CHAPTER 510

AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered

59-128.1, relating to the purchase of coal.from a person engaged in

the mining of coal, and to provide that violation thereof shall be a
misdemeanor.

[S 267]

Approved March 30, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
59-128.1 as follows:

§ 59-128.1. Every person who buys coal, which is delivered by truck
or wagon, from a mine operator for the purpose of resale, and who weighs
the quantity of coal bought, for the purpose of determining the purchase
price thereof, shall, at the time of delivery, furnish the seller a delivery
ticket on which there shall be written in ink or other indelible substance the
date of the purchase, the name and address of the buyer, the name and
address of the seller, the name of the teamster or driver, the gross weight
of the load, the tare weight of the delivery vehicle, the amount of dockage,
if any, and the net weight of the coal before dockage.

As used in this section, “gross weight” means the weight of the coal
and the delivering vehicle; “tare weight” means the weight of the deliver-
ing vehicle; ‘“dockage’”’ means the weight of impurities deducted from the
net weight by agreement between the seller and the buyer; “net weight”
means the difference between the gross weight and the tare weight.

Any person violating any. of the provisions of this section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.