1952 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 666

19. Same: Declarations on Packages. —Except as other-
wise provided in this Act, any commodity in package form
shall bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain,
and conspicuous declaration of (1) the net quantity of the
contents in terms of weight, measure, or count, and (2) in
the case of any package not sold on the premises where
packed, the name and place of business of the manufac-
turer, packer, or distributor. Provided, that under clause
(1) the superintendent shall, by regulation, establish rea-
sonable variations or tolerances to be allowed, and also
exemptions as to small packages.

20. Same: Misleading Packages. —No commodity in
package form shall be so wrapped, nor shall it be in a
container so made, formed, or filled, as to mislead the pur-
chaser as to the quantity of the contents of the package,
and the contents of a container shall not fall below such
reasonable standard of fill as may have been prescribed for
the commodity in question by the superintendent.

21. Commodity in Package Form Defined. —The term
"in package form" as used in this Act shall be understood
to mean CONTAINER, IN ADVANCE OF SALE, SO AS
cluding COMMODITY PUT UP OR PACKAGED IN ANY
MANNER INCLUDING barrels, bags, sacks, cartons, or
other CONTAINER, IN ADVANCE OF SALE, SO AS
TO CONSTITUTE A UNIT QUANTITY OF THE com-
modity, for either wholesale or retail use, exclusive, how-
ever, of an auxiliary shipping container enclosing pack-
ages which individually conform to the requirements of
this Act. An individual item or lot of any commodity not
in package form as defined in this section but on which
there is marked a selling price based on an established
price per unit of weight or of measure shall be construed
to be commodity in package form.

22. Sale by Net Weight. The word "weight" as used
in this Act in connection with any commodity shall be
understood to mean net weight. PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT THE WORD "WEIGHT" AND THE WORDS
"NET WEIGHT" AND "NET QUANTITY", AS USED
IN THIS ACT IN CONNECTION WITH ROPE, TWINE
AND CORDAGE PRODUCTS, SHALL BE UNDER-
STOOD TO INCLUDE GROSS WEIGHT, AND ROPE,
TWINE AND CORDAGE PRODUCTS MAY BE
MARKED AND SOLD UNDER THIS ACT ACCORDING
TO GROSS WEIGHT, UNDER SUCH REASONABLE
RULES AS THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY ESTAB-
LISH, CONSISTENT WITH TRADE PRACTICES EX-