9-12-27
Section 9-12-27 Standard measures for oysters and shrimp; possession, use for purchase or sale,
etc., of nonstandard measures for oysters or shrimp; inspections. (a) A standard measure for
oysters is established which shall consist of a tub or other round vessel of the following
dimensions: It shall measure 17 inches in diameter, inside at the bottom, and 21 1/2 inches
in diameter, inside at the top, and 14 1/2 inches, inside, from the bottom to top perpendicularly.
Two of these measures filled to the top shall make one barrel, and all oysters bought and
sold in this state in the shell shall be measured in a measure of these dimensions or a measure
holding a fraction or multiple thereof. (b) A standard measure for shrimp is established which
shall consist of a container holding not less than 210 pounds of raw shrimp with heads or
125 pounds of raw shrimp without heads. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to have in
his possession any measure for oysters in the shell or shrimp which...
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9-12-54.4
Section 9-12-54.4 Catching, etc., of bait; restrictions. Licensed live saltwater bait catcher
boats may, except as otherwise provided by law or regulation, take or catch, or attempt to
take or catch, bait shrimp of any size and other saltwater species of bait in waters of the
state under the jurisdiction of the Marine Resources Division as defined by rule of the Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources not permanently closed to shrimping. Licensed live saltwater
bait catchers may take or catch, or attempt to take or catch, live saltwater bait from 4:00
o'clock a.m. until 10:00 o'clock p.m. in areas temporarily closed to commercial shrimping,
except as otherwise provided by law or regulation. In an area temporarily closed to commercial
shrimping or in an area designated as an exclusive bait area, live saltwater bait may not
be taken with any seine or trawl having a width greater than 16 feet as measured at the cork
line or main top line. Lengths and widths of leadlines or...
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9-2-4
Section 9-2-4 Powers and duties as to seafoods, etc. (a) The Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources shall have full jurisdiction and control of all seafoods existing or living
in the waters of Alabama and of all public and natural oyster reefs and oyster bottoms of
the State of Alabama, and it shall ordain, promulgate and enforce all rules, regulations and
orders deemed by it to be necessary for the protection, propagation or conservation of the
same. (b) The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may by order duly made and
published prescribe the manner of taking or catching, the time when and designate the places
from which seafoods may or may not be taken or caught during certain periods of the year,
or entirely, as it may deem to be for the best interest of the seafood industry. (c) It shall
have full authority to prohibit the catching or taking of oysters from reefs designated by
it by order duly made and promulgated during the entire open season or any part...
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2-26-7
Section 2-26-7 Requirements as to labeling of containers in which seed sold, distributed, etc.
(a) Agricultural seed. (1) Each container of agricultural seed in excess of two pounds which
is sold, offered for sale, exposed for sale or distributed within this state for planting
or sowing purposes shall have attached thereto in a conspicuous place a plainly written in
ink or printed label of a size not less than 2 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches in the English language,
giving information for the following items: a. Commonly accepted name, kind and variety (of
those crops for which commercial varieties have been developed) of each agricultural seed
component in excess of five percent of the whole, subject to tolerances as provided in Section
2-26-3, and the percentage by weight of each in the order of its predominance. Where more
than one component is required to be named, the word "mixture" or the word "mixed"
shall be shown conspicuously near the top of the label or tag in type of not less than 8...

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9-12-33
Section 9-12-33 Culling and sacking of oysters. (a) All oysters taken from the public reefs
of this state shall be culled and sacked, and each sack tagged and identified in accordance
with the requirements of the rules of the state Department of Public Health, prior to leaving
the public reefs or water bottoms where taken or oyster management stations, and all oysters
which measure less than three inches in length and all cultch material shall be immediately
replaced by scattering and broadcasting upon the public reefs or water bottoms from which
they have been taken. It shall be unlawful for any captain or person in charge of any vessel
or any canner, packer, commission man, dealer, or other person to purchase, sell, or have
in his or her possession or under his or her control any oysters off the public reefs or water
bottoms not culled according to this section, or any oysters from the reefs or water bottoms
under the legal size. Any excess of over five percent of cultch material and...
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2-2-31
Section 2-2-31 Seizure and condemnation of adulterated, misbranded or substandard article.
Any article, substance, material or product which is subject to the provisions of this article
which is adulterated, misbranded or under the standard, grade, weight or measure claimed,
within the meaning of any provision of law or rules and regulations under authority of law,
and which is manufactured for sale, held in possession with intent to sell, offered or exposed
for sale or sold or delivered within this state shall be liable to be proceeded against in
the circuit court of the county where the same is found and seized for confiscation by writ
of attachment for condemnation. Such writ shall issue upon the sworn complaint of the commissioner
or his duly authorized agent, taken by an officer authorized to administer an oath, to the
effect that such article or product is adulterated or misbranded or is under the standard,
grade, weight or measure claimed, as the case may be, within the meaning...
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8-16-101
Section 8-16-101 Fruit, nuts, vegetables and grain to be sold by avoirdupois weight or numerical
count. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article or when sold in the original standard
container, all fruit, nuts, vegetables and grain shall be sold at retail by avoirdupois weight
or numerical count. (b) The words "original standard container," as used in this
section, shall mean and include only barrels, boxes, baskets, hampers or similar containers,
the dimensions or capacity of which are established by regulations of the State Board of Agriculture
and Industries, the contents of which have not been removed or repacked by the retailer and
upon which is plainly and conspicuously marked the net quantity of the contents thereof in
terms of weight, measure or numerical count. (c) This section shall not apply to the sale
by the bunch of fresh beets, onions, turnips, carrots and other similar vegetables usually
and customarily sold by the bunch. (Ag. Code 1927, §257; Code 1940, T. 2,...
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8-16-4
Section 8-16-4 Contracts construed according to standards ascertained by Congress. All contracts
made within this state for any work to be done or for anything to be sold or delivered must
be construed to have been according to the standard of weight and measure ascertained by Congress,
unless the parties stipulate to the contrary. (Ag. Code 1927, §229; Code 1940, T. 2, §588.)...

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8-17-86
Section 8-17-86 Duty to test samples; certificate of tests. (a) It is the duty of the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries to secure samples of all petroleum products sold, offered for
sale, stored or used in the state and to determine: (1) Whether or not such petroleum products
are sold, offered for sale, stored or used in correct measure or quantity claimed by the person
selling or offering for sale or storing or using such petroleum products; and (2) Whether
the same is of legal standard and of the standard advertised. (b) The Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries shall test, or cause to be tested, such samples in the manner provided by the
rules and regulations made by the Board of Agriculture and Industries pursuant to authorization
in Section 8-17-81, and shall make a certificate of such test, a copy of which certificate
shall be furnished by the commissioner upon request to the person from whom the sample was
obtained. (Acts 1971, No. 1403, p. 2363, §6.)...
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13A-11-220
Section 13A-11-220 Creating a hazard. (a) A person commits the crime of creating a hazard if:
(1) Having discarded, in any place accessible to children, a container having a compartment
of more than one and one half cubic feet capacity and a door or lid that locks or fastens
automatically when closed and cannot easily be opened from the inside, he fails to remove
the door, lid or locking or fastening device; or (2) Being the owner or otherwise having possession
of land upon which there is an abandoned well, cistern or cesspool of a depth of four feet
or more and a top width of 12 inches or more, he fails to fill, cover or fence it with a suitable
protective construction. (b) Creating a hazard is a Class B misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607,
p. 812, §5801.)...
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