ART. 97] WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 903
following dimensions, namely: Diameter of barrel at top and bottom
shall be seventeen inches; the diameter at the bulge eighteen and one-
half inches; and the depth shall be twenty-six inches; all inside meas-
urements ; and to contain in all six thousand four hundred and fifty-one
and two-tenths cubic inches, which is the equivalent of three standard
bushels each of the capacity of the standard bushel designated in Sec-
tion 18 of this Article, measurements by said barrel to be struck meas-
ure. The dimensions of any barrel so used shall be stamped, by the
inspectors for the City of Baltimore and the several Counties of the
State as hereinbefore provided, upon said barrel in three places on the
outside of the staves in letters not less than one inch high. Any person,
firm or corporation, or agent, employe, or officer of any person, firm, or
corporation, using a barrel for the measurement of green peas or beans
in the hull when sold by the bushel not so stamped, shall be fined not
less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for
each offense.
1914, ch. 802.
20. If any barrel for the measurement of green peas, or beans, in
the hull when sold by the bushel in this State, which shall have been
stamped as provided for in Section 19 of this Article, shall be broken,
injured, altered, or changed, or condemned by the inspector, and shall
be found thereafter in the use of any person, firm, or corporation, or
agent, employe, or officer of any person, firm or corporation, within
the State, such person, firm, or corporation, or agent, employe, or officer
of such person, firm, or corporation, shall be fined not less than one
hundred dollars for each offense.
1914, ch. 802.
21. The standard barrel for the shipment or sale by the barrel of
pears, quinces, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips, green peas, beans,
cabbage, beets, parsnips, carrots, kale, spinach, broccoli, onions, and
all other fruits and vegetables grown and packed in this State, or grown
elsewhere and packed or repacked in this State, shall be of not less than
the following dimensions: Diameter of top and bottom, sixteen and
one-half inches; diameter of bulge, eighteen and one-half inches—both
inside measurements, length of stave twenty-seven and one-half inches.
1914, ch. 802.
22. The standard double-head barrel for the shipment or sale by
the barrel of apples grown and packed in this State, or grown elsewhere
and packed or repacked in this State, shall be of the following dimen-
sions: Head diameter, seventeen and one-eighth inches (17 1/8), regard-
less of the depth of the chine in the staves; distance between heads,
twenty-six inches (26); inside measurement; circumference at the
bulge, sixty-four inches (64), outside measurement.'
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