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Penalty on goldsmiths selling plate not assayed and marked.
Forfeiture of the plate.
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14. And . . . no goldsmith, silversmith, or other person working or trading in Ireland in wrought or manufactured gold or silver plate shall sell or expose to sale, barter, or exchange any gold or silver plate, or manufacture of gold or silver, unless it be silver wire or such things not exceeding four penny weights, which in respect of their smallness are not capable of receiving a mark, until such time as such plate or manufacture of gold or silver shall be assayed, touched, and marked in manner herein prescribed in that behalf, upon pain of forfeiting the sum of one hundred pounds for every such offence; and all such plate or manufacture of gold or silver which shall be found in the house, shop, room, or other place of any such goldsmith, silversmith, or other person for the purpose of sale, and which shall not be assayed, touched, or marked in manner herein directed, shall be forfeited, and may be seized by any officer of inland excise and taxes, or by any officers of customs and port duties in Ireland.
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