Acts. 407

any Merchant or other Person whatsoever shall sell or put to sale
any Butt Tun, Pipe hogshead Barrell or other Cask of Rum wine
Molasses or other Liquid Merchandize imported brought into or
made in the said Town before the Gauger hereafter Mentioned or
his Deputy shall have Plainly and Truly set down or marked upon
the Head of such Vessel the Capacity and lull Contents of the same
according to the Standard and Excise of wine Measure by the
Gallon each person or persons shall forfeit for the uses directed
in this Act the sum of Eight Pounds Current Money for every
cask so sold or put to sale

Liber R. G.
1774

And be it enacted that if any Merchant or other person shall
sell or put to sale any Such Rum Wine Molasses or other Liquid
Merchandizes as aforesaid in the said Town of Baltimore in any
Cask or Vessell having the Number of Gallons set down and
marked on the head of such Vessel and the same shall be found
to lack of the Contents marked on the said Vessell such Person
shall forfeit and pay to the uses directed in this Act the sum of
eight Shillings Current Money for every Gallon marked or Num-
bered on the said Cash more than it will truly Contain

[Penalty on
Persons put-
ting to Sale
such Mer-
chandize
when the
Cask shall be
found to
lack of the
Contents
marked.]

and to the end that all Persons dealing in such Merchandize may
the More easily and readily [be] informed and assisted in discovering
the True Quantity of such liquid Merchandize so imported brought
into or made in the said Town Be it further Enacted that the Person
who shall be appointed gauger of wine Rum Molasses and other
Liquid merchandizes in the town aforesaid by the Commissioners of
Baltimore town aforesaid for the Time being or the Major Part of
them which Commissioners or the Major Part of them are hereby
empowered to appoint such Gauger and him remove and another in his
stead appoint the said Gauger [(] before he enters upon his said

[Gauger to
be appointed
by the Com-
missioners of
Baltimore-
Town.]

Office having having taken an Oath or Affirmation if a Quaker well
and truly to execute the Office of Gauger in said Town between buyer
and seller) is hereby impowered by himself or his Proper Deputy
or assistant to gauge all such rum Wine Molasses or other Liquid
merchandize Imported brought or put in any Butt Tun Pipe Hogs-
head Barrell or other Cask in the said Town when he the said
Gauger or his Deputy shall be thereunto required And that they
shall mark and set down the true Number of Gallons according to
the English Standard and Excise of Wine Measure which each cask
or Vessel will truly contain with their own Mark all which Casks
with their true marks and Numbers and owners Names shall be
Entered in a Book or Books to be kept for that purpose by the said
Gauger or his Proper deputy to which recourse may be had as
occasion may require for a Copy of whih entry they shall receive
three pence common money and for each cask so by them Gauged
and marked they shall receive the sum of fourpence Common

p. 355