Plate Assay (Ireland) Act, 1807

Assay master, &c. shall file the notes, and keep accounts in books of duties received.

8. And . . . the said assay master, deputy assay master, or other officer, who shall from time to time take and receive the said monies and duties with the said notes or memorandums, shall, upon receipt of the said notes or memorandums, and of the said monies and duties, file the said notes or memorandums, and enter the particulars thereof and of the deductions aforesaid, and keep a true and faithful account in writing, in books to be kept for that especial purpose, of the duties received by him under and by virtue of this Act; and such assay master, deputy assay master, or other officer shall give an indented receipt (without stamp) numbered under his hand for the amount of the said duty to the person or persons who shall pay the same, a duplicate of which said indented receipt shall be kept by such assay master, deputy assay master, or officer in a book bound for that purpose.