ART. 97] CORN BARREL—BARK—STAVES. 2095

Corn Barrel—Lime Measure.

1888, art. 97, sec. 20. 1860, art 94, sec. 20. 1843, ch. 154 1867, ch. 317.

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 bushel of quick
lime. Any person violating the provisions of this section
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 go to the informer
and the other half to the public school fund of the county.

Corn in Ear.

Ibid. sec. 21. 1882, ch. 264, sec. 20 A.

21. Corn in the ear may be bought and sold by weight or
measure and when sold by weight three hundred and thirty-
five pounds shall be the standard weight of a barrel.

Bark.

Ibid. sec. 22. 1860, art. 94, sec. 21. 1831, ch. 239.

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

Staves and Heading.

Ibid, sec 23. 1860, art 94, sec. 22. 1829, ch. 151.

23. The count of all staves and beading 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

Quaere—at the top.