Chap. 171.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1471 of the Code of Vir-
ginia. ([S B 112]

Approved March 15, 1920.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion fourteen hundred and seventy-one of the Code of Virginia be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Weight of a barrel of apples and the size of barrels used for pack-
ing and shipping the same—When apples are bought or sold by
weight in this State, the quantity constituting a bushel shall be fortv-
five pounds and the quantity constituting a barrel shall be one hun-
dred and thirty-five pounds. A barrel for use in packing, selling, or
shipping apples shall be of the following dimensions: head diameter,
seventeen and one-eighth inches; length of stave, twenty-seven and
one-half inches bulge, not less than sixty-four inches, outside measure-
ment. Every person buving or selling apples in this State by the
barrel shall be understood as referring to the quantity or size of the
barrel herein specified. No person in this State shall hereafter use
or cause to be used, or have in his possession, barrels, for the sale of
apples, of a size less than the size specified in this section, unless each
of the same is plainly stamped on the outside thereof, and on each
1ead with the words “Short Barrel” in letters not less than two inches
n height. All apples packed in barrels for sale or offered for sale
shall have conspicuously displayed on the head of the barrel the
ollowing facts:

(a) The name and address of the owner of the apples as of the
late of the packing of same;

(b) The minimum size of at least ninety per centum of the apples
‘ontained therein;

(c) All apples not hand picked packed in such barrels shall be
narked windfalls ;

(d) The dairy and food commissioner shall upon a guarantee
atisfactory to him bv any fruit growers association or group of fruit
rrowers that they will be responsible for salary and expenses of an
nspector, appoint a man well qualified by training and experience and
locate him at points designated by such fruit growers association 01
group of fruit growers. It shall be the duty of such inspectors if re-
quested by any interested parties to inspect the contents of a reason-
able number of barrels of each grade of apples and charge the owners
of such apples an inspection fee of two dollars per railroad car, or
proportionately if inspection is not made in car lots. If there is more
than one owner of the barrels of apples in each car or lot inspected.
the fee to be apportioned in accordance with the ownership of each.
The inspector shall give to such parties a certificate showing the ap-
proximate quality and grade of each grade inspected. His salary
shall be fixed by the dairy and food commissioner. The form of cer-
tificates shall be fixed by the dairy and food commissioner. The said
inspection fee shall be applied to the salary and expenses of such
inspectors and a surplus, if any, shall be paid to the State crop pest
commission for the advancement of apple culture. Any deficit shall
be made up by the said fruit growers association or group of fruit
growers making the guarantee as above provided.

2. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for such offense shall
be fined not exceeding fifty dollars for the first offense, and for each
subsequent offense not exceeding one hundred dollars; and such fines
less legal cost and charges, shall be paid into the treasury of the State.

It shall be the duty of the dairy and food commissioner to enforce
the-provisions of this section and he shall make an annual report to the
governor on or before the thirty-first day of January of each year,
viving a detailed account of fees collected and money disbursed by
him under the provisions of this section.