19 USC § 391 - Ascertainment of duties on grain

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title: "19 USC § 391 - Ascertainment of duties on grain"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "391"
section_name: "Ascertainment of duties on grain"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "THE TARIFF AND RELATED PROVISIONS"
part_number: "3"
part_name: "ascertainment, collection, and recovery of duties"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 2919.)"
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# § 391. Ascertainment of duties on grain

For the purpose of estimating the duties on importations of grain, the number of bushels shall be ascertained by weight, instead of by measuring; and sixty pounds of wheat, fifty-six pounds of corn, fifty-six pounds of rye, forty-eight pounds of barley, thirty-two pounds of oats, sixty pounds of peas, and forty-two pounds of buckwheat, avoirdupois weight, shall respectively be estimated as a bushel.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 2919.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 2919 derived from , .