ART. 97. ] GREEN PEAS AND BEANS—AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 167

ARTICLE XCVII.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Green Peas and Beans. 27. Standard barrel for green peas and beans; dimensions to be stamped by inspector for Bal- timore city; penalty. Agricultural Products. 29. Standard barrel for fruits and vegetables.

30. Standard basket for fruits and vegetables. 31. Standard box for fruits and veg- etables. 32. Standard measure for berries. 33. When the word "standard" shall be used. 34. Penalty for violating provisions of sections 29 to 33 inclusive.

Green Peas and Beans.

1906, ch. 331.

27. The standard barrel for the measurement in this State
of all green peas or beans in the hull, which are sold by the
bushel, shall be of the following dimensions, namely: diameter
of said barrel at the top shall be eighteen and three-fourths
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 con-
tain in all six thousand two hundred and fifty-three and three-
fourths 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 Baltimore upon the same in three conspicuous places,
and any person using a barrel for the measurement of peas,
beans and like farm products when sold by the bushel, without
being so stamped, shall be fined not Jess than one hundred
dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, said fines to be
collected as other fines are now collected.

Agricultural Products.

1906, ch. 331.

29. The standard barrel for the shipment or sale by the
barrel of apples, pears, quinces, damsons, plums, green peas,