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entitled to an annual bounty of two dollars for each acre of such tree 

 belts, stating therein tiie whole amount of such bounty, and giving a de- 

 scription of the entire land of which the tree belts form a part, and the 

 amount of such bouaty shall be credited by the treasurer in payment of ' 

 any taxes assessed on such land as so much cash; but if not so satisfied, 

 the assessor shall assess the land for taxes or refuse to grant any certificate 

 for the bounty, as the case may require; aad if, after any certificate for 

 such bounty shall have been issued, the owner of any such tree elts shall 

 suffer the same to die out by want of cultivation or otherwise, or shdll 

 cut the same down, or in any other way allow the same to be so thinned 

 out, that in the opinion of the assessor he ought no longer to receive such 

 bounty, he shall give the treasurer written notice thereof, and thereafter 

 no further bounty shall be allowed until such owner shall again receive a 

 certificate therefor 



TO REGUr.ATE THE SALE OF CRANBERRIES. 



Chavter 384, Laws of 1885. 



Section 1. The legal and standard cranberry barrel in this state shall bo 

 twenty-three and three-quarters inches high, sixteen and one-fourth inches 

 in diameter at the head, and eighteen inches in diameter at the bridge in- 

 side measure. Every manufacturer of barrels for cranberries shall stamp 

 or brand his name with the letters W. S. on such barrels to indicate that 

 they are Wisconsin in standard in size. All sales of cranberries in pack- 

 ages less than a barrel shall be by the bushel or quart, struck or level dry 

 measure. A standard bushel crate for cranberries shall be twenty-two 

 inches long, twelve and one-fourth inches wide by seven and one-hair 

 inches deep, inside measure. 



Section 2. Any person who shall in such manner stamp or brand 

 cranberry barrels of a less capacity than is provided in the first section of 

 this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be 

 fined in a sum not less than five nor more than twenty- five dollars and 

 costs of suit, and may be committed to jail until such fine and costs are 

 paid. Any person selling cranberries in barrels thus branded, of less ca- 

 pacity than herein provided, shall be liable to the purchaser in damages to 

 three times the amount of such shortage, and all contracts or agreements 

 for the sale of cranberries by the barrel or crate, unless otherwise espec- 

 ially sti[)ulated shall be understood and construed to mean legal standard 

 barrels or crates. 



