IV.  And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That whatsoever
Person or Persons, from and after the said first Day of October, shall pack
Pork or Beef for Sale, in any Barrel or Barrels made and set up contrary to
this Act, in Size, Gauge, and Dimensions, or shall in any Barrel or Barrels,
pack less Pork or Beef than this Act requires, that is to say, Sufficient to make
each Barrel hold out, at Sale or Exportation, the Quantity directed by this
Act to be the nett Quantity and Contents of a Barrel of Pork, or Barrel of
Beef, all and every such Person or Persons, shall, for every such Barrel, forfeit
and pay the Sum of Ten Shillings Current Money.

    V.  And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That whatsoever
Person or Person, from and after the First Day of October, which shall be in
the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty-six, shall
barter away, bargain for, or sell,, or expose, or offer to Sale, in any way,
within this Province, any Pork or Beef, in any Barrel or Barrels made or set
up contrary to this Act, in Size, Gauge, and Dimensions, or shall barter away,
bargain, sell, or expose, or offer to Sale, in any way whatsoever as aforesaid,
any Barrel or Barrels of Pork, of less nett Contents in Pork, or any
Barrel or Barrels of Beef, of less nett Contents in Beef, than this Act directs,
all and every such person or Persons, shall, for every such Barrel, forfeit and
pay the Sum of Ten Shillings Current Money.

    VI.  And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice and Consent aforesaid,
That whatever Person or Persons, from and after the said First Day of
October, shall barter away, bargain, or sell, or expose, or offer to Sale, in any
way whatsoever, within this Province, any Tar, Turpentine, or Pitch, in
any Barrel or Barrels, made and set up contrary to this Act, in Size, Gauge,
and Dimensions, or shall barter away, bargain, or sell, or expose to, or offer
to Sale, in any way whatsoever as aforesaid, any Barrel or Barrels of Pitch,
filled up with other than good, true-made, merchantable Pitch, or any Barrel
or Barrels of Tar or Turpentine, filled up with other than good merchantable
Tar or Turpentine, shall, for every such Barrel of Pitch, not qualified
according to the Direction of this Act, forfeit and pay the Sum of Five
Shillings Current Money; and for every such Barrel of Tar or Turpentine,
the Sum of Two Shillings and Six-pence Current Money.

    VII.  And whereas it often happens that Beef, Pork, Pitch, tar, and Turpentine,
are imported into this Province in Barrels, from other neighbouring 
Parts; For Prevention of Frauds and Abuses therein; Be it Enacted, by the
Authority aforesaid, that whatsoever person or persons, from and after the said
First of october, shall import or bring into this Province, by Land or 
Water, any Pork, Beef, Tar, Turpentine, or Pitch, in Barrel or Barrels, of
less Size, Gauge, and Dimensions, than this Act directs; or any Barrel or
Barrels of Pork of less nett Contents in Pork; or any Barrel or Barrels of Beef
of less nett Contents in Beef, than this Act directs; or any Barrel or Barrels
of Tar or Turpentine, filled up with other than good merchantable Tar,
or Turpentine; or any Barrel or Barrels of Pitch, filled with other than good, 
true-made merchantable Pitch; and shall within this Province, bargain away,

Penalty for
making or
setting up
Barrels of less
Size, 2 / 6
per Barrel.
 
 
 
 

Penalty for 
packing Pork
or Beef for
Sale, contrary
to this Act,
 
 

10 s. per Barrel.
 

The like Penalty
for selling,
bartering,
&c.
Pork or Beef
packed contrary
hereto.
 
 
 
 
 

Penalty for
bartering, selling,
&c.
Tar, Turpentine 
or Pitch,
contrary to
this Act, viz.

Pitch, per
Barrel, 5 s.

Tar or Turpentine,
per
Barrel, 2 s.
6 d.

Persons importing
the 
same Commodities
in
Barrels, Contents,
or
Quality contrary
to the
Directions of
this Act, are
liable to the
same Penalties.