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Session Laws, 1914
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PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1477

eter at the bulge eighteen and onerhalf inches; and the depth
shall be twenty-six inches; all inside measurements; and to
contain in all six thousand four hundred and fifty-one and two-
tenths cubic inches, which is the equivalent of three standard
bushels each of the capacity of the standard bushel designated
in Section 18 of this Article, measurements by said barrel to be
struck measure. The dimensions of any barrel so used shall
be stamped, by the inspectors for the City of Baltimore and the
several Counties of the State as hereinbefore provided, upon
said barrel in three places on the'outside of the staves in letters
not less than one inch high. Any person, firm, or corporation,
or agent, employe, or officer of any person, firm, or corpora-
tion, using a barrel for the measurement of green peas or beans
in the hull when sold by the bushel not so stamped, shall be
fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hun-
dred dollars for each offense.

SEC. 20; 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 as provided for in Section 19 of this
Article, shall be broken, injured, altered, or changed, or con-
demned by the inspector, and shall be found thereafter in the
use of any person, firm, or corporation, or agent, employe, or
officer of any person, firm, or corporation, within the State,
such person, firm, or corporation, or agent, employe, or officer
of such person, firm, or corporation, shall be fined not less than
one hundred dollars for each offense.

SEC. 21. The standard barrel for the shipment or sale by the
barrel of pears, quinces, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips,
green peas, beans, cabbage, beets, parsnips, carrots, kale, spin-
ach, broccoli, onions, and all other fruits and vegetables grown
and packed in this State, or grown elsewhere and packed or re-
packed in this State, shall be of not less than the following di-
mensions : Diameter of top and bottom, sixteen and one-half
inches; diameter of bulge, eighteen and one-half inches—both
inside measurements, length of stave twenty-seven and one-half
inches.

SEC. 22. The standard double-head barrel for the shipment
or sale by the barrel of apples grown and packed in this State,
or grown elsewhere and packed or repacked in this State, shall
be of the following dimensions: Head diameter, seventeen and
one-eighth inches (17 1/8) regardless of the depth of the chine
in the staves; distance between heads, twenty-six inches (26) ;

 

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