The bushel in struck measure shall contain twenty-one hundred fifty and forty-two hundredths cubic inches, and in heap measure twenty-five hundred sixty-four cubic inches, except that each bushel of charcoal shall contain twenty-seven hundred forty-eight cubic inches. When sold by weight, the bushel of charcoal shall weigh twenty pounds when commercially dry; the barrel of flour, one hundred ninety-six pounds, and the barrel of potatoes, one hundred fifty pounds.
(1949 Rev., S. 6758; P.A. 10-32, S. 128.)
History: P.A. 10-32 made technical changes, effective May 10, 2010.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 43 - Weights and Measures
Chapter 752 - Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles
Section 43-17. - Pound, hundredweight, ton, barrel, gallon.
Section 43-18. - Bushel. Charcoal, flour, potatoes.
Section 43-19. - Weight of bushel in various articles. Penalty.
Section 43-19a. - Sale and advertising of poultry to be by weight.
Section 43-20. - Bulk grains, feeds and feedstuffs to be sold by weight.
Section 43-21. - Seals on containers or vehicles.
Section 43-23. - Manufacture, sale and use of milk bottles.
Section 43-24. - Testing machines used in weighing milk or cream.
Section 43-25. - Weight of sand and gravel.
Section 43-28. - Sale of coal and coke by weight.
Section 43-29. - Location of scales. Fee for testing scales outside the state.
Section 43-30. - Not to apply to foreign or interstate commerce.
Section 43-31. - Sale of preheated petroleum products to be by weight.
Section 43-32. - Delivery tickets, requirements.
Section 43-33. - Public weighers to secure tare weight.
Section 43-36. - “Liquefied petroleum gas” defined.
Section 43-37. - Sale of liquefied petroleum gas in containers.
Section 43-38. - Sale in package form.
Section 43-39. - Delivery tickets. Units of sale.
Section 43-40. - Sealing of meters.