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MARKING FRUIT PACKAGES. 



AN ACT to provide for marking on packages, designed for the shipment of certain 

 specified kinds of fruit, the number of pounds which each of said packages shall 

 contain. 



Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all manufacturers 

 of peach baskets and other fruit packages designed for the shipment of peaches, 

 grapes, and plums, and all shippers and dealers in the same, shall mark or cause to 

 be marked, in a plain manner, on the outside, otherwise than the bottom, of such 

 baskets or packages, the capacity of each basket or package, in pounds, at the rate 

 of one pound for each 43.008 cubic inches of space contained in such basket or 

 package. 



Sec. 2. Any manufacturer of or dealer in peach baskets or other fruit packages 

 designed for the shipment of peaches, grapes, and plums, who shall sell or offer 

 to sell such baskets or packages without complying with the provisions of this 

 act, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any 

 court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars 

 nor more than one hundred dollars, and stand committed to the county jail until 

 such fine and costs are paid. 



Sec. 3. All acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act are 

 hereby repealed. 



This act is ordered to take effect January 1, 1896. 



Approved May 31, 1895. 



