Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 6 — Weights and Measures and Standard Time
§ 231. Standard barrel for apples; steel barrels
Statutory text
The standard barrel for apples shall be of the following dimensions when measured without distention of its parts: Length of stave, twenty-eight and one-half inches; diameter of head, seventeen and one-eighth inches; distance between heads, twenty-six inches; circumference of bulge, sixty-four inches outside measurement, representing as nearly as possible seven thousand and fifty-six cubic inches: Provided, That steel barrels containing the interior dimensions provided for in this section shall be construed as a compliance therewith.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 62–273 § 1 · 37 Stat. 250
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 231
(Aug. 3, 1912, ch. 273, § 1, 37 Stat. 250.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 3, 1912, ch. 273, § 1, 37 Stat. 250.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
First. If the barrel bears any statement, design, or device indicating Contents below standard. that the apples contained therein are “Standard” grade and the apples when packed do not conform to the requirements prescribed by section two of this Act.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Aug. 3, 1912, ch. 273, § 1, 37 Stat. 250.)