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Weigh-masters may search for butter lodged without being brought to a weigh-house.
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XV. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said weigh-master or weigh-masters for the time being, of said city, his or their deputy or deputies, being thereunto authorized by a warrant under the hand and seal of the mayor; or a justice of the peace of said city, who are hereby empowered and required to grant such warrant upon due information upon oath, (which oath they are hereby empowered and required to administer shall have power and authority, and is and are hereby empowered and authorized at any time of the day to go and enter into all such houses, out-houses, cellars, yards, backsides, or other places within said city or the suburbs thereof, where they or either of them shall have just cause to suspect any cask packed with butter to be lodged, before the same hath been carried to one of said weigh-houses, and there tried, weighed, and branded, pursuant to this act, and to search for such cask, and the same to secure and put into one of the said weigh-houses, there to remain until it shall be disposed of according to the true intent and meaning of this act.
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