LAWS RELATING TO AGRICL'LTL'RE. ?0 



SEC. 4435. [Standard weights.] The units or standards of 

 weight from which all other weights shall be derived [and] ascertained 

 shall be the standard avoirdupois and troy weights furnished this state 

 by the United States government. 



SEC. 4436. [Definition of a pound and its subdivision; ton.] The 



avoirdupois pound, which bears to the troy pound the ratio of seven thoti^ 

 sand to five thousand seven hundred and sixty, shall be divided into sixteen 

 equal parts called ounces ; the hundred weight except of pig iron or iron 

 ore shall consist of one hundred avoirdupois pounds, and twenty hundred 

 weight shall constitute a ton ; and the troy ounce shall be equal to the 

 twelfth part of a troy pound. 



SEC. 4437- [Gallon the standard measure for liquids.] The unit 

 or standard measure of capacity for liquids from which all other measures 

 of liquids shall be derived and ascertained, shall be the standard gallon, 

 and its parts, furnished this state by the government of the United 

 States. 



SEC. 4438. [Contents of a barrel.] The barrel shall be equal to 

 thirty-one and one-half gallons, and two barrels shall constitute a hogs- 

 head ; and barrels for the purpose of containing apples, potatoes, onions- 

 or any other kind of fruit, produce or vegetables, shall be made of sta-ves 

 of seasoned timber, twenty-eight and one-half inches in length with cut 

 heads of seventeen and one-eighth inches in diameter and shall measure 

 at the bulge not less than sixty-six inches in circumference, outside 

 measure. 



SEC. 4438(7. [Branding.] Such barrel shall be known a-s the 

 "standard barrel," and on the outside of one or more of the stages of each 

 and every such barrel there shall be stamped or branded the words-estate of 

 Ohio standard," and the name of the cooper or manufacturer of such barrel 

 and the name of the city or town the nearest to which the cooper-shop or 

 place of business of such manufacturer is located. 



SEC. 4439. [Half-bushel the standard measure for substances 

 not liquids.] The unit or standard measure of capacity for substances 

 not being liquids, from which all other measures of such substances shall 

 be derived and ascertained, shall be the standard half bushel furnished 

 this state by the government of the United States, the interior diameter of 

 which is thirteen inches and thirty-nine fortieths of an inch, and the depth 

 is seven inches and one twenty-fourth of an inch. 



(4439-1) SEC. i. [Unlawful to use other than standard half- 

 bushel in testing milling weight, etc.] It shall be unlawful for any 

 person, commission-merchant, miller, dealer, grain-inspector, corporation, 

 company, firm, or association, either by himself, itself, officer, agent, or 

 employe, when purchasing or receiving in barter or exchange for flour or 

 otherwise, from the original producer, his agent or employe, to use for the 

 purpose of testing or determining the weight, grade, milling or market 

 value of wheat, any measure other than the standard half-bushel furnished 

 this state by the United States ; and the use of any fractional part of said 

 standard half-bushel measures for such purpose will be a violation of 

 this section. 



(4439-2) SEC. 2. [Penalty; disposition of fines.] Any person, 

 commission-merchant, miller, dealer, grain-inspector, corporation, com- 

 pany, firm or association, or any person acting as officer, agent or employe. 



