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equaling half-bushels, pecks, half-pecks, quarter-pecks, quarts,
pints and half-pints.

SEC. 15. The standard five-eighths (5/8) of a bushel basket
shall contain not less than thirteen hundred and forty-four
(1344) cubic inches.

SEC. 16. The standard of measure for shipping and selling
strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, gooseberries,
cranberries, whortleberries, 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-seventh and
two-tenths cubic inches, continual division of the quart by two,
equaling pints and half-pints.

SEC. 17. The standard quart berry box or basket shall con-
tain 67.2 cubic inches. All berry boxes or baskets of less
capacity than that designated in this Section and Section 16
shall be plainly marked in letters not less than one-half inch
high on the outside of each of the four sides of said box or
basket with the word "Short." Any person, firm or corpora-
tion, or agent, employe, or officer, of any person, firm, or cor-
poration, having in his, her, or its possession for use for the
packing or repacking of the berries, fruits, nuts, and other ar-
ticles designated in the sixteenth Section of this Article, grown
in this State or elsewhere, a berry box or basket of less capacity
than that designated in this Section, unless said box or basket
is marked "Short," as hereinbefore provided, shall be fined not
more than one dollar for each offense; and the possession for
use, or use of each such berry box or basket shall constitute a
separate offense.

SEC. 18. 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 hundred 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.

SEC. 19. The standard barrel for 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 barrel at top and bottom shall be seventeen inches; the diam-