492 Assembly Proceedings, May 10-June 9, 1692.

Lib. L. L.
No. 1.

in Trading any other Weights or Measures then are used and
made according to the Statute of Henry the Seventh King of
England in that Case made and Provided, and for discovery
of abuses of this nature, Be it Enacted That the Justices of the
severall County Courts shall from time to time as often as
need shall require appoint some able or discreet person in
their County living and residing, convenient for the County
to take care of and look after and preserve the standard
weights and measures that at present are remaining in their
respective counties, which persons so by the Justices appointed
are hereby required within twelve months after the Publication
of this Law at furthest to provide all such Weights and
Measures as are wanting according to direction of a former
Law of this Province, Intituled an Act for the providing of a
Standard with English Weights & Measures in the severall
and respective Counties within this Province, so that the same
standard do contain in each County twelve half hundred

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Weights, a quarter and a half quarter of a hundred a Seaven
pound weight, four pounds weight two pounds and one pound
weight together with six stamps for the marking and stamp-
ing of stilliards and weights the said severall stamps to be
mark't according to the directions of the abovesaid Act and
Cecill County to be marked with the Letter K and also brass
measures of Ell and yard to be Sealed in England, likewise a
Sealed Bushell Peck and Gallon of Winchester Measure with
a Gallon, Pottle, Pint, half pint of wine measure with three
burnt stamps for the wooden measures and three other stamps
for the Pewter Measures, such Person or persons so appointed
procuring the same or what is wanting to make good the
severall standard aforesaid To be allow^d and paid their charge
and disbursements in the County Levy for the same, To which
standard all persons whether Inhabitants or Forreign^rs are to
repair and bring their stilliards with which they receive their
Tobacco yearly in every year to be stamp'd Tryed and Num-
bred, for which they are to pay to such Person keeping the
Standard aforesaid, two shillings for every time such Stilliard
shall be Tryed and Stamped as aforesaid, and every Person
shall have their Barrells which are to contein five Bushells at
least, together with their bushell half bushell Peck, Gallon,
Pottle, quart and Pint if they make use of the same or any of
them in buying or selling by shall likewise have them tryed
and stamp'd at the standard aforesaid for which they shall pay
for the Barrell one shilling for all other measures six pence

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apeice under the penalty of one thousand pounds of Tobacco
to any person refusing or neglecting the yearly Tryings and
Stampings of his Stilliards as aforesaid and the sum of five
hundred pounds of Tobacco to any Person selling by any the