Chap. 293.—An ACT to prescribe the weight of a barrel of a]
size of barrels used for packing and shipping the sa

Approved February 9, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
apples are bought or sold by weight in this state, the qua
tuting a bushel shall be forty-five pounds, and the quantitv
a barrel shall be one hundred and thirty-five pounds. A b
in packing, selling, or shipping apples shall be of the folle
sions: Head diameter, seventeen and one-eighth inches; len
twenty-seven and one-half inches; bulge, not less than sixty
outside measurement.

2. Every person buying or selling apples in this state |
shall be understood as referring to the quantity or size «
herein specified. No person in this state shall hereafter
to be used, or have in his possession, barrels, for the sale
a size less than the size specified in this act, unless each
is plainly stamped on the outside thereof, and on each h
words “short barrel” in letters not less than two inch
Every person violating any provisions of this section sha
sum of five dollars for every barrel put up, made, or used
of such provision, one-half of which shall go to the infor:
half to the commonwealth.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.