The General Business Law 2027 



upon a tag, securely fastened to the bale, of not less tlmn one 

 and one-half inches in width and three inches in length. 



A person violating this section shall forfeit to the people of 

 the state the sinn of five dollars for each such violation. [As 

 amended hy chapter 9Q of the Laivs of 1913.) 



§ 254. Prohibition against the adulteration of hay. ISTo person 

 shall put or conceal in any such bundle of hay any wet or damaged 

 hay, or other materials, or hay of any inferior guality to that 

 which plainly appears upon the outside of such bundle. 



A person violating this section shall forfeit to the people of the 

 state the sum of five dollars for each such violation. 



§ 255. Weight to be marked on bale. The gross weight shall 

 be plainly marked on each bale of hay or straw sold or ottered 

 for sale in this state ; and no baled hay or straw shall be so sold 

 or offered for sale which weighs less than such gross weight after 

 deducting five pounds from such bale for shrinkage. And no 

 baled hay or straw shall be so sold or ottered for sale with more 

 than twenty pounds of wood to the bale, the weight of which is 

 two hundred pounds or upward, or more than ten pounds of wood 

 for bales weighing less than two hundred pounds. 



A person violating any provisions of this section shall forfeit 

 to the people of the state the sum of five dollars for each such 

 violation. 



§ 391. Penalties for marketing small fruits or baskets or selling 

 fruit therein. Any person in this state who sells or otters for sale 

 fruit packages that are of less than the standard sizes and capacity 

 as defined in section five, or any person who sells or otters for sale 

 fruit in packages that are of less size or capacity than those de- 

 fined in section five, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor 

 and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction 

 shall be fined not less than five dollars and not more than twenty- 

 five dollars, for each violation and each sale shall constitute a 

 separate violation, but a variation of not more than seven per 

 centum shall not be deemed a violation under this section. (As 

 amended hy Laws of 1909.) 



