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15 U.S.C. § 234 — Standard barrel for fruits or other dry commodity
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The standard 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 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 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.
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The standard 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 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 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.
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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 [section 234 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section234&num=0&edition=prelim), known as the third, half, and three-quarters barrel, and any person guilty of a willful violation of any of the provisions of sections 234 to 236 of this title shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be liable to a fine not to exceed $500, or imprisonment not to exceed six months, in the court of the United States having jurisdiction: Provided, however, That no barrel shall be deemed below standard within the meaning of said sections when shipped to any foreign country and constructed according to the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser if not constructed in conflict with the laws of the foreign country to which the same is intended to be shipped.
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 234
CODIFICATION
This section is also set out as section 23 of Title 21,
Food and Drugs.
§ 234. Standard barrel for fruits or other dry
commodity
The standard barrel for fruits, vegetables, and
other dry commodities other than cranberries
shall be of the following dimensions when meas-
ured without distention of its parts: Length of
stave, twenty-eight and one-half inches; diame-
ter of heads, seventeen and one-eighth inches;
distance between heads, twenty-six inches; cir-
cumference 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 ca-
pacity 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; circum-
ference of bulge, fifty-eight and one-half inches,
outside measurement; and the thickness of
staves not greater than four-tenths of an inch.
(Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 158, § 1, 38 Stat. 1186.)
§ 235. Sale or shipment of barrel of less capacity
than standard; punishment
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
section 234 of this title, known as the thir
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