§ 24-6-1-1 — Standards; violation

Indiana § 24-6-1-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 6: WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND LABELING
• Ch. 1: Standard Weights and Measures

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(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.