The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-03-13
Ordnance No. "a.

I)l/loIllkNH ALL oNfl-AIo
IN THE CITY OF BOTTl-
NEAU,~ REGULATINGTH
WEIGHING OF COAL AMI
COKE. AND REQUIRING
DEALERS IN COAL AND
COKE TO WEIGH THE
SAME UPON THE CITY
SCALES IN THE SALE
AND DELIVERY OF SUCH
IN THE
CITY OF B~OTTINEAU,
AND + Il f S 6 K | Il IN G
RULES,
AND FEES THEREFOR;
PROVIDING A PENALTY
FOR ITS VIOLATION. AND
REPEATING ALL OTHER
IN CON-
FLICT HEREWITH; AND
APPOINTING A WEIGH
MASTER AND A DEPUTY
WEIGHMASTER.
BE it ordained by the city
council of the city of Bottineau,
North Dakota, There is hereby
established in the city of Botti-
neau. a city scales, which said
city scales are hereby establ-
ished at the north side of lot
one of block twenty-three in
the city of Bottineau, other
wise known as Sixth street,
between Thompson and Main
streets. Said city scales, thus
established, consisting of a
platform wagon scale.
SEC. III. 1t shall be unlaw.
full for any person, firm or cor
poration within the city of
Bottineau to sell in the usual
retail trade for delivery in the
city of Bottineau, any coal or
coke in lots of five hundred
pounds or over without first
weighing the same upon the
city scales of the city of Botti.
neau: and said person, firm or
corporation, 80 weighing shall
furnish to it's customers, to
whom said coal or coke is de-
livered, slips or weigh-tickets.
signed by the weighmaster,
hereinafter provided for, show.
ing said customer the gross
weight and the net weight of
said coal or coke, and the
weights 50 shown by the weigh
tickets shall be deemed the
correct weights for said coal or
coke. Said dealer shall settle
with his customer in accord.
ance Herewith. And any per-
son. firm or corporation who
shall violate any Of the provi-
sions of this section shall. upon
conviction, be punished by a
fine of not less than five or
more than twenty-five dollars
for each offense; and in default
of the payment of fine and
costs. shall be committed to
the jail of the city of Bottinea,,
for a period of one day for each
two dollars of said fine and
costs.
SEC. Ill. Any person, firm
or corporation within the city
of Bottineau who shall sell in
, the usual retail trade for de-
livery in the city of Bottineau,
in lots of less than five hun.
dred pounds of coal or coke.
upon request of the person to
whom said coal or coke has
been sold, or upon the demand
of the city weighmaster, weigh
the same upon the city scales
in the same manner provided
for in section two hereof; and
for violation of this section
shall be subject to the same
penalty as provided for in sec
ton two hereof.
SEC. Ill A. Any person. firm
or corporation within the city
of Bottineau who shall sell in
the usual retail trade any coal
or coke to any person, when
the same is to be taken or de-
livered outside the corporate
limits of the city of Bottineau,
shall upon request Of the pur-
chaser of said coal or coke. or
his agent, cause the same to
be weighed upon the city scales,
hereinbefore provided for, and
the weights given by the city
scales shall be accepted by
both purchaser and seller as
the actual amount of coal or
coke And any person, firm or
corporation within the city OF
Bottineau who shall refuse to
cause said coal or coke to be
weighed upon the city scales
when 80 requested, shall be