15 U.S.C. § 231

U.S.C. Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
15 U.S.C.

United States Code, 2024 Edition

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

From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§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, 37 Stat. 250.)

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