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Casks not made conformable to this act, may be brought before the mayor, who shall proceed as herein.
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XXIV. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the weigh-master or weigh masters of the said city, for the time being, his or their deputy or deputies, shall think that any cask or casks which shall be brought to any of the said weigh-houses to be weighed or branded, is or are not made conformable to this act, or are not of the weight herein required, or have not the staves, head, and bottom thereof, of the thickness herein required, that then it shall and may be lawful for said weigh-master or weigh-masters, his or their deputy or deputies, to seize such cask or casks, and carry the same before the mayor of said city, who is hereby empowered and required to enquire concerning the same, and if such cask or casks shall, upon examination, inspection, or due proof before him, appear to be made contrary to law, or not to be of the weight hereby required, or not to have the staves, head, and bottom thereof, of the thickness herein required, he shall Order such cask or casks to be sawed in two across, and if said mayor shall be doubtful of the quality of such cask or casks, or if any of the parties concerned shall require the same, 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 master coopers of said city, in relation to the nature and quality of the same, that he may be the better able to determine concerning the same.
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