15 USC 231: Standard barrel for apples; steel barrels
Text contains those laws in effect on January 23, 2000
From Title 15-COMMERCE AND TRADECHAPTER 6-WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIMESUBCHAPTER VI-STANDARD BARRELS
§231. Standard barrel for apples; steel barrels
The standard barrel for apples shall be of the following dimensions when measured without distention of its parts: Length of stave, twenty-eight and one-half inches; diameter of head, seventeen and one-eighth inches; distance between heads, twenty-six inches; circumference of bulge, sixty-four inches outside measurement, representing as nearly as possible seven thousand and fifty-six cubic inches: Provided, That steel barrels containing the interior dimensions provided for in this section shall be construed as a compliance therewith.
(Aug. 3, 1912, ch. 273, §1,
Cross References
Standard barrel for fruits or other dry commodity, see section 234 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 232, 233 of this title.