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06/04/63 delivered by the bonded weigher. On the back of every original ticket shall be printed the words, "The weigher of this scale has filed a bond with St. Louis County". The Supervisor of Weights & Measurers shall furnish the weighers at private scales such herein described certificates at the rate of five dollars per hundred. No certificates except those furnished by the Supervisor shall be issued by any person weighing at such public or private scale. Each weigher shall furnish a separate set of certificates for each and every load weighed and only on the kind of blank provided by this section. No weigher shall sell or dispose of any blank certificate received from the supervisor except for loads actually weighed on his scales. The books kept by the weigher shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Supervisor of Weights and Measurers. 618.490 Actions of Weigher of Public or Private Scales Constituting Breaches of Bond. In addition to the general fulfillment of the condition of the bond as required herein, the following, among others, shall be deemed a breach of the official bond of a weigher of public or private scales: First: Ifa scale and weights under control of any such weigher shall be at any time of much out of order as to weigh forty or more pounds more than the standard weight or forty or more pounds less than the standard weight, it shall be his duty to so notify the Supervisor of Weights and Measures in writing within twenty-four hours after the error is found to exist, and cease weiEhing any loads thereon until the scale and weights have been properly repaired, and thereat~er he must have the approval of the Supervisor of Weights and Measures before putting such scale and weights into active service again. Second: If any such weigher shall issue any certificate of weighing which shall show the gross or net weight of the load or commodity weighed to be sixty or more pounds more than the true gross or net weight of the commodity weighed, or sixty or more potrods less than the true gross or net weight of the commodity weighed, or the tare to be forty or more pounds less than the true tare, or forty or more pounds more than the true tare, or if any such weigher shall fail to keep a book or books and enter therein daily, item by item, in legible handwriting, every load of solid fuel or other commodities weighed, designating its kind, the gross, tare, and net weight thereof, or keep the quadmplicate (pink) copy of the original weight certificate for his permanent record or if he shall fail 'or refuse at any time to permit all the books or papers belonging to his office to be examined by the Supervisor or any person lawfully appointed for such purpose, and to furnish them copies of abstracts of any part thereof, in every such case, among others, a breach of such bond shall be deemed in law to be made. WTAO-14