Chap. 19, 20, 21.
31 Hen. 1.
c.7. |
Butcher, Butter, Carriages.
CHAP. XIX.
Butcher.
A Butcher that sells Swine Flesh Measled, or any
Flesh that dies of
the Murrain, shall be fined; and for the second Offence put into
the Pillory. |
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§. 1. |
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A Butcher that slits or cuts an Ox-hide, or any
Hide, forfeits 20 d. He
that sells a putrified Hide, forfeits 3 s. 4 d. and
kills Beef to sell under two
years, or Calf under five Weeks, 6s. 8 d. for every day,
by 1 Jac. 22. But
the Clause, as to Calves, is repealed by 22 & 23 Car. 2.
Penalty for killing
or selling Victuals on the Sabbath-day. Vide tit. Sabbath. |
§. 2. |
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He that buys fat Oxen, &c. and sells them again
alive, forfeits every
Ox &c so bought, 2 & 3 Ed. 6 cap. 17. See 15
Car. 2. cap. 8. Postea, Tit.
Cattle.
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§. 3. |
14 Car. 2.
c.16. |
CHAP. XX.
Butter.
THe Kilderking must contain 112 l. nete or
above, every pound sixteen
ounces besides the Cask. Every Firkin fifty six pound, besides the
Cask; every Pot of Butter four pounds nete besides the Pot. 14 Car.
2.
cap. 6. |
§. 1.
Contents. |
14 Car. 2.
c. 26. |
No old or corrupt Butter shall be mixed with new
or sound Butter, not
Whey-Butter mixed with Cream-Butter, but each sort by it self; and
every Cask or Pot shall be of the same, good throughout. No Butter
shall
be salted with great, but with small Salt; nor more Salt mixed than is
necessary, upon pain for every Offence in quantity or quality, the value
of
the Butter so false packed; and where the Kilderkin, Firkin, or Pot, is
not
of measure, six times the value of every pound wanting. |
§. 2.
Mixtures. |
14 Car. 2.
c. 26. |
Every person selling Vessels of Butter, shall deliver
the quantities aforesaid,
or else make satisfaction to the Buyer, according to the price it was
sold for. |
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14 Car. 2.
c. 26. |
Every person repacking any Butter to sell the same
again, shall for every
Cask or Pot so repacked, forfeit the double value thereof. |
§. 3.
Packing. |
14 Car. 2.
c. 26. |
Every person packing Butter in Casks, shall put
it in good Casks, of dry,
sound and well seasoned Timber; and shall put upon the same a mark of
the just weight thereof, and when filled, put thereon the first Letter
of
his Christian name and his sirname at Length, with an Iron-brand, upon
pain for not setting the weight or name 10 s. for each C. weight,
and so
proportionably. |
§. 4.
Casks. |
14 Car. 2.
c. 26. |
Every Potter shall set the weight of the Pot, and
the first Letter of his
Christian name and his sirname therein, or forfeit twelve pence for every
Pot sold for packing of Butter. No person shall pack any Butter in
any
Pot, but such as is so marked.
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§. 5.
Marks. |
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CHAP. XXI.
Carriages.
WHen occasion shall require, upon notice, by Warrant
under the
Hand and Seal of the Lord High Admiral, or of two principal
Officers or Commissioners of the Navy, or of the Master of the Ordnance,
or of the Lieutenant of the Ordnance, of what Carriages are required,
Two Justices of Peace, near the place, shall issue out Warrants to such |
§. 1.
Carriage for
Navy or
Ordnance |
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