CHAPTER 1. STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

IC 24-6

    ARTICLE 6. WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND
LABELING



IC 24-6-1

    

Chapter 1. Standard Weights and Measures

IC 24-6-1-1

Standards; violation

    

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
hereinafter mentioned 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 thereof differing
in the weight from the standard herein prescribed 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.