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SIXTY~SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 118. 1921. 1221 for sale. Nothing herein shall apply to crackers, retzels, buns, ,,Q'°°k°‘S» F’°‘“*S» rolls, scones, or to loaves of fancy read weighing less than onefourth of one pound avoirdulpois, or to what is commonly known as stale bread, provided the se er shall, at the time the sale is made, expressl state to the buyer that the bread so sold is stale bread: _ Pmmkiedj That any loaf of bread weighing within 10 per eentum in fi§°}]’§’,§'g,,,,];.,,,.».,,i_ excess or within 4 per centum less than standard weight shall be deemed of le al weight. Sec. 14. Tgat bottles or jars used for the sale of milk or cream shall gghggcigy of b.,m,,S, be of the ca acity of one gallon, halfégallon, three pints, one quart, °‘°· one pint, half—pint, or one gill when led to the bottom of the ca seat, stopple, or other designating mark. Such bottles or jars shall have clearly blown or otherwise permanently marked in the side of each such bottle or jar or printed on the cap or stopple the name and address of the erson, firm, or corporation who or which shall have bottled such milk or cream. Any person who uses, for the urpose of selling milk or cream, bottles or jars which do not complly with the requirements of this section shall be deemed guilty of using false measure. St dard d Sec. 15. That standard containers for the sale of fruits, vegetables, maiiiies e¤¤¢Zti°€g anal other dry commodities in the District of Columbia shall be as “"’“"’°d· fo ows: . (a) That standard barrel for fruits, vegetables, and other dry wggffiiitsfgtiz. mm" commodities other than cranberries, shall be of the following dimen- ““°“"°“S· sions 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 noglgreater than four-tenths of an ,,,,,,,,_ inch: Pmmkled, That any barrel of a erent form having a capacity Varrinzfvrmof seven thousand and fifty-six cubic inches shall be a standard Bm,] ,,, ,,,,,,,,_ barrel. The standard barre for cranberries shall be of the following riesdimensions when measured without distention of its arts: Length of staves, twenty-eight and one-half inches; diameter of) head, sixteen and one-fourth mches; distance between heads, twenty~five and onefourth inches; circumference of bu] e, fifty-eight and one-half inches, outside measurement; and the thigkness of staves not greater than ,,,1,, in ,,,, ,,,,,,_ four-tenths of an inch. It shall be unlawful to sell, offer, or expose ¤¤¤¤¤l·¤wf¤1- for sale in the District of Columbia a barrel containing fruits or vegetables or any other dry commodit of less capacity than the standard barrels defined in this Act, or subdivisions thereof known as the third, half, and three-quarter barrel. bask (b) Standards for Climax baskets for grapes and other fruits and mcggadc. °°° lm vegetables shall be the two-quart basket, four-quart basket, and twelve-quart basket, respectively. D, . The standard two-quart Climax basket shall be of the following 1-wmoiqiliiiiifistsnxs. dimensions: Length of bottom piece, nine and one-half inches; width of bottom piece, three and one-half inches; thickness of bottom piece, three·eighths of an inch; height of basket, three and seveneighths inches, outside measurement; top of basket, lengh eleven inches and width five inches, outside measurement. asket to have a cover five by eleven inches, when a cover is used. _The standard four-guart Climax basket shall be of the following F°`"`q"°"b“k°t' dimensions: Length o bottom piece, twelve inches; width of bottom piece, four and one-half inches; thickness of bottom piece, threecrghths of an inch; height of basket, four and eleven-sixteenths mches, outside measurement: top of basket, length fourteen inches; width six and one-fourth inches, outside measurement. Basket to have cover six and one-fourth inches by fourteen inches, when cover is used.