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15 U.S.C. § 235Sale or shipment of barrel of less capacity than standard; punishment

submitted 111 years ago by ch. 158 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 191 words · no verdicts yet

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It's illegal to sell or ship a fruit, vegetable, or dry-goods barrel that's smaller than the legal standard sizes. Anyone who breaks this rule on purpose can be fined up to $500 or jailed up to six months. Barrels built for a foreign buyer's own specs are excepted.

This section makes it unlawful to sell, offer for sale, or ship a barrel of fruits, vegetables, or other dry goods that holds less than the standard sizes set in section 234 - known as the "third," "half," and "three-quarters" barrel. This applies to sales within any state, territory, or the District of Columbia, and to shipments between them or to a foreign country. Anyone who willfully violates sections 234 through 236 is guilty of a misdemeanor. They can be fined up to $500, jailed up to six months, or both, in the proper United States court. There is one exception: a barrel is not "below standard" if it is shipped to a foreign country and built according to that foreign buyer's own specifications - as long as building it that way does not conflict with that country's own laws.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

It shall be unlawful to sell, offer, or expose for sale in any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or to ship from any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia to any other State, Territory, or the District of Columbia or to a foreign country, a barrel containing fruits or vegetables or any other dry commodity of less capacity than the standard barrels defined in section 234 of this title, known as the third, half, and three-quarters barrel, and any person guilty of a willful violation of any of the provisions of sections 234 to 236 of this title shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be liable to a fine not to exceed $500, or imprisonment not to exceed six months, in the court of the United States having jurisdiction: Provided, however, That no barrel shall be deemed below standard within the meaning of said sections when shipped to any foreign country and constructed according to the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser if not constructed in conflict with the laws of the foreign country to which the same is intended to be shipped.

Source credit: (Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 158, § 2, 38 Stat. 1186.)

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

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