The standard weight of coal shall and is hereby established at two thousand (2,000) pounds to the ton, or two hundred (200) pounds to the box or barrel, and unless otherwise agreed upon, coal shall be sold by the ton of two thousand (2,000) pounds, or the box or barrel of two hundred (200) pounds.Hemingway's 1917, § 3353; 1930, § 7356; 1942, § 5133; Laws, 1908, ch. 206.
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