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Append ix. 



UNITED STATES STANDARD BARREL LAW. 



[Public — No. 307 — 63d Congress.] 

 [H. R. 4899.] 



An Act to fix the Standard Barrel for Fruits, Vege- 

 tables, AND Other Dry Commodities. 



Be it enacted by the Senate arid House of Representatives of the 

 United States of America in Congress assembled, That the stand- 

 ard barrel for fruits, vegetables, and other dry commodities 

 other than cranberries 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; circumference of bulge, sixty-four inches, outside meas- 

 urement; and the thickness of staves not greater than four- 

 tenths of an inch: Provided, That any barrel of a different form 

 having a capacity of seven thousand and fifty-six cubic inches 

 shall be a standard barrel. The standard barrel for cranberries 

 shall be of the following dimensions when measured without 

 distention of its parts: Length of staves, twenty-eight and one- 

 half inches; diameter of head, sixteen and one-fourth inches; 

 distance between heads, twenty-five and one-fourth inches; 

 circumference of bulge, fifty-eight and one-half inches, outside 

 measurement; and the thickness of staves not greater than 

 four-tenths of an inch. 



Section 2. That it shall be unlawful to sell, offer, or expose 

 for sale in any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or 

 to ship from any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia to 

 any other State, Territory, or the District of Columbia or to a 

 foreign country, a barrel containing fruits or vegetables or any 

 other dry commodity of less capacity than the standard barrels 

 defined in the first section of this Act, or subdivisions thereof 

 known as the third, half, and three-quarters barrel, and any 

 person guilty of a willful violation of any of the provisions of 

 this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be liable 

 to a fine not to exceed S500, or imprisonment not to exceed six 



