§ 231. — Standard barrel for apples; steel barrels.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC231]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 6--WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME
SUBCHAPTER VI--STANDARD BARRELS
Sec. 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, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 250.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 232, 233 of this title.
