Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 81 - STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE - RELATING TO GRADING, MARKING AND SALE OF APPLES

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 21 OF THE REVISED CODE OF DELAWARE, 1935, RELATING TO THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE BY REPEALING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SAID CHAPTER RELATING TO THE GRADING, MARKING AND SALE OF APPLES IN CLOSED PACKAGES, AND INSERTING NEW PROVISIONS IN LIEU THEREOF.

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

Section 1. That 591. Sec. 24. Article 2 of Chapter 21, Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, be and the same is hereby amended by repealing all of said 591. Sec. 24. Article 2 of said Chapter and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

591. Sec. 24. Apples Packed in Closed Packages; How Graded:--Apples packed in this State in closed packages, and intended for sale within or without this State, or for export, shall be graded in accordance with the official standards for grading of apples as now established, or as the same may be hereafter established by the United States Department of Agriculture. All terms used in this Article shall be construed and taken to have the same meaning and effect as those used and accepted by the United States Department of Agriculture in reference to like terms.

Section 2. That 592. Sec. 25. of Article 2, Chapter 21, Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, be and the same is hereby repealed.

Section 3. That 593. Sec. 26. Article 2 of said Chapter 21, Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, be and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved May 18, 1937.