New Jersey § 51:8-9

§ 51:8-9.

It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver or cause to be delivered or to be started

out for delivery any solid fuel without each lot in each separate compartment of any

vehicle being accompanied by a weight certificate issued by a certified weighmaster

duly designated to weigh solid fuel under the provisions of this chapter on which

shall be distinctly expressed: a. In pounds the gross weight of the solid fuel and the vehicle in which it is contained. b. In pounds the tare weight or the weight of the vehicle without load. c. In pounds the net weight of the solid fuel. d. The kind and size of the solid fuel. e. The name and address of the purchaser. f. The name and address of the seller. g. The plate number of the vehicle as provided in section 51:8-5 of this title. h. The signature and seal of the weighmaster designated to weigh solid fuel, by whom

weighed and the date weighed. i. The number of bags or sacks, when bags or sacks are representative of the quantity

contained in the vehicle. The tare and gross weights as certified on the weight certificate shall be taken on

the same scales. The weight certificate as herein defined may be issued on the sellers' forms, which

shall be known as “delivery tickets”. Each such delivery ticket shall be issued in triplicate, shall be serially numbered

and shall be used only in consecutive order. One copy of said delivery ticket shall be left with the purchaser of the solid fuel

or his agent, and the third copy shall be retained at the scales during the time when

the solid fuel represented by such ticket is in course of actual delivery, and all

voided delivery tickets in triplicate and one copy of each delivery ticket issued

under the provisions of this chapter shall be kept on file at the place of business

of the seller for a period of one year from date of issuance and shall be subject

to inspection by any weights and measures officer. When the impression of the official seal of any weighmaster appears on a delivery

ticket or weight certificate it shall be prima facie evidence that such impression

was made by said weighmaster. Any person issuing or directing the issuance of, or possessing delivery tickets showing

different weights or sizes for the same delivery, or persons appearing at the place

of delivery, each with a delivery ticket for the same delivery, which tickets have

different weights or sizes appearing thereon, shall be deemed guilty of a violation

of the provisions of this chapter. When solid fuel is sold in packages of one hundred pounds or less the provisions of

this section shall not apply if the solid fuel is delivered in closed containers or

closed bags and the net contents of such bag or container expressed in pounds is plainly

and conspicuously stamped or printed thereon, together with the name and address of

the person packaging said solid fuel. When solid fuel is sold in bulk in lots of one hundred pounds or less, the provisions

of this section shall not apply when such solid fuel is weighed upon scales which

have been tested and sealed by any weights and measures officer and a delivery ticket

is left with the purchaser showing the date of sale, name and address of the seller

and the weight of the solid fuel expressed in pounds. This section shall not apply to the sale of a boatload or railroad carload of solid

fuel delivered direct from the boat or car to one purchaser and accepted as to weight

by the purchaser on the bill of lading or other voucher issued by the carrier.