§ 234. — Standard barrel for fruits or other dry commodity.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC234]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 6--WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME
SUBCHAPTER VI--STANDARD BARRELS
Sec. 234. Standard barrel for fruits or other dry commodity
The standard barrel for fruits, vegetables, and other dry
commodities other than cranberries shall be of the following dimensions
when measured without distention of its parts: Length of stave, twenty-
eight and one-half inches; diameter of heads, seventeen and one-eighth
inches; distance between heads, twenty-six inches; circumference of
bulge, sixty-four inches, outside measurement; and the thickness of
staves not greater than four-tenths of an inch: Provided, That any
barrel of a different form having a capacity of seven thousand and
fifty-six cubic inches shall be a standard barrel. The standard barrel
for cranberries shall be of the following dimensions when measured
without distention of its parts: Length of staves, twenty-eight and one-
half inches; diameter of head, sixteen and one-fourth inches; distance
between heads, twenty-five and one-fourth inches; circumference of
bulge, fifty-eight and one-half inches, outside measurement; and the
thickness of staves not greater than four-tenths of an inch.
(Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 158, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 1186.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 235, 236 of this title.
