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; ' ' t i | * gyg MAROWOOD: fe, MANUFACTURERS A: “ASSOCIATION OF TENTED STAT ~ {: ; fl Classificattim, Officiff Grading _ fs Inspection Rules anal ales Code facturers’ ed States , and Instructions, for the (Grading*« of y ae " Hardwood Lumber and Measurement of ‘Logs were adopted Jur , Louisville, ee ae oy The’ Hardwood": Asso ation hie) ey Set 1h OAT ER Association Standard Grades OF HARDWOOD LUMBER £ Classification, Official Grading and Inspection Rules of : : : : : Che fardmond Manufacturers Association of the United States [9-69 )/ we a i a Baty et ne 4 1 a fe ' rn AH Wena Po. fw Wy Wt Na yt 4 ree bt . Vi Nh ‘i ' a) PA \ ¥. ’ ; ie te iy Ait wt 4 a RA tense | “4. a = 1 oe ~~ -- arthed - > — -— > Ct Ml =” ee — fe - —s : - ~~ 3 r - a ea ly - + eee INDEX: GENERAL GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS LUMBER GRADE MARK SYMBOLS REINSPECTION SALES CODE.......... 0. cece ee eee wees STANDARD LOG SCALE STANDARD WEIGHT OF LOGS.... STANDARD WEIGHT OF LUMBER........ STANDARD THICKNESS FOR DRESSED LUMBER BASSWOOD BAY POPLAR (TUPELO) BIRCH, WHITE BUCKEYE BUTTERNUT CHESTNUT COTTONWOOD CYPRESS DIMENSION MATERIAL GUM, BLACK RED—PLAIN SAWED RED—QUARTERED SAWED HACKBERRY HICKORY AND PECAN LOCUST MAGNOLIA MAHOGANY, (CUBAN) (MEXICAN AND AFRICAN)... OAK, PLAIN SAWED ‘QUARTERED SAWED ‘ CONSTRUCTION TIMBERS. OAK CHAIR AND FURNITURE STOCK POPLAR, PLAIN SAWED QUARTERED SAWED SYCAMORE, PLAIN SAWED QUARTERED SAWED TUPELO WALNUT WIT.LOW OCT 1Q 1918 ©ctas06088 — H. M. A. OF THE U. &. SALES CODE AND INSPECTION RULES Title. These Terms, Rules and Regulations were adopted by the Hardwood Manufacturers’ Association of the United States, February 3, 1910, at their Eighth Annual Meeting, held at Cincinnati, Ohio, and are known as the Sales Code and Inspection Rules of the Hardwood Manufacturers’ Association of the United States. Revised and amended to date, March Ist, 1918. Purposes. When quotations, orders and contracts covering the sale of forest products in which the members of this Association deal, contain the clause ‘‘subject to the Sales Code and Inspection Rules of the Hardwood Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation of the United States, adopted February 3, 1910,” and revised and amended to date, March 1, 1918, they shal] be governed and controlled (with such exceptions ag are specifically made in writing) by the following:— SALES CODE General Contingency Clause. 1. Quotations are based upon and orders and contracts accepted under a ‘‘General Contingency Clause,’’ which recognizes that the Seller shall not be held liable for delays or non-deliveries of material, when occasioned by strikes, floods, fires, epidemics, car supply, delays of carriers or any other causes, whatsoever, beyond the control of the Seller. In any of these events, the Seller may suspend further performance under the same until such causes and their effects shall have been removed. Prior Sale—Change Without Notice—Credit Rating. 2. All quotations are made subject to prior sale, change without notice, and Purchasers’ credit rating proving satisfactory.