Chap. 344.—An ACT prescribing standard barrels for lime, and regulations for
containers of cement, and providing penalties for violations of it act.

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Approved March 23, 1922.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That there 1s
hereby established a large and a small barrel of lime, the large barrel
to consist of two hundred and eighty pounds and the small barrel to
consist of one hundred and eighty pounds, net weight.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale lime
in this State in barrels unless there shall be stencilled or otherwise
clearly marked on one or both heads of the small barrel the figures
“180 Ibs. net” and of the large barrel the figures “280 Ibs. net,” and
on either barrel in addition the name of the manufacturer of the lime
and where mariufactured.

3. When lime is sold in containers of less capacity than the
standard small barrel, it shall be sold in fractional parts of said stand-
ard small barrel, and the net weight of lime contained in such con-
tainer shall by stencil or otherwise be clearly marked thereon, to-
gether with the name of the manufacturer thereof, and the name of
the brand, if any, under which it is sold.

4. It shall be unlawful to pack, sell, or offer for sale in this State
any barrels or other containers of lime which are not marked as pro-
vided in sections two and three of this act, or to sell, charge for,
or purport to deliver as a large or small barrel or a fractional part
of said small barrel of lime, any less weight of lime than is estab-
lished by the provisions of this act.

5. Every barrel, box or package of cement sold or offered for
sale in this State shall have plainly marked thereon the name and
address of the manufacturer and the number of pounds net such bar-
rel, box or package contains.

. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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