The General Business Law 



be sold in other sized containers if the net capacity in terms of 

 standard dry measure is phiinly and conspicuonsly marked, 

 branded or otherwise indicated in the English lan<>-nago on the ont- 

 side or top thereof, or is marked in accordance with the provisions 

 of section seventeen, A barrel within the meaning of this and the 

 ensuing sections of this article shall represent a quantity equal to 

 seventy hundred and fifty-six cubic inches or conform to the follow- 

 ing dimensions : Head diameter, seventeen and one-eighth inches ; 

 length of stave, twenty-eight and one-half inches ; bilge not less 

 than sixty-four inches outside measurement; distance between 

 heads not less than twenty-six inches ; and to be known as a 

 standard barrel. A reasonable variation of the capacity specified 

 shall be allowed. (As added hy chapter 81 of the Laws of 1912.) 



§ 16-b. Standard grape basket. The standard four-pound grape 

 basket shall be of the following dimensions : 



The bottom shall be three and five-eighths inches in width and 

 nine and five- eighths inches in length ; the height shall be four and 

 one-quarter inches; the outside of the top shall be five inches in 

 width and eleven inches in length, requiring a cover of five inches 

 by eleven inches. The standard eight-pound grape basket shall 

 be of the following dimensions : The bottom shall be four and 

 three-fourths inches in width and twelve and one^fourth inches in 

 length ; the height shall be five and one-eighth inches ; the outside 

 of the top shall be six and one-half inches in width and fourteen 

 and one-half inches in length, requiring a cover of six and one- 

 half by fourteen and one-half inches. The standard twenty-pound 

 basket shall be of the following dimensions : The bottom shall be 

 seven and one-eighth inches in width and fifteen inches in length ; 

 the height shall be six and three-fourths inches ; the outside of the 

 top shall be nine and one-half inches in width and eighteen inches 

 in length, requiring a cover of nine and one-half inches by eighteen 

 inches. Any container complying with such dimensions and 

 capacity need not be marked, tagged or otherwise branded, to indi- 

 cate the net quantity of the contents, or to specify the same in 

 terms of weight, measure or nmnerical count. No person shall 

 manufacture, sell, offer or expose for sale, containers for grapes or 

 other fruit, in this state, as the standard four-pound grape basket 



