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Home » US Law » 2022 Rhode Island General Laws » Title 21 - Food and Drugs » Chapter 21-15 - Pickled Fish » Section 21-15-4. – Construction, size, and packing of casks.

§ 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.