The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-25
Certain Commodities In the State
Rhode Island.

Certain Commodities In the State or
Rhode Island.
PASSED May 4. 1909
1t is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
Section /. The legal weights Of certain
commodities in the State of Rhode Island
shall be as follows:
A bushel of apples shall weigh As lbs.
bushel of apples. dried, shall weigh
25 lbs.
A bushel OF apple seed shall weigh 40
lbs.
A bushel of barley shall weigh as lbs.
A bushel of beans shall weigh 60 lbs.
bushel OF beans, castor. shall weigh
46 lbs.
A bushel of bees shall weigh so lbs.
A bushel OF bran shall weigh 20 lbs.
A bushel OF buckwheat shall weigh 4S
lbs.
A bushel of carrots shall weigh so lbs.
A bushel OF charcoal shall weigh 20 lbs.
A bushel OF clover seed shall weigh 60
lbs. W
A bushel OF coal shall weigh 80 lbs.
A bushel of coke shall weigh 40 lbs.
A bushel Of corn. sheiled. shall weigh
56 lbs.
A bushel of corn. in the ear, shall weigh
20 lbs.
"A bushel OF corn meal shall weigh 50
lbs.
A bushel OF cotton seed, upland. shall
weigh 30 lbs.
A bushel of cotton seed. Sea Island,
shall weigh A lbs.
A bushel OF flax seed shall weigh Sc lbs.
A bushel OF hemp shall weigh a lbs.
A bushel of Hungarian seed shall weigh
80 lbs.
A bushel OF lime shall weigh 20 lbs.
A bushel of malt shall weigh 3S lbs.
- - lAt aAalI .tsrl,
lbs.
A bushel of oats shall weigh 30 lbs.
A bushel of onions shall weigh so lbs.
A bushel OF parsnips shall weigh SO lbs.
A bushel of peaches shall weigh as lbs.
A bushel of peaches. dried. shall weigh
80 Tbs.
A bushel OF peas shall weigh 60 lbs.
A bushel OF peas. split, shall weigh 60
lbs.
A bushel OF potatoes shall weigh go lbs.
A bushel of potatoes. sweet, shall weigh
"a lbs.
A bushel OF rye shall weigh Sc lbs.
A bushei of rye meal shall weigh so lbs.
A bushei of salt, fine, shall weigh 80
lbs.
A bushel of salt. coarse, shall weigh 20
lbs.
A bushel OF timothy seed shall weigh As
lbs.
A bushel OF shorts shall weigh 20 lbs.
A bushel of tomatoes shall weigh 56 lbs.
bushel OF turnips shall weigh so lbs.
A bushel OF wheat shall weigh 60 lbs.
A barrel of -four shall contain 1876 lbs.
ton OF coal, net, shall weigh 1000 fbs.
A ton of coal, gross. shall weigh 2,2io
| lbs.
Sec. 2. All acts and parts OF acts incon-
| sistent herewith are hereby repealed. and
this act shall take effect from and after
the first day OF July. A. ID. 1900.
CHAPTER 759.
AN ACT Authorizing the Sheriff of the
County of Washington 10 Employ a
Janitor For the Washington County
| Court House.
PASSED May 4. leoo)
1t is enacted by the General Assembly as
Section l. The sheriff OF the county OF
Washington Is hereby authorized and
empowered to employ janitor for the
| Washington county court-house, at an an
nual salary not exceeding hve hundred
dollars: which said sum is hereby annu-
ally appropriated for the purpose men
| toned And the state auditor Is hereby
authorized 10 draw his order upon the
general treasurer for the payment OF the
same from any money in the treasury not
| otnerwise appropriated. upon vouchers
duly approved by the sheriff OF the coun-
~ OF Washington.
Sec: q This act shall take effect imme-
diately.
CHAPTER 7e0.
AN ACT Providing For the Care Of the
Military Burial Ground at Dutch ISL
| and.
Passed April "a. 1907
IL r. enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
Section I. The sum OF fifteen dollars or
80 much thereof as NAV be necessary is
hereby annually appropriated from any
money in the treasury not otherwise an
propriated. for the care and maintenance
Of the military burial ground at Dutch
Island; and the state auditor r. hereby
authorized TO draw his orders upon the
general treasurer from time TO time for