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found guilty of a violation of section I of this act, (4439-1) shall be 

 .fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars 

 or imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty days, or both, at 

 the discretion of the court. Fines collected for violation of this act shall 

 be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the county fund. 



(4439-3) SEC. 3. [Duty of prosecuting attorney ; fee.] It shall 

 be the duty of the prosecuting attorneys to see that this act is enforced in 

 their respective counties ; and for each conviction of violation thereof they 

 shall be entitled to a fee of twenty dollars, to be paid out of the county 

 funds upon the allowance of the commissioners of the county. 



SEC. 4440. [Sub-divisions of half bushel.] The peck, half-peck, 

 quarter-peck, quart, and pint measure for measuring commodities which 

 are not liquids, shall be derived from the half bushel by dividing that 

 and each successive measure by two. 



SEC. 4441. [Heaped measure.] Articles usually sold by heaped 

 measure shall be heaped up in a conical form as high as the articles to be 

 .me'asurerl will admit. 



SEC. 4442. [How dry commodities measured.] Measures for 

 measuring dry commodities not usually heaped shall be struck with 

 a straight stick, with the edges rounded ; and all commodities, not 

 liquids, when sold by the gallon or less, shall be sold by dry measure. 



(4442-1) SEC. i. [Legal measures for small fruits; penalty.] 

 The measure used in the selling of or vending berries and all other 

 small fruits shall be the standard dry measure bushel and fractions 

 thereof, and any person vending or selling such fruits and using a meas- 

 ure other than the standard dry measure, shall be fined not less than 

 ten nor more than fifty dollars. 



SEC. 4443. [Standard weight of bushel.] A bushel of the re- 

 spective articles hereinafter mentioned shall mean the amount of weight, 

 avoirdupois, in this section specified, viz. : 



Of wheat, sixty pounds ; 



Of rye, fifty-six pounds ; 



Of oats, thirty-two pounds ; 



Of clover seed, sixty pounds ; 



Of timothy seed, forty-five pounds; 



Of hemp seed, forty-four pounds ; 



Of millet seed, fifty pounds ; 



Of buckwheat, fifty pounds ; 



Of beans, sixty pounds ; 



Of peas, sixty pounds ; 



Of hominy, sixty pounds ; 



Of Irish potatoes, sixty pounds ; 



Of sweet potatoes, fifty pounds ; 



Of onions, fifty-five pounds ; 



Of dried peaches, thirty-three pounds ; 



Of dried apples, twenty-four pounds ; 



Of flax seed, fifty-six pounds ; 



Of barley, forty-eight pounds ; 



Of malt, thirty-four pounds ; 



Of Hungarian grass seed, fifty pounds ; 



Of lime, seventy pounds; 



Of coke, forty pounds ; 



