Chap. 369.—An ACT to establish the standard of weights and measures for the
following corn-mill products, namely, flour, hominy, grits and meals. [S B 193}

Approved March 20, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
standard of weights for the following corn-mill products, namely, flours,
hominy, grits and meals, shall be one hundred pounds avoirdupois, and
the standard measure for such commodities, when the same are packed
for;sale, shipped, sold, or offered for sale in packages of five pounds or
over, shall be a package containing net avoirdupois weight one hundred
pounds, or a multiple of one hundred pounds, or one of the following
fractions thereof; five, ten, twenty-five or fifty pounds, and each of
which packages shall bear a plain, legible and conspicuous statement of
the net weight contained therein.

2. That the standard package for the following corn-mill products,
namely, flours, hominy, grits, and meals, when the same are packed,
shipped, sold, or offered for sale in packages of five pounds or over,
shall be those containing net avoirdupois weight one hundred pounds,
or multiples of one hundred pounds, or the following fractions thereof;
five, ten, twenty-five, and fifty pounds; provided, however, that the
provisions of this section shall not apply to the retailing of meal direct
to customers from bulk stock, when purchased and delivered by actual
weight or measure, or to exchange of corn for meal by mills grinding
or toll.

That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, or
association to pack, or cause to be packed for sale, to ship or offer for
shipment, or to sell, or offer for sale, the following corn-mill products,
namely, flours, hominy, grits, and meals, which when in original un-
broken package form, shall not be one of the standard measures estab-
lished in section two hereof and bear a plain, legible, and conspicuous
statement of the net weight contained therein; and any person, firm,
corporation, or association guilty of a violation of the provisions of this
act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be liable to a fine
not exceeding three hundred dollars. By the term ‘in original un-
broken package form,” as used in this act, is meant any form of package
or carton or other container made or prepared to contain products for
sale in such original package or other container and purporting to con-
tain any specific weight or measure.

3. The dairy and food commissioner, with the approval of the
board of agriculture and immigration. may establish the necessary rules
and regulations for the enforcement of this act.

4, All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act, be, and the
same are hereby repealed insofar only as they may be in conflict with
this act.

5. Provided that nothing in this bill shall be construed as apply-
ing to packages under five pounds.