2012 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 6 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME (§§ 201 - 267)
Subchapter VI - STANDARD BARRELS (§§ 231 - 242)
Section 231 - Standard barrel for apples; steel barrels

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 6 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME
SUBCHAPTER VI - STANDARD BARRELS
Sec. 231 - Standard barrel for apples; steel barrels
Containssection 231
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAug. 3, 1912, ch. 273, §1, 37 Stat. 250.
Statutes at Large Reference37 Stat. 250

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STANDARD BARRELS - 15 U.S.C. § 231 (2012)
§231. Standard barrel for apples; steel barrels

The standard barrel for apples shall be of the following dimensions when measured without distention of its parts: Length of stave, twenty-eight and one-half inches; diameter of head, seventeen and one-eighth inches; distance between heads, twenty-six inches; circumference of bulge, sixty-four inches outside measurement, representing as nearly as possible seven thousand and fifty-six cubic inches: Provided, That steel barrels containing the interior dimensions provided for in this section shall be construed as a compliance therewith.

(Aug. 3, 1912, ch. 273, §1, 37 Stat. 250.)

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