15 USC § 231 - Standard barrel for apples; steel barrels

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s231"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 231 - Standard barrel for apples; steel barrels"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "231"
section_name: "Standard barrel for apples; steel barrels"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "STANDARD BARRELS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 3, 1912, ch. 273, § 1, 37 Stat. 250.)"
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# § 231. Standard barrel for apples; steel barrels

*Provided*

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: , That steel barrels containing the interior dimensions provided for in this section shall be construed as a compliance therewith.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 3, 1912, ch. 273, § 1, 37 Stat. 250.)