Pennsylvania Act 1851-253 — WEIGHTS AND MEASURES - COAL, ETC. - ALLEGHENY COUNTY

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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES - COAL, ETC. - ALLEGHENY COUNTY
                 Act of Apr. 12, 1851, P.L. 419, No. 253              Cl. 16
                                  AN ACT

     To change the name of the Methodist Church in the city of
        Pittsburgh, and to authorize the trustees thereof to sell
        certain real estate, relative to the collection of water tax
        in the city of Pittsburgh, and the measurement of coal in
        Allegheny county, and authorizing an extension of the
        Wellersburg and West Newton plank road, to confirm the title
        of Thomas Farley to certain real estate, to mortgage certain
        real estate of John McMasters, to settle the accounts of
        Alfred Sutton, late prothonotary of Allegheny county, to
        erecting public buildings in Susquehanna county, to a State
        road in Indiana county, and to the District of Richmond, in
        Philadelphia county.

        Section 10.  Weight of coal in boats; how determined
        The third and fifth sections of the act establishing a
     uniform standard of bituminous coal in Allegheny County, passed
     April 6, 1850, be, and the same are hereby repealed, and that
     hereafter all controversies in said county in regard to the
     quantity of coal contained in any cart, wagon or other vehicle,
     shall be ascertained in the manner provided for by the first and
     second sections of the act to which this is a supplement:
     Provided, however, that where coal is sold and delivered into
     boats where the weight cannot conveniently be ascertained, then
     the standard fixed in the Act of March 23, 1849, shall continue
     unchanged.  1851, April 12, P.L. 419, Sec. 10.
        Section 11.  Cities and boroughs to regulate weight
        The select and common councils of the Cities of Pittsburgh
     and Allegheny, and the town councils of the incorporated
     boroughs in the County of Allegheny, are hereby authorized to
     provide and establish some mode to ascertain the weight of coal
     sold within said cities and boroughs, and impose suitable
     penalties upon all persons violating the provisions of the Acts
     of Assembly on the subject.  1851, April 12, P.L. 419, Sec. 11.