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Butter improperly packed shall be brought before the mayor, who shall proceed as herein directed.
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XII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons whatsoever shall, in any cask pack up or mix old butter with new, or use bay salt instead of white in packing it, or greater quantities of salt than what melts in working it up, and shall bring the same to any of the said weigh-houses, that it may and shall be lawful for the said weigh-master or weigh-masters of said city for the time being, his or their deputy or deputies, and he and they is and are hereby empowered and required to seize and carry such cask of butter, with the person who brought the same to be weighed, before the mayor of the said city, who is hereby empowered and required to enquire into the same, and if such cask shall, upon examination, inspection, or due proof appear to him to contain old butter mixed with new, or that bay salt instead of white has been used in packing such butter, or that greater quantities of salt than what melts in it hath been used in packing it up, he shall adjudge such cask or casks, with the butter contained therein, to be forfeited; and if said mayor shall be doubtful concerning such butter, or if either party require it, the said mayor is hereby empowered and required to summon, examine, and hear upon oath, (which oath the said mayor is hereby empowered and required to administer) two able merchants of said city, in relation to the nature and quality of such butter, that he may be the better able to determine concerning the same.
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