Plate Assay Act, 1783

No assayer, &c. in Dublin, a gold or silversmith, under forfeiture of office and 100l.

XLIV. And be it enacted, That no assay-master or touch-warden in the city of Dublin, or weigher or drawer of gold in the assay-office of said city, shall exercise the trade or occupation of a goldsmith or silversmith, during his continuance in his said office, under pain of forfeiting his said office, and likewise the sum of one hundred pounds.

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