Nuts and shelled beans and all kinds of berries, whenever sold by measure, shall be sold by dry measure. And any person who shall sell any nuts or shelled beans or any kind of berries by any measure other than dry measure shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00), one-half (½) of the fine to the use of the town or city in which the offense shall have been committed and one-half (½) of the fine to the complainant. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 146, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 172, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 202, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 383, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 21-20-4.
Rhode Island Legal Code