Pennsylvania Act 1901-47 — HAY AND STRAW BALING REGULATED

Act text

HAY AND STRAW BALING REGULATED
                  Act of Apr. 11, 1901, P.L. 77, No. 47               Cl. 76
                                  AN ACT

     Entitled an act to regulate the baling of hay and straw, and
        marking the weight of the bale.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted &c., That hereafter all baled hay
     and straw shall be properly bound with wire, rope or other
     material to hold it in bundle, and the correct weight shall be
     plainly marked on each bale.
        Section 2.  The wood or other material used in baling cut hay
     shall not exceed in weight eight per centum of the weight of the
     entire bundle, and no wood, except for a marking block, shall be
     used in baling long hay or straw.
        Section 3.  Any person who shall mark a bale of hay or straw
     higher than its actual weight, or who shall use more than eight
     per centum of its weight of wood or other material to hold it in
     bundle, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
     thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor
     more than one hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court
     before whom conviction may be secured.