The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-21
An Ordinance

To amend an ordinance entitled IAN ordin ance to
provide for the appointment and government
OF an Inspector OF Scales, Weights and meas
ures, ana to prescribe his duties and compensa
i isyS. weights ana measures raised Apri To-
The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City do ordain
sEcrlos l.. Every coai dealer shall furnish the
taken from The yard OF such coal dealer for deliv-
cay TO customers, q csrincate, or memorandum.
the exact quantity or weight OF coal upon such
cart Or wagon, togetner with the name OF tine party
skc. l. IL shall be the duty OF the Inspector of
s sliea: a W tae reo aea 6sa any pur 81 sry or r unon
his own volItion, 10 den. and OF the driver in charge
duotion Of said certificate or memoranuum and to
order him 10 Drive, and tho said driver tnereupon
Inspector or Police onicsr shsii direct and Where
suitable scales are kept for weighing coal. anu
weigh the said carr or wagon with the coal upon
Il, tnenee to the party to whom the said coal is TO
be delivered and the, g TO unload the same, and
thereupon the said driver shall again drive or take
tno s said earl earl or or w xSsoon 20 WIN ths tS Sei ceal upon nSn y hea
previo usly Deen weighed, for the purpose OF ascer-
that the driver or owner of such cart OF wagon
shall not DC REQUIRED to pay any expense or cost
case the weight Of coal shall be found to Be 'rea.
sonAbiy correcs and for refusing to comply with
UPON complaint OF said Inspector OF Scales,
Weights and a.easures or su n POLICE onicer, and
conviction oefo, Q one of the Police Justices OF
Jersey Iily, be fined ten dollars; and II, after
thus QscertliniHEJ the Wetyng or the cart Or wagon
and d educting lhe same from the weight Of the
cart or wagon with the GOAL upon it the amount
or quantity of coal Is round 10 be loss than tnat in
dieated and mentioned in said certificate or
IN emorandum, The said Inspector of cales.
" Fights aud Measures or the said Police Officer.
rec, ed 10 make complsint on oath charging the
vender of SAID coal with intent to cheat and de.
fraud the purchaser of said coal, in violation of
this ordinance, before . olice Justice OF jersey
City, who. upon conviction snail impose upon.
i In dollars. and in addition thereto q sum equal
10 tho amount out of wi,icn the purchaser was
paid for the coal on delivery, then the amount so
collected above said fine of nifty dollars shall be
sent to and paid over to said purchaser
SEC. q. II Shall be the duty of the Inspector of
Scales, Weights and Measures. ana he 10 hereby
aurnorizsd and airecred 10 summarily arrest all
persons engaged in the mercantile business whose
weights and measures have Previously been
in inc course OF this or other business, uses
weights and measures or either of them, not hav
ing been so marked or sealed as required by The
ordnance 10 which this Is an amendment and 10
take him. her o. them, TO the nearest Police Jus
tice and then ana there make complaint ON oath.
charging the owner or possessor of such weights
and measures with violation OF this ordinance.
who. upon con ylction, shall be lined ten dollars
SEC. Z. And it shalt bs the duty of the said In.
spector OF Scales. Weiehti and Measures, ana he is
hereby required to report 10 the Board of Alder
men at Ieas; once in every month tho names or all
persons. together with the location ana nature OF
ms ordinance ana uheir disposition by she Polics
Justice before whom they are taken.
CHARLES W. ALLEN,
President.
JoHS E. SCOTT,
City Clerk.
The foregoing audinance was returned by the
Clerks onlce of Jersey City, February 70. 1897. with
tho City Clerk. laid before the Board OF Aldermen
saiu board March s, 1877, notwithstanding the OBJ
ice lions OF the Mayor.
city clerks Office, Jersey CITY March 3 49,
City Clerk.