620 Assembly Proceedings, May 1-June 4, 1744.

Session
Laws

Hundred, or Hundred Weight of One Hundred and Twelve Pounds ;
and that the Commissioners shall provide for the said Officer suffi-
cient Weights and Scales for that Purpose, where any Person sus-
pecting the Invoice of the Weights of Flour by them bought, or
brought to the said Warehouse, may have them justly and truly
weighed (if desired), for which Weighing and a true Invoice or
Account thereof, the said Storekeeper shall be paid one Penny Cur-
rency per Barrel, and no more.

Casks to be
tared on the
Bulge.

And be it further Enacted, That all Flour, Bread, and other Cask
in which any of the Country Produce aforesaid is contained, or in-
tended to be sold or shipped off, shall be packed in well-seasoned
Casks, and be justly and truly tared on the Bulge thereof, on the
Penalty of one Shilling Currency; and every Barrel or Cask that
shall appear on Trial to be tared above Four Pounds over and above
it's just and true Weight, shall forfeit the Sum of Five Shillings
Money aforesaid, to be recovered from the Owner or Seller of the
said Casks, in the Manner aforesaid, to the Uses aforesaid.
And whereas it is the Intention of this Law, that the Storage and
Wharfage should be most low and reasonably rated, so as to give
Encouragement and Satisfaction to all concerned, intending only
to raise a reasonable and moderate Salary or Reward, to engage an
able and sufficient Person to take on him the faithful Discharge and
Management of the said Trust, and for the necessary Repair and
Expences in and about the Wharf and Storehouse aforesaid: And
whereas it is at present difficult to ascertain what Storage and
Wharfage for Goods would be for that Purpose sufficient, therefore
it may be necessary that some Persons may be trusted at present with
the Settlement thereof, in the most reasonable Manner, to answer

Rates of
Storage to
be moderate
and rea-
sonable.

the Intention abovesaid; Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority
aforesaid, That the Commissioners herein appointed, be hereby au-
thorized and impowered to set moderate and reasonable Rates of
Storage and Wharfage, for all Goods, Wares, and Merchandizes
that shall be stored in the said Storehouse or Storehouses, or landed
and shipped off from the said Wharf; and which Rates they shall
cause the said Storehousekeeper to have and keep, to shew to all
Persons requiring the same, and to fix a Copy thereof to remain
on the Door of the said Storehouse; and that the said Commission-
ers, or the major Part of them, shall have Power to lessen the said
Rates at any Time by them set, when by Increase of Trade, or other-
wise, it shall appear to them necessary.

Wharf to be
kept clear as
possible.

And be it Enacted by the Authority, Advice, and Consent afore-
said, That the said Wharf shall be kept as clear as possible from
being incommoded by the long lying of Staves or other Lumber
thereon, and that no such Lumber shall be suffered to lie thereon
longer than Six Days, without Permission of the said Wharfinger,
or two of the Commissioners aforesaid; but that the Persons owning
the same, after Notice given by the said Wharfinger, shall remove