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An. Code, 1924, sec. 17. 1912, sec. 15. 1914, ch. 802.
17. The standard five-eighths (5/8) of a bushel basket shall contain not
less than thirteen hundred and forty-four (1344) cubic inches.
An. Code, 1924, sec. 18. 1912, sec. 16. 1914, ch. 802.
18. The standard of measure for shipping and selling strawberries,
raspberries, blackberries, currants, gooseberries, cranberries, whortle-
berries, cherries, plums, peanuts, kernels of other nuts, and all other berries
and small fruits, grown and packed in this State, or grown elsewhere and
packed or repacked in this State, shall be the quart containing sixty-
seventh1 and two-tenths cubic inches, continual division of the quart by
two, equalling pints and half-pints.
An. Code, 1924, sec. 19. 1912, sec. 17. 1914, ch. 802. 1920, ch. 648.
19. Any person, firm or corporation, or agent, employee or officer of
any person, firm or corporation, having in his, her or its possession for
use for the packing or repacking of the berries, fruits, nuts and other
articles designated in the sixteenth section of this Article, grown in this
State or elsewhere, a berry box or basket of less capacity than that desig-
nated in Section sixteen, shall on conviction be fined not less than twenty
dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense; and the possession
for use, or use of each such berry box or basket shall constitute a separate
offense.
An. Code, 1924, sec. 20. 1912, sec. 18. 1914, ch. 802.
20. The standard bushel box or basket for the shipment or sale by
the box or basket of peaches, pears, tomatoes, 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 the capacity of two thousand one hun-
dred and fifty and four-tenths cubic inches when even full, a half-bushel
box or basket for the same shall be of the capacity of one thousand and
seventy-five and two-tenths cubic inches when even full.
An. Code, 1924, sec. 21. 1912, sec. 19. 1914, ch. 802. 1916, ch. 375.
21. The standard barrel for the measurement of all green peas, or
beans in the hull for which a heaping measure is now given, shall be of the
following dimensions, namely: diameter of said barrel at the top shall be
eighteen and three-fourth inches inside the staves, the diameter at the
bottom inside the staves shall be sixteen and one-fourth inches, and the
depth of said barrel shall be twenty-six inches inside, and to contain in
all six thousand two hundred and fifty-three and three-fourth cubic inches,
measurement by said barrel to be struck measure. The dimensions of any
barrel so used shall be stamped by the inspector of weights and dry mea-
sures of the City of Baltimore upon the same in three conspicuous places,
and any person using a barrel for the measurement of peas, beans and like
farm products without being so stamped shall be fined not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, said fines to be col-
lected as other fines are now collected.
An. Code, 1924, sec. 22. 1912, sec. 20. 1914, ch. 802.
22. 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
1 This way in Act.
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