ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

this state, pay a fine of twenty dollars and
costs ; one-half of said fine to be paid to the in-
former, and in default of which such person or
persons fined be confined in jail for a period not
to exceed twenty days.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That all oysters
measured in this state shall be measured either

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in a one-half bushel tub, a bushel tub, a bushel-
and-one-half tub or a three bushel tub ; and all
instruments of measurements for measuring
oysters in the shell shall be an iron circular tub
with straight sides and straight solid bottom
with holes in bottom, if desired, for draining;
such holes to be no larger, however, than one
inch in diameter. A half bushel tub shall have
the following dimensions, all measurements to
be from inside to inside, fifteen inches across
the top, thirteen inches across the bottom, and
seventeen inches diagonal from the inside chimb
to the top ; a bushel tub shall measure sixteen
and one-half inches across at the bottom from
inside to inside, twenty-one inches .diagonal
from the inside chimb to the top, eighteen
inches across from inside to inside at the top ;
a bushel-and-one-half tub shall measure nine-
teen inches across the top from inside to inside,
eighteen inches across the bottom from inside
to inside, and twenty-four inches from the in-
side chimb to the top ; a three bushel tub shall
measure twenty-four inches across the top
from inside to inside at the top, twenty-two
inches from inside to inside at the bottom,
and twenty-nine and twenty-six one hundredths
inches from the inside chimb to the top ; and all
oysters measured in the shell, as required by

Dimensions
of tubs and
measurements

law, shall be even or struck measure ; and any
person or persons engaged in the business of ;
buying or selling oysters in this state, who shall
own or have in his possession any instrument of
measurement for oysters which differs in size or
description from the measures hereinbefore men-
tioned, with intent to use the same for measuring
oysters, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
punished accordingly by a court of competent
jurisdiction ; all tubs to be stamped by the proper
officer of the locality where such tubs are used.

Penalty for
non-compli-
ance.