Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 87 - STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE - CLOSED PACKAGES OF APPLES

AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND CHAPTER 21 OF THE REVISED CODE OF DELAWARE, 1935, RELATING TO THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 81, VOLUME 41, LAWS OF DELAWARE, IN REFERENCE TO SHIPMENT OF CLOSED PACKAGES OF APPLES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That Chapter 21 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, as amended by Chapter 81, Volume 41, Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby further amended, by adding at the end of 591. Sec. 24. of the said Chapter 21, as amended as aforesaid, a new and additional paragraph, as follows:

"Provided, however, that it shall be lawful to ship closed packages of apples without grade marks, if the owner desires so to do, if such packages are marked with the owner's name and address, variety and size; but if marked as to grade, such packages must conform with the grade as marked and such grade specifications must be the same as the grade promulgated by the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Approved April 1, 1941.