Sec. 1. (a) The avoirdupois weight of beef or pork in each barrel shall be two hundred (200) pounds; and of flour in each barrel, one hundred and ninety-six (196) pounds; of sorghum molasses, eleven (11) pounds per gallon; of maple molasses, eleven (11) pounds per gallon; of hay, straw, ice, coal or coke, two thousand (2,000) pounds shall be given and taken for a ton. A bushel of the respective articles described in this section shall mean the amount of weight, avoirdupois, in this section specified, as follows: Of wheat, sixty (60) pounds; Of oats, thirty-two (32) pounds; Of buckwheat, fifty (50) pounds; Of popcorn, fifty-six (56) pounds; Of cornmeal, fifty (50) pounds; Of shelled corn, fifty-six (56) pounds; Of corn in the ear until December 1, seventy (70) pounds; corn in the ear after December 1, sixty-eight (68) pounds; Of rye, fifty-six (56) pounds; Of barley, forty-eight (48) pounds; Of malt rye, thirty-five (35) pounds; Of flax seed, fifty-six (56) pounds; Of kaffir corn, fifty-six (56) pounds; Of rough rice, forty-five (45) pounds; Of beans, sixty (60) pounds; Of cow peas, sixty (60) pounds; Of soy soja beans, sixty (60) pounds; Of clover seed, sixty (60) pounds; Of hemp seed, forty-four (44) pounds; Of sorghum seed, fifty (50) pounds; Of blue grass seed, fourteen (14) pounds; Of orchard grass seed, fourteen (14) pounds; Of timothy seed, forty-five (45) pounds; Of millet, fifty (50) pounds; Of herds-grass seed, forty-five (45) pounds; Of rape seed, fifty (50) pounds; Of red top grass seed, fourteen (14) pounds; Of alfalfa seed, sixty (60) pounds; Of peaches, forty-eight (48) pounds; Of dried peaches, thirty-three (33) pounds; Of apples, forty-two (42) pounds; Of dried apples, twenty-five (25) pounds; Of quinces, forty-eight (48) pounds; Of pears, fifty (50) pounds; Of onions, fifty-seven (57) pounds; Of beets, sixty (60) pounds; Of carrots, fifty (50) pounds; Of parsnips, fifty-five (55) pounds; Of turnips, fifty-five (55) pounds; Of tomatoes, sixty (60) pounds; Of cucumbers, forty-eight (48) pounds; Of potatoes, sixty (60) pounds; Of sweet potatoes, fifty (50) pounds; Of cranberries, thirty-three (33) pounds; Of gooseberries, forty (40) pounds; Of hickory nuts, fifty (50) pounds; Of walnuts, fifty (50) pounds; Of middlings, coarse, thirty (30) pounds; Of bran, twenty (20) pounds; Of coal, mineral, eighty (80) pounds; Of charcoal, twenty (20) pounds; Of coke, forty (40) pounds; Of coarse salt, fifty (50) pounds; Of fine salt, fifty-five (55) pounds. (b) A person who buys or sells any of the articles or commodities enumerated in this section at a measure or fraction of a measure differing in the weight from the standard prescribed in this section commits a Class B misdemeanor. Formerly: Acts 1905, c.169, s.697; Acts 1917, c.153, s.1. As amended by Acts 1976, P.L.118, SEC.1; Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2417; P.L.136-2018, SEC.140. IC 24-6-2 Chapter 2. Retention of Weights and Measures By Counties 24-6-2-1 Procurement of weights and measures
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