---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 251...256"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "251...256"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 90–628, § 1(a), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/251...256"
units:
  - "Chapter 6 — Weights and Measures and Standard Time"
  - "Subchapter VII — Standard Baskets and Containers"
---

# [§251...256. Repealed. Pub. L. 90–628, § 1(a), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 251, acts Aug. 31, 1916, ch. 426, § 1, 39 Stat. 673; June 11, 1934, ch. 447, § 1, 48 Stat. 930, set standards for Climax baskets for grapes and other fruits and vegetables and for mushrooms.

Section 252, act Aug. 31, 1916, ch. 426, § 2, 39 Stat. 673, set standards for standard basket or container for small fruits and vegetables.

Section 253, acts Aug. 31, 1916, ch. 426, § 3, 39 Stat. 674; June 11, 1934, c. 447, § 2, 48 Stat. 930, set penalties for failure to conform to standards.

Section 254, act Aug. 31, 1916, ch. 426, § 4, 39 Stat. 674, provided for examinations and tests by Department of Agriculture and for promulgation of rules and regulations covering allowable tolerances and variations.

Section 255, acts Aug. 31, 1916, ch. 426, § 5, 39 Stat. 674; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 909, made United States attorney responsible for commencing actions to enforce penalties.

Section 256, act Aug. 31, 1916, ch. 426, § 6, 39 Stat. 674, covered guaranty given by manufacturers or sellers of baskets as to correctness of such containers.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Pub. L. 90–628, § 3, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320, provided that: “This Act [repealing sections 251 to 257i of this title and amending section 1459 of this title] shall become effective 60 days after enactment [Oct. 22, 1968].”