Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                        CHAPTER 260-H.F.No. 155 
           An act relating to weights and measures; specifying 
          the contents of a cord of freshly cut rough green 
          aspen; amending Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 
          239.33. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 239.33, is 
amended to read: 
    239.33 [STANDARD MEASUREMENT OF WOOD.] 
    In all contracts for sale of wood the term "cord" shall 
mean 128 cubic feet of wood, in four foot lengths; and if the 
sale is of "sawed wood," a cord shall mean 110 cubic feet when 
ranked, or 160 cubic feet when thrown irregularly or loosely 
into a conveyance for delivery to the purchaser; and if the sale 
is of "sawed and split wood," a cord shall mean 120 cubic feet, 
when ranked, and 175 cubic feet when thrown irregularly and 
loosely into a conveyance for delivery.  If a measurement is 
made by weight, the term "cord" or any other term used to 
describe freshly cut green aspen in 100 inch or pole lengths 
containing 133-1/3 cubic feet of loosely or irregularly piled 
wood for transportation constitutes 4,300 pounds during the 
period of May 1 through October 31 and 4,500 pounds during the 
period of November 1 through April 30. Specified weights are 
based on 74 cubic feet of solid wood content per cord. 
    Approved May 30, 1985