The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
CHAPTER 36s-H r No A1e

r.
AN ACT to amend section 6 of chapter
Il OF the General Statutes of 1878, being
sections Z2UO and 2201 of the General
statutes of 1894 relating to weights and
measures.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. That section of chapter 81
of the General Statutes of 1878 being
sections 22OO and 22O1 of the Gener neral
Statutes of 1894 be amended to read as
follows, viz:
Dimensions for selling commodities by
dry measure: The unit or standard
measure of capacity for all commodities
sold by dry measure, from which all
other measures shall be derived and as
certained, is the standard half. bushel
containing ten hundred SeVenty-fiVe cubic
inches and two-tenths of a cubic inch.
The peck, half peck Cor GALLON, quarter
peck, quart and pint measures for meas
urlng such commodities shall be derived
from the half bushel by successfully di-
Vldlng that measure by two, viz:
Cubic inches.
Cubical contents of the standard
half bushel ......:.:;.......... 1862
Cubical contents of the standard
peck ................... 537.6
Cubical contents of the stanoard
half peck or gallon. :............ 26s.S
Cubical contents of the standard
quarter peck ..,............... 134.4
Cubical contents of the standard
quart ;........... ........... 672
Cubcal contents of the standard
pint 80. ................ 1876
Cubical contents of the standard
Sushei '...''...''...'..... =, 1904
Liquid measure: For all commodities
in liquid form except beer and milk
The units or standards of measure of
capacity for liquids from which all 9TH
er measures shall be derived and ascer-
tanned shall be the standard wine gallon.
containing two hundred thirty-one cubic
inches and its parts and multiples, as fol-
lows, viz:
Cubic inches.
The standard gallon contains. -. .23l
The standard quart contains. .... 5T75
| The standard pint contains. ...... % S15
The standard gill contains. .7.21S75
Gallons.
The standard barrel contains 81 80
The standard hogshead contains. -. .63
Beer and milk measures shall contain
the following capacities: The gallon shall
contain two hundred eighty-two cubic
inches. The half gallon shall contain one
hundred forty-one cubic inches, and the
| quart one-half as much and the pint one.
| half as much as the quart.
SD. 3.
Units of Length and Surface: The unit
or standard measure of length and sur
| face from which all other measures of
| extension, whether lineal, superficial or
| solid, shall be derived and ascertained,
| is the standard yard measure, which is
! divided into three equal parts called feet
! and each foot into twelve equal parts
| called inches.
| The rod, pole or perch contains five and
one-half yards. The mile contains seven
teen hundred sixty yards. The chain for
measuring land is twenty-five yards long
and is divided into one hundred equal
| parts called links. The acre contains ten
| square chains or one hundred sixty
square rods. There are six hundred forty
| square acres in one square mile.
! Sec. 4.
All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.
| Sec. 5.
This act shall take effect and be in
| force from and after it's passage.
| Approved April 81. 1903
CHAPTER 369-H. F. NO. 429.
! AN ACT creating a state board of osta-
opathic examiners and registration and
| to regulate the practice Of osteopathX