Chapter 1 — FERTILIZER SALES

Section

• 41.0101 Certificate of Cubical Capacity.
• 41.0102 Construction or Transporting Vehicles.
• 41.0103 Application for Certificate of Cubical Capacity.
• 41.0104 Violations.

Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the buying, selling, transporting or delivering, as agent or principal, of bulk fertilizer for hire or sale, within the County of San Bernardino shall first secure from the County Sealer of Weights and Measures a certificate as to the cubic-foot capacity of any vehicle, cart, wagon or other means of conveyance for hauling fertilizer. (Ord. 969, passed - -1961; Am. Ord. 1007, passed - -1962)

Such vehicle, cart, wagon, or other means of conveyance, shall be constructed in the following manner: (a) All floor and side boards shall be securely permanently attached to such vehicle, cart, wagon, or other means of conveyance. (b) On the front left hand corner of the bed of such vehicle, cart, wagon or other means of conveyance, there shall be permanently attached an iron or steel metal strip running from the bottom or floor to the top of the top side board or to the top of the top head board, which iron or steel metal strip shall be no less than one inch in width and riveted to each and every separate board or cross piece making up the body of such truck, vehicle, cart, wagon or other means of conveyance and at the top of such iron or steel metal strip there shall be a hole not less than one-fourth inch in diameter running through said iron or steel metal strip, and also through the side board or head board or panel to which said iron or steel metal strip is attached, which hole shall be for the purpose of convenience of the County Sealer of Weights and Measures in attaching a seal upon the granting of a certificate, as hereinafter provided. (c) On each side of the body of said vehicle, cart, wagon, or other means of conveyance, commencing two inches from the top of said body there shall be painted in printing, with a durable paint, in white letters not less than four inches in height, the letters: “Cap. Cu. Ft.” and following said letters there shall be also printed in white numerals not less than four inches in height, and not less than one-half inch in width of stroke the cubic-foot capacity to the nearest unit as determined by the County Sealer of Weights and Measures, which shall conform to the certificate hereinafter provided. (d) In the event the top side board is not in place or use, then the side board in use at the time which is at the top shall be marked and subject to Subdivision (b) and (c) hereof. (Ord. 969, passed - -1961; Am. Ord. 1007, passed - -1962)

Before any certificate of cubical capacity of vehicle shall be issued by the County Sealer of Weights and Measures to any person, firm or corporation hereinabove provided, an application shall be made therefor to said County Sealer of Weights and Measures in writing which application shall provide: (a) The name and residence address of applicant; (b) The registered and legal owner of said vehicle, cart, wagon, or other means of transportation; (c) The place of business or said applicant; (d) Whether such vehicle, cart, wagon or other means of conveyance is used exclusively in buying, selling, transporting or delivering of fertilizer, and if not, for what other commodities it is proposed to be used. Thereupon, the County Sealer of Weights and Measures shall make his or her measurements of the body and capacity of said vehicle, cart, wagon or other means of conveyance, and shall also inspect said body as to its permanent construction before issuance of such certificate, and shall compute the capacity load by cubic feet, and shall permanently seal said body at the place provided for, as herein specified, and shall thereupon issue to said applicant his certificate, which certificate shall designate the name, the residence and business addresses of the person to whom such certificate shall have been issued; the exact measurements of the body of such vehicle, cart, wagon, or other means of conveyance, and the computation of the cubic feet to within the nearest unit when fully loaded, which certificate shall conform in cubic feet to the figure placed on the body thereof by said County Sealer of Weights and Measures. (Ord. 969, passed - -1961; Am. Ord. 1007, passed - -1962)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to buy, sell, transport, or deliver, or otherwise engage in the dealing in bulk fertilizer, and use in connection therewith, a vehicle, cart, wagon, or other means of conveyance, without first having applied for and secured a certificate as to its capacity, as herein provided, or use such vehicle, cart, wagon or other means of conveyance, in the

buying, selling, transporting, or delivering of such fertilizer without having attached to the body thereof a seal by the County Sealer of Weights and Measures specifying the capacity load, or to use such vehicle, cart, wagon, or other means of conveyance in such manner without having printed on the sides thereof the words: “Capacity,” or the letters: “Cap. Cu. Ft.” and also the actual full cubic-foot capacity in the manner and form as hereinabove provided, or to use said vehicle, cart, wagon, or other means of conveyance in the buying, selling, transporting, or delivering of bulk fertilizer without the certificate of the County Sealer of Weights and Measures permanently attached to the inside of the cab thereof, in a conspicuous place. (Ord. 969, passed - -1961; Am. Ord. 1007, passed - -1962) CHAPTER 2: (REPEALED BY 4284, PASSED - -2015)