ART. 97] GREEN PEAS—BEANS—CHARCOAL—TRUCK. 2097

Green Peas and Beans.

1890, ch. 332, secs. 1, 2. 1898, ch 123, secs. 532, 533.

27. 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 measures of the city of Balti-
more upon the same in three conspicuous places and any per-
son 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 dol-
lars, said fines to be collected as other, fines are now collected.

Charcoal.

1888, art. 97, sec. 27. 1884, ch. 42.

28. The standard measure of charcoal shall be two thousand
seven hundred and forty-eight cubic inches for each and every
bushel thereof and when sold by weight, a bushel shall be
twenty pounds (commercially dry).

Agricultural Products.

1902, ch. 593, sec 28

29. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons or cor-
porations in the State to use in the shipment of those agricul-
tural products commonly called truck a barrel of less size and
dimensions as follows, to wit: the head or ends shall not be
less than seventeen inches; the staves shall not be less than
twenty-seven and one-half inches; inside measurements at
bilge not less than nineteen inches; and the height of barrel
from the bottom head to the top end of the staves shall not be
less than twenty-six inches; single head or double head from
head up, twenty-four and one-half inches. Any person violating
this section shall be fined not less than one nor more than five
dollars for each offense, and the use of each barrel so prohibited
shall constitute a separate offense.