The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-01

the party to whom the said coal is to be
delivered and there to unload the same,
aud thereupon the said driver shall again
drive or take the said cart or wagon to
the scales upon which the said cart or
wagon with the coal thereupon it had
previously been weighed, for the purpose
or ascertaining the exact quantity OF said
coal; and for refusing to comply
with the provisions of this ordin-
ance, such driver shall, upon complaint
of said Inspector of Scales, Weights and
Measures or such police officer, and con-
viction before one of the police justices
of Jersey City, be fined ten dollars; and
if, after thus ascerraining the weight of
the cart or wagon and deducting the same
from the weight of the cart or wagon
with the coal upon it, the amount or
quantity of coal is found to be less than
that indicated and mentioned In said GER
titicate or memorandum. the said inspect
or OF Scales, Weights and Measures or
the said police officer as the case may be.
is hereby authorized aud directed to make
complaint on oath charging the vender of
said coal with intent to cheat and defraud
the party to whom the said coal was de-
livered, in violation of this ordinance, be-
fore q police Justice of Jersey City, who,
upon conviction shall impose upon, aud
exact from the party SO offending, a 1ne
of fifty dollars.
Be amended so as 10 read as follows:-
Section 2. 1t shall be the duty of the
luSpcCtOl vi OCdlCo, WSiSabS duu V1GdS-
ures. or any police officer, at the request
of any purchaser. or upo his own Volt
zion, to demand of the driver of a cart or
wagon so laden with coal, the production
of said certificate or memorandum and
10 order him to drive, and the said driver
t%hereupon shall drive to the nearest, or
such place as the said Inspector or police
officer shall direct, and where suitable
scales are kept for weighing coal, and
there in the presence of said officer or In-
speetor weighing. weigh the said cart or
wagon with the coal upon it. Jhence to
the party TO whom the said coal is to be
delivered, and there to unload the same,
and t%hereupon the said driver shall again
drive or take the said cart or wagon to
the scales upon which the said cart or
wagon with the coal upon it had previ-
ously been weighed, for the purpose OF
ascertaining the exac quantity of said
coal. provided that the driver or wner of
such cart or wagon shall not be required
to pay any expense or cost of weighing
said load or empty cart or wagon in case
the weight of coal shall be found to be
reasonably correct, and for refusing to
comply with the provisions of this ordin-
nee, sue driver shall, upon complaint
of said Inspector of Scales, Weights and
Measures or such Police officer, INT con-
viction before one of The Police Justices
OF Jersey City, be fined ten dollars; and
if. after thus ascertaining the weight of
the cart or wagon and deducting the
same from the weight of the cart or
wagon with the coal upon it. the amount
or quantity of coal is found to be less
than that indicated aud mentioned in
said certificate or memorandum, the said
Inspector of Scales, Weights and Meas
ures or the said Police Officer as The case
may be, is hereby authorized and directed
to make complaint upon oath charging
the vender of said coal with intent to
cheat and defraud the purchaser of said
coal in violation OF this ordinance, before
Police Justice of Jersey City. who,
upon conviction, shall impose upon and
exact from the party SO offending, Il fine
of fifty dollars, Ii in addition thereto q
sum equal to the amount out of which
the purchaser was being defrauded. and
in case the purchaser has paid for the coal
on delivery then the amount so collected
above said fine of fifty dollars shall be
sent to and paid over to said purchaser.
Section 4. And it shall be the duty of
the said Inspector of Scales, Weighs and
Measures, and he is hereby required to
report to the Board of Aldermen at least
once in every month the names OF all per-
sons, together with the location and
nature OF their business, violating any oil
the provisions of this ordinance and their
disposition by the Police Justice before
whom they are taken.
The motion was adopted by the follow
ing vote, the yeas and nay having been
ordered and taken ON the call Of the
President:
Yeas-Aldermen Connolly, Day, Keogh,
Macarthur, McEntee and President Allen.
Nays-Aldermeu D~usenbery and Smith
Alderman Salipger was excused from
voting.
On motion of Alderman Connolly the
Board then adjourned.
JOHN E. SCOTT,
City Clerk.