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Barrels of Fire Arms sent direct from Manufacturers to Proof Houses.
Delivering, & c. for Sale except through a Proof House.
Penalty.
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II. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the passing of this Act, every Barrel for the making of, or proper or applicable for the making of any Gun, Fowling Piece, Blunderbufs, Pistol, or any other Description of Fire Arms, usually called Small Arms, shall be sent immediately from the Manufacturers themselves to the Proof House of the Company of Gun Makers of the City of London, or to the Proof House established under the Provisions of the said recited Act (so long as such respective Proof Houses shall be maintained for the proving and marking the Barrels of Fire Arms), or some other Proof House established by Law, before the same shall be delivered, or caused or procured or permitted to be delivered or sent for Sale, or under Pretence of Sale, or be removed, consigned or transmitted, or caused or procured to be removed, consigned or transmitted for Sale, or under Pretence of Sale, to any Person whatsoever; and, from and after the passing of this Act, every Person who shall deliver or lend, or cause or procure to be delivered or sent for Sale, or under Pretence of Sale, or who shall remove, consign or transmit, or cause or procure to be removed, consigned or transmitted for Sale, or under Pretence of Sale, any Barrel for the making of, or proper or applicable for the making of any Gun, Fowling Piece, Blunderbufs, Pistol, or any other Description of Fire Arms usually called Small Arms, from the Place where the same shall have been manufactured, which shall not have been first duly sent to the Proof House of the said Company of Gunmakers of the City of London, or the said Proof House at Birmingham, or some other Proof House established by Law, to be proved and marked under the Provisions of the said recited Act, shall forfeit for each and every Barrel so sent or caused or procured to be sent for Sale, or under Pretence of Sale, or removed, consigned or transmitted, or caused or procured to be removed, consigned or transmitted for Sale, or under Pretence of Sale, any Sum not exceeding Twenty Pounds, to be recovered and applied as hereinafter mentioned.
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