WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 1249
ARTICLE 97.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
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15. Liquid units or standards.
26. Standard weight for grain, hay,
straw, produce and coal.
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Cantaloupes.
46A-46J. Grades for cantaloupes; con-
tainers.
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An. Code, 1924, sec. 15. 1912, sec. 13. 1914, ch. 802. 1935. ch. 301.
15. The units or standards of measures of capacity for liquids desig-
nated in this Article shall be based on a liquid gallon, or two hundred and
thirty-one cubic inches; thirty-one and one-half gallons equalling one barrel,
and two barrels one hogshead, continual divisions of the gallon by two,
equalling half-gallons, quarts, pints, half-pints and gills. Ice cream,
frozen custard, ice milk, milk sherbet, water ice or ice sherbet sold in
packages or containers of one gill or more shall, for the purposes of this
section, be deemed to be a liquid. Any person, firm or corporation selling
ice cream, frozen custard, ice milk, milk sherbet, water ice or ice sherbet
in packages or containers containing one gill or more which do not conform
to the divisions of the gallon as prescribed in this section shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be fined not less than Twenty-five
Dollars ($25. 00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) for each
and every offense.
An. Code, 1924, sec. 26. 1912, sec. 24. 1914. ch. 802. 1929, ch. 525.
26. The standard weights' for grain, hay, straw, produce, and mineral
coal for this State shall be as follows: Apples (dried), 28 pounds, (green)
50 pounds, per bushel; alsike clover seed, 60 pounds per bushel; alfalfa
seed, 60 pounds per bushel; barley, 48 pounds per bushel; barley malt, 34
pound per bushel; buckwheat, 48 pounds per bushel; blue grass seed, 14
pounds per bushel; dried beans, 60 pounds per bushel; bran, 20 pounds
per bushel; carrots, 50 pounds per bushel; corn (shelled), 56 pounds per
bushel; corn (on cob), 70 pounds per bushel; corn (on cob), 350 pounds
per barrel; corn (shelled), 280 pounds per barrel; corn meal, 48 pounds
per bushel; clover seed, 60 pounds per bushel; castor beans or seed, 50
pounds per bushel; coal or culm, 76 pounds per bushel; coal, 2, 000 pounds
one ton; charcoal (commercially dry), 2, 748 cubic inches per bushel; cow
peas, 60 pounds per bushel; flour, 196 pounds per barrel; flax seed, 56
pounds per bushel; herd's grass seed, 45 pounds per bushel; Hungarian
grass seed, 50 pounds per bushel; hemp seed, 44 pounds per bushel; hay,
2, 000 pounds one ton; lime, 80 pounds per bushel; millet (German and
American), 50 pounds per bushel; oats, 32 pounds per bushel; onions, 54
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