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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CH. 99- -APR. 27, 1945 Act within six months prior to such use, or that does not conform to the standards kept in the office of the Superintendent of Weights, Measures, and Markets, or that does not bear the approval seal, stamp, or mark prescribed by the Commissioners, or which, having been con- demned, has not thereafter been approved as provided in this Act. "Any person who shall acquire or have in his possession after the iNotie for mspec- passage of this Act any scale, weighing instrument, or nonportable measure or measuring device, subject to inspection or test under the provisions of this Act, which has not been approved in accordance with the provisions of this Act within six months prior to acquisition or possession and which does not bear the approval seal, stamp, or mark prescribed by the Commissioners, shall notify the Superin- tendent in writing at his office, giving a general description thereof, and the street and number or other location where same may be found, and it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to cause the same to be inspected and tested within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice. Any person who shall acquire or have in his pos- Portable measures. session after the passage of this Act any portable measure or meas- uring device, subject to inspection or test under the provisions of this Act, which has not been approved in accordance with the provi- sions of this Act within six months prior to acquisition or possession and which does not bear the approval seal, stamp, or mark pre- scribed by the Commissioners shall cause the same to be taken to the office of the Superintendent for inspection and test. "Every peddler, hawker, huckster, transient merchant, or other neddlers' weights person with no fixed or established place of business shall, before using any weight, scale, measure, weighing or measuring device for any of the purposes enumerated in this Act, cause the same to be taken to the office of the Superintendent for inspection and test semi- annually, and shall not use for the purposes herein mentioned any weight, scale, measure, weighing or measuring device which has not been approved within six months prior to the time of such use, and does not bear the approval seal, stamp, or mark prescribed by the Commissioners." SEC. 2. Insert at the end of section 7 the following: D. C. Code 1-107. "No person shall charge or collect for any commodity or com- 'rice restrictions. modities a sum greater than the price or prices indicated or quoted at the time of sale. No person shall charge, collect, or accept any mtn .,l"red (o- money for any commodity which he shall not have delivered or which he shall not have agreed to deliver. When a whole number dste of'nmerals int- or fraction, or both, are used in representing the price or quantity of any commodity, thing, or service offered or exposed for sale, such number or combination of numbers shall be of such size as to indi- cate clearly the price or quantity of such commodity, thing or ervice." SEC. 3. Strike out section 11 of said Act and insert in lieu thereof D. C. Code 10-111 . the following: "SEx. 11 . That it shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale in the Coal. charcoal and District of Columbia any coal, charcoal, or coke in any manner other sale by weight. than by weight. No person shall sell or deliver or attempt to deliver to any purchaser within the District of Columbia any coal, charcoal, or coke unless the quantity so sold or delivered or attempted to be delivered to each purchaser shall have been weighed separately. No person shall deliver to any purchaser within the District of Columbia any coal, charcoal, or coke unless the same shall have been kept sepa- rated from any other coal, charcoal, coke, or other commodity after same has been weighed as aforesaid until final delivery thereof. D et "No person shall deliver or attempt to deliver any coal, charcoal, DBarycet. or coke in a quantity of one-fourth of a ton or more without accom- panying the same by a delivery ticket and a duplicate thereof, the 66347° -46--PT. -- 7 97

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