302 LAWS AFFECTING ORCHARDING 



seasoned wood having dimensions not less than the following, namely: 

 Twenty-six inches and one-fourth between the heads, inside measure, and a 

 head diameter of seventeen inches, and a middle diameter of eighteen inches 

 and one-half, representing as nearly as possible ninety-six quarts. 



2. When apples, pears or quinces are sold by the barrel, as a measure 

 of capacity, such barrel shall not be of lesser dimensions than those specified 

 in this section. 



3. Wlien apples are packed in Canada for export for sale by the box. 

 they shall be packed in good and strong boxes of seasoned wood, the inside 

 dimensions of which shall not be less than ten inches in depth, eleven 

 inches in width and twenty inches in length, representing aa nearly as pos- 

 sible two thousand two hundred cubic inches. 



4. When apples are packed in boxes or barrels having trays or fillers 

 wherein it is intended to have a separate compartment for each apple, the 

 provisions of this section as to boxes and barrels shall not apply. 



Inspector's Right to Examine. 327. Any person charged with the en- 

 forcement of this Part may enter upon any premises to make examination 

 of any packages of fruit suspected of being falsely marked or packed in 

 violation of any of the provisions of this Part, whether such packages are 

 on the premises of the owner, or on other premises, or in the possession of a 

 railway or steamship company. 



Offences and Penalties. 328. Every person who, by himself or through 

 the agency of any other person, violates any of the provisions of sections 

 320 and 321 of this Act, shall be liable, for the first offence, to a fine not 

 exceeding twenty-five dollars and not less than ten dollars; for the second 

 offence, to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars and not less than twenty-five 

 dollars; and for the third and each subsequent offence, to a fine not ex- 

 ceeding two hundred dollars and not less than fifty dollars, together, in 

 all cases, with the costs of prosecution; and in default of payment of such 

 fine and costs shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labor, 

 for a term not exceeding one month, unless such fine and costs, and the 

 costs of enforcing them, are sooner paid. 



2. WTienever any such violation is with respect to a lot or shipment 

 consisting of fifty or more closed packages, there may be imposed, in addi- 

 tion to any penalty provided by this section, for the first offence twenty- 

 five cents, for the second offence fifty cents, and for the third and each sub- 

 sequent offence one dollar, for each closed package in excess of fifty with 

 respect to which such violation is committed. 



329. Every person who, not being an inspector, wilfully alters, effaces, 

 or obliterates, wholly or partially, or causes to be altered, effaced, or oblit- 

 erated, any marks on any package which has undergone inspection, shall 

 incur a penalty of one hundred dollars for the first offence, together in all 

 cases, with the costs of prosecution; and in default of payment of such 

 fine and cost shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labor, 



