15 U.S.C. § 234 — Standard barrel for fruits or other dry commodity

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This section sets exact legal dimensions for a standard barrel of fruits, vegetables, or other dry goods, and a separate, smaller standard size for cranberries. A barrel of any shape still counts as standard if it holds exactly 7,056 cubic inches.

This section is a single provision covering two kinds of standard barrels, measured without letting the barrel's parts bulge out. For fruits, vegetables, and other dry commodities other than cranberries, the standard barrel must have: a stave length of twenty-eight and one-half inches; a head diameter of seventeen and one-eighth inches; a distance between heads of twenty-six inches; an outside bulge circumference of sixty-four inches; and staves no thicker than four-tenths of an inch. As an alternative, any barrel of a different shape still counts as standard if its capacity is exactly seven thousand fifty-six cubic inches. For cranberries, the standard barrel must have: a stave length of twenty-eight and one-half inches; a head diameter of sixteen and one-fourth inches; a distance between heads of twenty-five and one-fourth inches; an outside bulge circumference of fifty-eight and one-half inches; and staves no thicker than four-tenths of an inch.

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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.

Source credit: (Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 158, § 1, 38 Stat. 1186.)

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1915Enacted · Act of Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 158 · 38 Stat. 1186

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 158 on 1915-03-04.

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