the purchaser.
(B) Before the unloading or discharging of any load of coal on or near the premises of the proposed purchaser, the purchaser or the Inspector of Weights and Measures may demand of the seller or his or her agent, driver or other person in charge of the load, a certificate of weight, as herein provided for. The seller, agent, driver or other person shall surrender the certificate to the purchaser or the Inspector, who may, if he or she doubts the correctness of the certificate require the seller, agent, driver or other person to reweigh any load of coal at any suitable scales in the city. The purchaser or Inspector shall pay the keeper of the scales for weighing the same.
(Prior Code, § 112.09) (Ord. 1016-1932, passed - -1932)