700 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. [ART. 96.

the measure to be filled even, without rise or heap, and the fruit
not packed or pressed in the measurement thereof, and every
person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to
a fine of five dollars, to be recovered before a justice of the peace
as other debts, one-half to the informer and the other half to the
use of the State.

17. All oats bought and sold in this State, shall be by struck
measure.

18*. Potatoes in this State shall be sold by weight, at the rate
of fifty-six pounds to the bushel, and any person offending against
the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of ten
dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of the city
or county where said offence may be committed.

19. Hay and straw, which may be sold by weight in this State,
shall be sold by the nett hundred, and every twenty hundred
pounds nett weight shall be a ton.

20. The size and dimensions of the corn barrel measure shall
be as follows, namely: twenty-one inches in diameter (clear of
staves) at the bottom, and twenty-three inches in diameter (clear
of staves) at the top, and shall hold five struck bushels of corn.

21. Quercitron and all other ground bark, sumach and all
other articles sold by weight, shall be sold by the one hundred
pounds for one hundred weight, and twenty hundred shall be
considered and taken for a ton, and so in proportion for any
greater or smaller quantity.

22. The count of all staves and heading, shall be by the short
hundred, so that one thousand pieces shall be computed as one
thousand staves or heading, as the case may be, and any in-
spector or dealer in staves or heading, attempting to count or
compute at any greater rate than one thousand pieces to the thou-
sand, and in that proportion for a greater or less number, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to indictment,
and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one hundred
dollars, one-half to the informer and the other half to the State.

23. No person shall sell any package or parcel of cotton,
woollen or other dry goods, having any mark thereon or at-
tached thereto, indicating or stating a greater number of yards