§ 21-15-4. Construction, size, and packing of casks.
Every cask shall be well seasoned and bound with twelve (12) hoops. Casks for menhaden and herrings shall be of the capacity to hold twenty-eight gallons (28 gals.), and those for other fish of the capacity, if a barrel, to hold two hundred pounds (200 lbs.), and if a half barrel, one hundred pounds (100 lbs.) weight of fish. Each cask shall be full and the fish shall be sound and well cured.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 134, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 160, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 190, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 380, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 21-15-4.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 21-15-1. - Duties of packers.
Section 21-15-2. - Packer’s bond.
Section 21-15-3. - One kind of fish in cask.
Section 21-15-4. - Construction, size, and packing of casks.
Section 21-15-5. - Inspection and branding of casks.
Section 21-15-6. - Branding of codfish casks as to quality.
Section 21-15-7. - Grading of mackerel — Bloaters.
Section 21-15-8. - Number one mackerel.
Section 21-15-9. - Number two mackerel.
Section 21-15-10. - Number three mackerel.
Section 21-15-11. - Number four mackerel.
Section 21-15-12. - Stamping as to quality of mackerel.
Section 21-15-13. - Sales and shipments by fishermen unaffected.
Section 21-15-14. - Sale or export of pickled fish not approved and branded.
Section 21-15-15. - Transfer of fish from branded casks — Misbranding.