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1¤rFc¤Y-·rHm1> couomzss. sms. III. ous. ma, 180. 1895. 813 SEG, 11, Any person who shall neglect or refuse to exhibit; his 1T¤¤i¤h¤¤¤¢ ro: vmweights, measures, scales, beams, or other instruments used for the l°"‘°“°‘ purpose of weighing or measuring to the sealer or assistant sealer of weights and measures; or any person who shall use, in buying or seIl— ing, any weights, measures, scales, beams or other instruments used for weighing or measuring, which shall have been inspected and condemned by the sealer of weights and measures, or which, upon exami— nation, shall not be conformable to the standards in the office of the _ sealer of weights and measures; or any person who shall violate, or fail to comply with, any of the foregoing provisions of this Act, shall be " punished by. a. Hue not to exceed one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution; and the court may make sa further sentence that the oifender be imprisoned in the District jail till the payment of such Hue and costs; Provided, That such imprisonment shall not exceed the fgljjyfgf im Ii an ‘ period of six mouths. mm. p S Sm:. 12. That no person shall sell or deliver any coal within the limits D•>¤v¤¤i¤¤ <>f M1- of the District of Columbia unless there shall be delivered to the person in charge of the wagon or conveyance used in delivering such coal a eertificam duly signed by the person sellin g the same and showing the weight of the coal purporting to be delivered, the weight of the wagon or conveyance used in such delivery, the total weight of coal and conveyance, and the name of the purchaser. Sm:. 13, That no person in charge of the wagon or conveyance used mggegyg u;•£ i¤· in delivering coal, to whom the certihcate mentioned in section six of mq this Act has been delivered, shall neglect or refuse to exhibit such certiicate to the sealer or the assistant sealer of weights and measures, or to any person designated by them, or to the purchaser or intended purchaser of the coal being delivered; and when said officers, person mwmgmug. so designated, or such purchaser or intended purchaser shall demand that the weight shown by" such certificate be veriiied, it: sh all be the duty of the person delivering such coal to convey the same forthwith to some public scale of the District, or to any private scale the owner whereof shall consent to such use, and to permit the verifying of the weight shown, and shall, after the delivery of such coal, return forthwith, with the wagon or conveyance used, to the same scale and verify the weight of the wagon or conveyance. Sec. 14. That it shall be the duty of the sealer of weights and meas- {5¤¤1••¤¤¤¤¤ of ml mes to inspect, or cause to be inspected and tested, the weight of coa,1 “° ’°'°‘ sold or delivered as aforesaid within the District of Columbia, and to take the proceedings necessary to enforce the provisions of this Act. Sm:. 15. That any person who shall violate or who shall neglect or _ P<;¤=¤1*y for dvliverrefuse to comply with the provisions of sections six, seven, and eight mg °“° °°“l‘ °t°’ of this Act, or any person who shall deliver or attempt to deliver coal of less weight than that set down in the certificate hereinbefore mentioued, shall be punished with a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution; and the court may make a. further sentence that the offender be imprisoned in the District jail until the payment of such fine and costs: Provided, That the term of such imprisonment f;°”‘:°°· . pnsoument shall not exceed su: mouths. · Sec. 16. That all laws and ordinances inconsistent with the pro- R°P°“· visions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, March 2, 1895. CHAP. 180.--An Act T0 amend section three of an Act entitled “An Act to regu Mmh 2- B95- late the liens of judgments and decrees of the courts of the United States," approved k;;" August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section three of an Act E¤i¤¤·*S¤·¢¤¤¤<>·¤¤¤· entitled mu Act w regulate the mms or judgments and aww; of the v.§i{“;5j';_%’;,?°"’· courts of the United States/’ approved August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be amended so as to read as follows: