5i6 C. 7. Anno quarto GuLiELMi & Marine. A. D. 1692. is hereby difcharged of and from the faid A£i; any other Law, Statute, or Ufage to the contrary thereof in any wife notv/ithflanding. .sX'd"nEi;,T, ; ^^^- -^""^ ("'" ^^^ preventing any Fraud in the Seller, after the Faftor or Buyer hath bought and contrac- .-ic. iheCom-"'ted for the faid Butter, and approved of the fame; Be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That inod;ry atWr the laid P"a£tor or Buyer fhalliet his Seal or Mark upon the faid Butter, or the Ca(k in which it is or hij Jold.- •• Name at .length; and in cafe the fame fhall afterwards be exchanged or be opened, and the Ca(k wherein • the fame is put up changed,^ or any bad and decayed Butter fhall h<: mixed and packed up with found and , fjuired.to^adminifter) or upon Coufeliio:i of the Offender or Offenders before fuch Juflice or Juftices the ., ^. . : laldParty or flarties fliall forfeit the Sum of twenty Shillings for every fuch Firkin and Offence, to be levied 1-,- ,Y'" by-DiiV.efs andSale of the Offenders Goods and Chattels, the Overplus to be reftored after all Charges of
- ',' ' ; the faid Diftrefs defra-j-ed : And eveiy Conffable of the Parifh, or chief Conftable of the Hundred, where
■"" ' Tuch Oitence fhall be committed, are hereby authorizedand required to levy the fame accordingly by War- rant under the Hand and Seal of the faid Juftice or Juflices fo to do. The Weighers .' iV . And to the End the Trade for Butter and Cheefe may not be ingroffed by particular Perfons, but rK^^r"? 11" "^^-^ ^^ free. and open to all Perfons,. and efpecially to alf the Cheefemongers who are free of the City of ft^P off nil that ^'>»»i ; Be it further ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every Warehoufe-keeper, Weigh- i lu-iorrg's to t^ff. ' 9^ Searche/, or Shipper of Butter and Cheefe, at any Port or Place in this Kingdom fiiall receive into Londoij ihis or their P.offeffion or Warehoufe, all Butter and Cheefe that fhall be brought to him or them for any of ctecfcmongeis, tbe Cheefenjongers free of the City of London,^ or other Perfon- making the faid Commodities, and ihall
- =■' ' take due Care thereof until the fame Ihall be lliipped, and fhall fhip the faid Butter and Cheefe fucceffive-
ly, as it fhall come to his or their Hands refpecStively (without undue preferring one Man's Goods before another's) on the next Ship, or Hoy,, or VelFel, that fhall come to fuch. Port or Place to lade Butter or Cheefe for London (except the Owners of the faid-Goods fhall give Orders to the contrary) and fhall re- Fee to the ceive for hi3,a,nd,tl?.eir refpeftiye Car« and-:Paips therein, ,pf th^ Owners of the faid Goods, the Sum of Weigher, two Shillijnf s and fix Pence for every Lo,a4,, and no moir?, and fo proportionably : And if any fuch Perfon. or Perfoas,; or his or their Servant or Setvants, fliall^ fefufe pr'negled to receive fuch Goods, or to take due ■ Care thereof, or fhall" not Ihip the faid Goods as they come to his'or their HanJs fucceffively as aforefai(J, wTh^rsrf" *^^'- ^'^^y ^^'^^ Offender and Offenders, being thereof convift in Manner as aforefaid, fhall forfeit forevfi- fendmgr ° ' ^V Firkin of Butter ten Shillings, and for every Weigh of Cheefe five Shillings, to be levied in Manner as aforefaid. Weigher, §:c. V. And for the Prevention of Frauds and undue Pradxices herein, be it further eniidled by the Authority fh^W^^e^^'^ aforefaid;" That all and every Warehoufe-keeper, Weigher, Searcher,, or Shipper of Butter'and Cheefe,' n-c"ivin and '" ^"^ ^^^^ ^°'"'^ ^^ Place," fhall from and after the fitft Day of 'Jpril "one thftiifand' fix hundred ninety and ih^pphig^he three, keep a Book, wherein he and they fhall duly and fairly enter all Butter and Cheefe that fhall be Butter, &c. brought to him or them, as the fame conies to his or their refpedive Hands ; in which Entry fhall be in- ferted the Time when fuch Goods were received; and the Quantity of fuch Goods, and the Name of the Owner of the fanae ; and Ihall make th£ like Entries when the faid Goods a.re fliipped or put on board, of the Time when the fame were fhipped on board, and the Mailer's Name,, ind the "Veffels Name in which the fame are fhipped or put on board, and to whom the fame are configned ; which Book fo kept fhall Pen»l'v upon ^g fj-gg and Open for all Perfons to fee and fearch at all Times, without paying any thing for fuch Search J ibrra Mice"' ^nd-if fuch Warehoufe-keeper, Weigher, Searcher, or Shipper ;0f Butter and Cheefe, fhall not keepTiich "s^c '" Book as aforefaid, or fhall refufe, negledl, or omit to make fuch Entries : therein as aforefaid, or' fhall make any undue Entries therein (by undue preferring, one Man's Goods before another) or fhall refu/e in the Day-time to produce fuch Book to, be fearchqd as aforefaid ; that every, fuch Offender and Offejiders, being thereof convifl: in Manner as aforefaid," fhall forfeit for every Firkin of Butter two Shillings and fix Pence, and for every Weigh of Cheefe two Shillings and fix Pence, and for every ether the aforefaid Of- fence the' Sum of two Shillings and fix Pence, to be levied in Manner as aforefaid : And in cafe fuch Of- fender or Offenders fhall not have. Goods and Chattells fufficient for the levying. the faid Penalty, that then it fhall and may be lawful for the Juflice or Juffiees,, before whom fuch Conviction fhall be made, to commit fitch Offender and Offenders to the Gaol without Bail or Mainprize, there to remain until fuch Penalties fhall be paid and fatisfied, ; . . : . ' . Penalty upon VI. And be it further enafted by the Authority: aforefaid. That if any Mafter of any Ship, Hoy, Tj^ilfx uke °'- ^effel coming to fuch Port or Place to lade Butter and Cheefe, or his or their Servant or Servants, fhall In 3;o'tter° &c. refufe to take and receive on board his and their refpeftive Veffels any fuch Butter and Cheefe as fhall be lendred to be fliipped by fuch Warehoufe-keeper,. Weigher, Searcher, oi: Shipper of Butter and Cheefe,, before the fame be fufficiently laden, that then every fuch Offender and Offenders, being thereof convid ii in Manner aforefaid, fhall forfeit/or every firkin of Butter forefufed fivcrShillings,. and for everyr Weigh i • of Cheefe fo refufed tv/o Shillings and fix PencC),- to be levied in Manner asiaforefaid. ; PcitiUies divi- . ..VII. Provided, That one Half of all Penalties and Forfeitures within this Adl fliall be to the Ufe qf tlja I iir<! betwixt Poor inhabiting y/ithin the Parifh where fuch Offence fhall be from Time to Time committed, to be paid ■ Informer and j.^ ^j^g ChurchNyardens and Overfeers of the Poof of and in fuch Parifti, and the other Half to the Infor- .""■' mer, to be diftrjbvited by the faid Jijftice or Juftices before whom the Offender or,Offenders fhall be con-t viaed. - ^ -^^^^
