Section 1
SECTION 1. The unit of weight known as the "quintal" is prescribed to be used in the trading at wholesale and retail of unfermented unstemmed leaf tobacco. The equivalent of a quintal as herein provided is fixed at forty-six kilos net weight. An allowance of additional four kilos for shrinkage and weight of the materials used for baling or tying the tobacco leaf in bundles is authorized, making the total weight of fifty kilos for one quintal gross weight (quintal bruto).