The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-18
An Ordinance

a mend an ordinance entitled IAN ordin ance to
pr1 an ins spe tor ePp Scales Weishtss o AND n.eas.
ures, ana to prescribe his duties and compensa
JUST Weights and measures" Passed Ap1ii IS.
The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City do ordain
sHorlos i. Every Goa, dealer shall furnish the
taken from the yard of such coal dealer for deliv-
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the exact quantity or weight or coal upon such
to whom SAID coal is 20 be delivered :
SIC. q II shall be the duty OF the inspector OF
Officer, at the request Of any purchaser. or upon
his own ~volition. TO demand OF the driver in charge
ducion Of said certificate or memorandum and TO
order him to drive. and the said driver thereupon
Inspector or Police oficer shall direct. and wher
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weigh the said cart or wagon with the coal upon
be Delivered and thefe TO unload the same, and
thereupon the said driver shall again drive or take
the said cart or WAGON with the coal upon it had
previo usly been weighed, for the purpose Of ascsr-
that the driver or owner of such cart or wagon
shall not be required to pay any expense or cost
case the weight of coal shalI be found to be rea-
the provisions Of this ordinance. such driver shall,
upon complaint OF said inspector Of Scales,
Jersey City, be fined ten dollars; and il, after
and d ed tic same from the be Weight Of the
cart or wagon with the coal upon it, the amount
or quantity of coal is found TO be less than that In
dicated and mentioned in said certificate or
m emorandnm, the said Inspector of scales,
as the case may be, is hereby authorized ana di.
vender Of said coal with intent to cheat ana de.
fraud the purchaser of said coal. in violation of
this ordinance, before q Police Justice Of Jersey
CITY. who. upon &c conviction snail impose upon.
fifty dollars. and in addition thereto a sum equal
to the amount out Of which the purchaser was
Collected above said rne Of nifty dollars shall be
SEC. 8 IL shall be the duty OF the Inspector Of
Scales, Weights and Measures, ana he 1s hereby
persons engaged In the mercantile business whose
weights and measures have previously been
In the course Of this or other business. uses
weights and measures or either of them, not hav-
ordinance TO which this Is an amendment, and to
take him. her Or them. to the nearest Police JUS
and measures with violation Of this ordinance,
who, upon con yiction, shall be hned ten dollars
SEC. !. And it shallsbe the duty of the said In.
spector Of Scales. Weights and Measures, and he is
hereby required to report to the Board of Alder
men at least once in every month the names OF all
persons. together with the location ana nature Of
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Justice before whom they are taken.
CHARLES W. ALLEN.
President.
City ccierg.
The 9 foregoing Greg ~ a uySdahiaa,nocnss was returned by the
ciesrS's ONCE Of jersey City. g sRr nlSa % II is sae Wiz SldS
the City Clerk. laid before the Board Of Aldermen
Of Jersey City February % 1892 and passed by
~jections OF the Mayor.
City Clerks Office. Jersey CITY, March > 1892.
City Clerk.