GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING TRADE. No milk bot tles, cans, &c. to be used unless by owner's permission Bottles to be sterilized Penalty for violation of this Act CHAPTER 178. GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING TRADE. AN ACT Regulating the Use of Milk Bottles and other Receptacles used in the sale and delivery of Dairy Products. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That no person other than the owner or owners thereof shall hereafter use milk bottles, milk cans, or any other receptacle used in the sale and delivery of milk, cream and other dairy products, without the express permission of the owners of the same. Section 2. That glass bottles used in the sale and delivery of milk, cream and other dairy products shall be sterilized before each and every filling, and shall not be used by the owner or owners thereof, or by any other person or persons for any other purpose whatsoever. Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Ten Dollars for each offense. Approved March 26, A. D. 1913. OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. CHAPTER 179. OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. AN ACT to standardize berry cups, hampers, barrels, peach baskets and apple baskets in the State of Delaware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: standard baskets. cups, hampers, bar bask-rels, &c. to be used in shipping berries, fruit and produce Section 1. From and after the passage of this Act the Measures for standard pint basket or cup for fruit and berries in this State shall contain a full pint. The standard quart et or cup for fruit and berries in this State shall contain a full quart. The standard hamper in this State shall hold a full bushel. The standard barrel for fruit and produce shall hold eleven pecks. The standard peach basket shall hold one-half of a bushel. For the summer apple the standard basket shall hold seven-eighths of a bushel. In measuring all forms of fruit and produce dry measure shall be used. corporation to measures as set Act Any person or persons, corporation or corporations in Any person or this State handling, shipping or selling fruit or produce use standard in cups or baskets, hampers, barrels, peach baskets or forth in this summer apple baskets shall use the standard cup or basket, hamper, barrel, peach basket or summer apple basket, or if he or it shall use a different size from that herein designated as standard for any of these fruits or produce he shall clearly mark upon the outside of such To mark el arcup or basket, hamper, barrel, peach basket or summer standard size apple basket in figures not less than one inch in heighth the exact amount which such cup, or basket, hamper, Figures not less barrel, peach basket or summer apple basket does hold. high ly when is not used Violation of this Act a OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Section 2. Any person or persons, corporation or cormisdemeanor porations violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not less than Ten Dollars for each offense. Section 3. This Act shall take effect on January 1, A. D. 1914. Approved March 20, A. D. 1913. OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. CHAPTER 180. OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. AN ACT fixing the standard Weight for a ton of coal. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: of coal to con avoirdupois Section 1. From and after the passage of this Act the Standard ton legal standard ton for coal in this State shall be Two tain 2240 lbs. Thousand two hundred and forty pounds avoirdupois weight and any coal dealer or other person selling or sending out into the highway,lane,or streets of this State, or any City or Town of this State, or otherwise disposing of a load of coal containing less than two Thousand two hundred and forty pounds avoirdupois for a ton, except when delivering fractions of a ton, or if delivering a fraction of a ton and said fraction of a ton contains less relatively than the legal standard of Two Thousand two hundred and forty pounds avoirdupois, the dealer or oth- Violation a er person so acting shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be compelled to pay a fine of Fifty Dollars. Approved March 17, A. D. 1913. misdemeanor OF RETAILERS OF GOODS AND PEDDLERS. Sec. 2, Chap. 76, Vol. 14 amended CHAPTER 181. OF RETAILERS OF GOODS AND PEDDLERS. AN ACT to amend Chapter 67, Volume 14, Laws of Delaware, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 68, of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware, concerning Retailers of Goods and Peddlers." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That Section 2 of Chapter 76, Volume 14, Laws of Delaware, entitled, "An Act to amend Chapter 68 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware, concerning Retailers of Goods and Peddlers", be, and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words "feme covert traders" in the thirteenth line thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the following, viz: "Widows". Approved March 11, A. D. 1913. |