The legal weights of certain commodities in the state of Rhode Island shall be as follows:

(1)  A bushel of apples shall weigh forty-eight pounds (48 lbs.).

(2)  A bushel of apples, dried, shall weigh twenty-five pounds (25 lbs.).

(3)  A bushel of apple seed shall weigh forty pounds (40 lbs.).

(4)  A bushel of barley shall weigh forty-eight pounds (48 lbs.).

(5)  A bushel of beans shall weigh sixty pounds (60 lbs.).

(6)  A bushel of beans, castor, shall weigh forty-six pounds (46 lbs.).

(7)  A bushel of beets shall weigh fifty pounds (50 lbs.).

(8)  A bushel of bran shall weigh twenty pounds (20 lbs.).

(9)  A bushel of buckwheat shall weigh forty-eight pounds (48 lbs.).

(10)  A bushel of carrots shall weigh fifty pounds (50 lbs.).

(11)  A bushel of charcoal shall weigh twenty pounds (20 lbs.).

(12)  A bushel of clover seed shall weigh sixty pounds (60 lbs.).

(13)  A bushel of coal shall weigh eighty pounds (80 lbs.).

(14)  A bushel of coke shall weigh forty pounds (40 lbs.).

(15)  A bushel of corn, shelled, shall weigh fifty-six pounds (56 lbs.).

(16)  A bushel of corn, in the ear, shall weigh seventy pounds (70 lbs.).

(17)  A bushel of corn meal shall weigh fifty pounds (50 lbs.).

(18)  A bushel of cotton seed, upland, shall weigh thirty pounds (30 lbs.).

(19)  A bushel of cotton seed, Sea Island, shall weigh forty-four pounds (44 lbs.).

(20)  A bushel of flax seed shall weigh fifty-six pounds (56 lbs.).

(21)  A bushel of hemp shall weigh forty-four pounds (44 lbs.).

(22)  A bushel of Hungarian seed shall weigh fifty pounds (50 lbs.).

(23)  A bushel of lime shall weigh seventy pounds (70 lbs.).

(24)  A bushel of malt shall weigh thirty-eight pounds (38 lbs.).

(25)  A bushel of millet seed shall weigh fifty pounds (50 lbs.).

(26)  A bushel of oats shall weigh thirty-two pounds (32 lbs.).

(27)  A bushel of onions shall weigh fifty pounds (50 lbs.).

(28)  A bushel of parsnips shall weigh fifty pounds (50 lbs.).

(29)  A bushel of peaches shall weigh forty-eight pounds (48 lbs.).

(30)  A bushel of peaches, dried, shall weigh thirty-three pounds (33 lbs.).

(31)  A bushel of peas shall weigh sixty pounds (60 lbs.).

(32)  A bushel of peas, split, shall weigh sixty pounds (60 lbs.).

(33)  A bushel of potatoes shall weigh sixty pounds (60 lbs.).

(34)  A bushel of potatoes, sweet, shall weigh fifty-four pounds (54 lbs.).

(35)  A bushel of rye shall weigh fifty-six pounds (56 lbs.).

(36)  A bushel of rye meal shall weigh fifty pounds (50 lbs.).

(37)  A bushel of salt, fine, shall weigh fifty pounds (50 lbs.).

(38)  A bushel of salt, coarse, shall weigh seventy pounds (70 lbs.).

(39)  A bushel of timothy seed shall weigh forty-five pounds (45 lbs.).

(40)  A bushel of shorts shall weigh twenty pounds (20 lbs.).

(41)  A bushel of tomatoes shall weigh fifty-six pounds (56 lbs.).

(42)  A bushel of turnips shall weigh fifty pounds (50 lbs.).

(43)  A bushel of wheat shall weigh sixty pounds (60 lbs.).

(44)  A barrel of flour shall contain one hundred ninety-six pounds (196 lbs.).

(45)  A ton of coal, net, shall weigh two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.).

(46)  A ton of coal, gross, shall weigh two thousand two hundred forty pounds (2,240 lbs.).

History of Section.
P.L. 1900, ch. 758, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 194, § 25; G.L. 1923, ch. 221, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 407, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 47-4-2.