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HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD05140 28 G ............. ...... 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 All "rdinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.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 #5140 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. 8) 1'7 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. 18 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