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BE IT ORDAT NED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEF'PERSO11t MISSOURI
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. hat the grade line of the oadway of Clay Street from the
south curb line of McCarty Street to the north line of the alley
south of McCarty Street, be and hereby is established as follows:
Beginning at the south curb line of McCarty Street, where the eleva-
tion of the grade shall be 137.00; thence on a uniform grade to the north
line of the public alley south of McCarty Street, where the elevation
of the grade shall be , 125.30.
SECTION 2. All "rdinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this
Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. this Ordinance shall take effect arid be in force from
mom
and after its passage and approval. '1
Passed— 4/11 1949 Approved Apt 14, 1949
R. E. born 42i R. E.M Dorr
Tresident of the ouncil ayor
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AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL CHAPTER XXIIL OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY CP JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, 19419 PERTAINI14G TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
AND ENACTING A NEW CHAPTER THEREOF PERTAINING TO THE SAME SUBJECT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURT ,
AS FOLLOViS:
. Section 1. Office of Weighmaster. _ At the first meeting of
the ity Coumcil after the regular April election in 1941, and every
year^thereafter, the Mayor, with the consent of the council, shall
appoint some suitable person to the office of weighmaster, who shall
hold his office for the term of one (1) year, and until his successor
is appointed and qualified.
Section 2. fond a,id Oath of Office. the person appointed as
city weighmaster shall, before entering upon the discharge of the
duties of his office, make a,id subscribe to the oath of office
prescribed for other city officials, and shall execute a bond in the
sum of (01000.00) , to the Ity of Jefferson ferson
to be approved by the Mtvor and conditioned for thg faithful per-
formance of the duties of his said office andt he accounting of all
monies acid property coming into !.is hands belonging to said city.
Section 3. -Puties of the U Ity Weighmaster. It shall be
the duty of the city weighmaster to take charge of the city scales
and to see that they are kept in condition to furnish exact weights,
and remain in atteridarice st said scales for the performance of his
duties hereunder, from the hours of 8:00 o'clock A.M. to 12:00 noon
and from 1:00 o'clock P.M. to 5:30 o 'clock P.M.
Section 4 Weighmaster Shall give _Certificate of Weight.
The weighmaster ;hall procure from the city clerk weight blanks which
shall be furnished by the city. Said clerk shall charge the weighmasterl
with all blanks so furnished acid credit him with the number of blanks
returned at each settlement. 'he weighmaster shall furnish the party
or seller having his commodity weighed with a certificate of weight
upon the weight blanks aforesaid in triplicate. The weighmaster to
retain one copy, the seller to retain one copy and one copy to be
delivered by the seller to ultimate purchaser. the said blanks shall
be of the form prescribed by the City Council and shall be numbered
serially.
Section 5. Accounting and settlement of UitV Weighmaster.
It shall be the d-u_t-y--oT the City weighimaster to account for an pay
over to the city treasurer at the end of each month, all monies that
he has received for weighmaster, and take the treasurer's receipt
therefor on the first day of each month.
Section 6._§ALar
y. the weighmaster of the pity of Jefferson
shall receive a salary of $115.00 ier month, payable monthly.
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Section 7, Standard WeiShts Established. the standard
weights are fixed and established by the laws of the State of Missouri
and U. So Government Pre hereby made the standards of weights and
measures within the City of Jefferson, Missouri.
Section 8. Fees to be charEed at fit y Scales. The folid.wing
fees shall be charge T at the city scales:
For each load of hay, corn, wheat, coal, coke, fuel or
other commodit-
y, the minimum fee shall be 10�
If the net weight shall exceed two tons the fee shall be ___15X
If the riet weight shall exceed three tons the fee shall be
Am 20d
If the net weight shell exceed four tons the fee shall be
25d
If the net weight shall exceed five tons the fee shall be
30_d
If the net weight shall exceed six tons the fee shall be
35/,
For weighing the tramportation unit of truckm and trailer
or tractor and semi-trallor the fee shall be. . . . . . . . . .35d
For each horse, mule or head of cattle the fee shall be
10�
For each 100 pounds of merchandise or other artille not
loaded in a vehicle the fee shall be. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5X
Section 9. Weighing to be done on L'ity Scales. Any person
who brings or sends into the Uity of Jefferson for sale or for de-
livery any hay, grain, cereal, stone, or bituminous coal, anthracite,
or semi-anthracite coal., or coke., except coal in quantities less than
10 bushels, and hay, grain, or cereal in quantities less than
-Fite hundredweight,, in any wagon or other vehicle,, and my person
who actually sells or offers for sale any hay, grain, or cereal, stone
or bituminous coal., anthricite, or semi-anthracite coal, or coke,
except coal in quantities less than 10 bushbls, acrd hay, grain,
or cerial in quantities less than five hundredweight, or deliverbe
any such articles in any wagon or Te-h--IcTe without first. having had
the same and the wagon or other vehicles containing the same duly
and legally weighed at some city scale within the city limits on the
day on which the same is sold or offered for sale, or delivered or
on the day previous thereto, and without first having procured a
certificate of the weight thereof from some city weigher and paid for
the same according to the provisions of the ordinances of this cjtV,
which certificate shall contain a gross, tare,, and net weight of the
articles contained in the said wagon or other vehicle., as also the
true fee paid the weigher thereof andthe weigherts name written thereon,
shall be deemed guilty of. a misdemeanor. Provided, that hucksters
selling from door to door need not weigh produce sold in shall quantities
on the city scale.
Section 10. Wagons Without Weight Mark. Any person who brings
or sends into the city of Jefferson, and -axiy 'person who sells or offers
for sale or delivers any hay, grain, or cerial, stone or bituminous
coal , anthracite, or semi-anthracite coal, or coke, except coal in
quantities less than 10 bushels, niid hay and grain, or cereal in
iquantities less than 5 —hundredweight in any wagon or other
vehicle which has not makked or stamped thereon in plain and legible
characters the weight thereof by a weigher legg117 authorized thereto
in the manner hereinabove reqtired shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor.
Section 11. -Weiphing Vehicle Over Scale of Private Coal Dealer.
It shall be the duty37—the city weighmaster to check,—test arid de-
termine the accuracy of �ny scales of m y coal dealer or mine owner
within a radius of five miles of the City of Jefferson, and when such
scales are sp tested and found to be true and to weigh accurately the
owner of such scales as a coal dealer or Tine owner may weigh the coal,
fuel or coke which he sells in Jefferson ity over such scales. All
other persons, firms or corporations selling coal within the city limits
of the "ity of Jefferson shall have the same weighed upon the city sclaes
and shall on demand produce the city weighmaster weight certificate there-
for. It Is required that scales be tested every six months and at that
time the ownee of the scale is to produce a certificate from a recognized
scale tester.
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Section 12. Persons Selling Fuel to 1"urnish Drivers Deliver
Tickets. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business
of selling or delivering coal, charcoal or coke to acither in less
than carload lots which are sold on a bisis of railroad wine scale
weights, shall provide the driver, or other person in charge of the
vehicle containing an y such fuel so being sold or delivered with a
duplicate delivery ticket bearing the name of the person, firm or
corporatkLn selling or delivering such fuel and showing the kind,
the county and state in which mined and the gross, tare and net weight
of the fuel., the place of delivery and the name of the purchaser thereof.,
such weights so shown to be made pnly on a scale or scales tested by or
under the jurisdiction of the city weighmaster of the City of Jefferson;
and such driver or other person while said fuel is in transit shall keep
said delivery tickets in his possession arid produce and exhibit the
same upon demand and he shall deliver the same to the purchaser of such
fuel or to his agent or representative at the time oig delivery thereof.
Every person, firm or corporation who shall neglect or refuse to provide 0
such driver with the duplicate delivery ticket required, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor.
I Section 13. Delivery of fuel to Other than Purchaser:
any driver or other person in charge of any vehicle containing ai,y such
fuel being delivered to the purchaser thereof who shell, while the .
same is in transit., throw off or deliver any part of such fuel to any
other than purchaser thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 14. Niay _be Reweighed upon City Tested Scales; When.
Each driver or other person in charge of any vehicle used in delivering
any such fuel shall, on demand of any officer of the City of Jefferson
or the purchaser or Intended purchaser of such fuel, produce and de-
liver said duplicate delivery ticket to such officer or purchaser, and
shall upon the reques:b of any such officer of purchaser forthwith con-
vey the said fuel to the m arest city tested scales, other than the
scales belonging to the seller of such fuel, in the neighborhood of the
Place where such demand is made, and have the same weighed on such
scales for the" ourpose of ascertaining the gross weight thereof, and
shall, after the delivery of such fuel, return to the same scales and
permit weighing of said vehicle and equipment for the purpose of as-
certaining the net weight of such fuel as verified by such city tested
scales. If the net weight of the load equals the net weight as sbown
on the city scales, then the person requesting said weight on the city
scales shall pay the fee therefor; except however, it will not be necessary
for Any officer of the city or state to pay said fee.
Section 15. Short Weights. If it shall appear that the net
weight of the fuel as ascertained by such reweighing on such city
tested scales is less than the net weight of such fuel as shown by the
delivery ticket thereof, the person, firm or corporation selling the
same ob issuing the said duplicate tickets therefor shall be dedmed
guilty of a misdemeanor; Provided, however, in determining whether the
net weight of said fuel is less than that called for in said delivery
ticket an allowance of not to exceed 3 pounds to the hundred
weight be made for difference in scales.
Section 16. Private Scales Cannot Weigh for Public. It shall be
unlawful for any owner or operator of a private scare to weigh any
goods, wares, merchandise, commodities, coal, live stock, hay, straw,
or grain, or other thing whatsoever, i.nless the same be his own pro-
perty,*
Section 17. Penalty. any person, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or not less than
one dW in jail nor more than ninety days in jail of by both such fine
acrd jail sentence.
Section 1B. 'his ordinance shall take effect and be in force
fr,-,m acid after its passage and approval.
Section 19. All ordinances or parts of ordinance in conflict
with this ordinance ere hereby repealed.
Passed 4Zl1 .1949 Approved__ _ 4Z14 1949