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in barrels or who shall knowingly sell or offer for sale such barrels 

 in violation of the provisions of this Act shall be liable to a 

 penalty of one dollar and costs for each such barrel so sold or 

 offered for sale, to be recovered at the suit of the United States 

 in any court of the United States having jurisdiction. 



Section 7. That this Act shall be in force and effect from 

 and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and thirteen. 



Approved, August 3, 1912. 



MASSACHUSETTS APPLE GRADING LAW. 



Genekal Laws, Chapter 94. 



Inspection and Sale of Food, Dhttgs, and Vaeious Articles. 



Sections 1 (part), 100 to 107, inclusive, 109 to 114, inclusive. 



" Closed Package " defined. 



Section 1. ... "Closed package" in sections one hundred 

 to one hundred and seven, inclusive, one hundred and nine, one 

 hundred and ten, one hundred and twelve and one hundred and 

 thirteen, shall mean a barrel, box, or other container, the con- 

 tents whereof cannot be .sufficiently inspected without opening 

 it. . . . 



Standard Barrel and Box for Apples. 



Section 100. The standard barrel for apples shall be of the 

 following dimensions when measured without distension of its 

 parts: length of stave, twenty-eight and one half inches; diam- 

 eter of heads, seventeen and one eighth inches; distance between 

 heads, twenty-six inches; circumference of bulge, sixty-four 

 inches, outside measurement; 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 box for apples shall be of the following dimen- 

 sions by inside measurement: eighteen inches by eleven and one 

 half inches by ten and one half inches, without distention of its 

 parts; and shall have a capacity of not less than two thousand 

 one hundred and seventy-three and one half cubic inches. 



Standard Grades of Apples. 



Section 101. The standard grades of apples when packed or 

 repacked in closed packages within the commonwealth shall be 

 as follows: "Massachusetts Standard Fancy" shall include only 



