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PUBLIC MARKETS. 



General Acts, Chapter 119. 



An Act tc authobize the establishment of public markets by certain 

 cities and towns. 



Be it enacted, etc., as folloics: 



Section 1 . All cities and all towns having a population of ten thousand 

 or more are hereby authorized to provide and maintain public markets 

 wath suitable buildings and gi'ounds. For this purpose, any such city or 

 to"mi maj^, with the approval of the state board of agriculture, take or ac- 

 quire land by purchase or otherwise, with or without buildings, and may 

 make alterations in buildings and construct new buildings on land so 

 acquired. 



Section 2. All cities and all towns having a population of ten thousand 

 or more which do not maintain public markets under the provisions ot 

 section one hereof shall, within one year after the passage of this act, desig- 

 nate one or more streets or squares, or parts thereof, or other public places, 

 which shall be suitably situated and shall be approved by the state board 

 of agriculture, to be used by farmers and other persons as public market 

 places. [Approved March 30, 1915. 



APPLE GRADING. 



[Note. — One of the most important pieces of agricultural 

 legislation of the year 1915 was the so-called apple grading law. 

 Vermont, Connecticut, Maine and New York now have similar 

 laws, and it is hoped that before long Rhode Island and New 

 Hampshire will pass legislation on this subject, in order that 

 there may be uniform apple grading legislation in all the north- 

 eastern States. A pamphlet has been issued by the Massachu- 

 setts State Board of Agriculture explaining the provisions of 

 this act and containing the regulations for its enforcement, and 

 a copy of the same may be secured by writing Wilfrid Wheeler, 

 136 State House, Boston, Massachusetts.] 



General Acts, Chapter 261. 

 An Act relative to the packing, gr.\ding and sale of apples. 

 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. The standard barrel for apples shall be of the following 

 dimensions when measured without distention of its parts : — • length of 

 stave, twenty-eight and one half inches; diameter of heads, seventeen 

 and one eighth inches; distance between heads, twenty-six inches; cir- 



