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materially injures the appearance or useful quality of the apples, and which 

 may be less than medium color for the variety: provided, that apples of 

 one variety which are not more than ten per cent below the foregoing 

 specifications may be graded as "Massachusetts Standard B". 



"Ungraded". Apples not conforming to the foregoing specifications of 

 grade, or, if conforming, not branded in accordance therewith, shall be 

 classed as ungraded and so branded. 



Section 2. Section three of said chapter two hundred and sixty-one 

 is hereby amended by striking out the word "two", in the fifth Une, and 

 by inserting in place thereof the word: ■ — five, — so as to read as follows: 

 — Section 3. The marks indicating the grade, as above prescribed, may 

 be accompanied by any other designation of grade or brand if such desig- 

 nation is not inconsistent with, or marked more conspicuously on the 

 package than, the mark or marks required by section five of this act. 



Section 3. Section eight of said chapter two hundred and sixty-one is 

 hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words : — or if the faced 

 or shown surface gives a false representation of the contents of the pack- 

 age, — so as to read as follows: — Section 8. For the purposes of this act, 

 apples packed in a closed package shall be deemed to be adulterated if 

 their measure, quality or grade does not conform in every particular to 

 the brand or mark upon or afl^ed to the package, or if the faced or shown 

 surface gives a false representation of the contents of the package. 



Section 4. Section ten of said chapter two hundred and sixty-one is 

 hereby amended by striking out all of said section after the word "agri- 

 culture", in the fifth Une, so as to read as follows: — Section 10. Apples 

 which have been in cold storage shall not be sold or distributed, or offered 

 or exposed for sale or distribution, in closed packages until they have been 

 inspected in accordance with rules and regulations to be prescribed by 

 the secretary of the state board of agriculture. [Ap-proved March 22, 

 1916. 



PUBLIC MARKETS. 



General Acts, Chapter 79. 



An Act relative to the use and management of public markets 

 established by cities and towns. 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. Chapter one hundred and nineteen of the General Acts 

 of the year nineteen hundred and fifteen is hereby amended by adding 

 at the end thereof the following section: • — Section 3. Any city or town 

 which maintains a public market or market place in accordance with the 

 provisions of this act may make rules and regulations for the use and man- 

 agement thereof, subject to the approval of the secretary of the state 

 board of agriculture, and may attach penalties for their \'iolation. 



Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved 

 March 29, 1916. 



