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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. [ART. 32.

1867, c 317
Size and dimen-
sions of corn
barrel measure,
etc.

20. The size and dimensions of the corn barrel measure shall be
as follows: twenty one inches in diameter (clear of staves) at the
bottom (and twenty-three inches in diameter clear of staves), and
shall hold five struck bushels of corn; and all the lime sold in this
State, or delivered in this State to any person or persons, shall be
measured in a bushel measure of the following dimensions, viz.:
twelve inches (clear of staves) at the bottom, and fifteen inches in
diameter (clear of staves) at the top, and shall be fifteen inches high
inside perpendicular measure, and in all cases where the lime has
already slacked, it shall require two such bushels to make one

Penalty.

bushel of quick-lime; any person violating the provisions of this sec-
tion shall, on conviction in any court of this State, or before any
justice of the peace, be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars, one-half to the informer, and the other half to
go to the public school fund of the State.

Art 96, s. 21
1831, c 239
Articles sold by
weight.

2 1. Quercitron and all other ground bark, sumach and all other
articles sold by weight, shall be sold by the one hundred pounds for
one hundredweight, and twenty hundred shall be considered and
taken for a ton, and so in proportion for any greater or smaller
quantity.

Id s 22
1829, c 151.
Slaves

22. The count of all staves and heading shall be by the short
hundred, so that one thousand pieces shall be computed as one
thousand staves or heading, as the case may be; and any inspector
or dealer in staves or heading, attempting to count or compute at
any greater rate than one thousand pieces to the thousand, and in
that proportion for a greater or less number, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and be subject to indictment, and upon convic-
tion shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, one-half to
the informer and the other half to the State.

Id s 23.
1849, c 94, s 1.
Penalty for sell-
Ing goods by
false mark.

23. No person shall sell any package or parcel of cotton, woollen,
or other drygoods, having any mark thereon or attached thereto,
indicating or stating a greater number of yards or larger quantity
than is actually contained in such package or parcel, and any auc-
tioneer, commission-merchant, or other dealer so selling, shall in
each case forfeit and pay to the purchaser of each package or parcel
double the value of the quantity of goods which on actual measure-
ment it shall be found there is wanting in such package or parcel to
make up the number of yards or quantity marked thereon.

Id s 24.
1849, c 94, B 2
Penalty, how
recovered

24. All sums not exceeding one hundred dollars, forfeited and
payable under the preceding section, shall be recoverable by the
purchaser before a justice of the peace as other debts, and all sums
exceeding one hundred dollars by action of debt in the court having
jurisdiction thereof in the city or county where such sales were
made.

1868, c 445.
Charges for
freight meas-
urement, etc,
of grain.

23. All charges for freight, measurement, weighing, inspection,
wharfage, and commission on grain, shall be made on the number
of bushels as ascertained by weight, and not by the running measure,