Pennsylvania Statutes Title 52 P.S. Mines and Mining § 1390a. Penalty for false weight

Should any weighman or weighmen agent, checkweighman or checkmeasurer, whether employed by operators or miners, knowingly or wilfully adopt or take more or less pounds for a bushel or ton than as provided for in the first section of this act,  1 or wilfully neglect the balancing or examining of the scales or cars, or knowingly and wilfully weigh coal with an incorrect scale, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the county jail for three months.