59-11-103 - Improper weighing or measuring Penalty.

59-11-103. Improper weighing or measuring Penalty.

Any weigher, agent, or checkmeasurer, whether employed by operators or miners, who knowingly or willfully adopts or takes more or less pounds for a bushel or ton than is provided by law, or willfully neglects the balancing or examining of the scales or cars, or knowingly and willfully weighs coal with an incorrect scale, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

[Acts 1887, ch. 206, § 3; Shan., § 341; Code 1932, § 5641; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 58-1603; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]