2024 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 47 - Weights and Measures
Chapter 47-4 - Standard Measures
Section 47-4-1. - Dimensions of bushel and half bushel boxes — Marking.
§ 47-4-1. Dimensions of bushel and half bushel boxes — Marking.
(a) Dimensions. A box which shall measure on the inside thereof seventeen and one-half inches (17½″) by seventeen and one-half inches (17½″) in length and width, and which on the inside thereof shall measure seven and one-sixteenth inches (71/16″) in depth, measured from the highest part of the bottom thereof, is hereby declared to be a legal bushel box for the sale of farm produce. A box which shall measure on the inside thereof thirteen by thirteen inches (13″ x 13″) in length and width and which on the inside thereof shall measure six and one-sixteenth inches (61/16″) in depth, measured from the highest part of the bottom thereof, is hereby declared to be a legal half bushel box for the sale of farm produce.
(b) Marking. All bushel boxes of the dimensions specified by this section shall be marked in letters not less than one inch in height with the words “standard bushel for farm produce”. All half bushel boxes of the dimensions specified by this section shall be marked in letters not less than one inch in height with the words “standard half bushel for farm produce”.
History of Section.
G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 27; P.L. 1916, ch. 1387, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 47-4-1; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 66.
