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Fees to be paid to weigh-master.
Weight of empty casks.
goods may be detained for fees,
staves, heads, and bottoms of casks,
butter not to be above the riddle,
proportionate weights of casks.
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XIII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whereas the weighing, examining, and branding such empty cask and casks of butter are attended with great expence and trouble, the weigh-master or weigh-masters of said city, for the time being, shall have and receive from the person bringing the same to be weighed and branded, the sum of one penny, and no more, for every such empty cask so weighed and branded, and for weighing and branding the tare on every cask which shall be shipped pursuant to this act one penny; and for the weighing and branding every cask of butter, not weighing more than one hundred weight, gross, one penny; and for the weighing and branding of every cask of butter weighing more than one hundred weight, gross, and not more than one hundred and an half weight, gross, three halfpence; and for the weighing and branding of every cask of butter which shall weigh more than one hundred and an half weight, gross, two-pence; and for shipping every cask of butter pursuant to this act, one penny; and that the said weigh-master or weigh-masters, his or their deputy or deputies shall not brand any empty cask, which when full of butter, or rendered hog’s lard, may weigh one hundred weight, gross, or any cask, which shall be shipped at any of the said weigh-houses pursuant to this act, that when full of butter may weigh one hundred weight, gross, that shall weigh less than twenty pounds, and so in proportion for every cask which when full of butter, or rendered hog’s lard, may be of a greater or less gross weight; and that upon refusal to pay the above fees for the aforesaid goods, by the persons bringing the same to be weighed, it shall and may be lawful for the said weigh-master or weigh-masters, his or their deputy or deputies, to detain such goods until satisfaction be made according to the true intent and meaning of this act; and that every cask shall have the staves thereof as nearly of an equal thickness as may be, and that the head and bottom of such cask shall be of a due thickness in proportion to the size of such cask; and if any cask of butter, which shall be brought to any of the weigh-houses of said city of Cork, shall have the butter packed in it above the riddle of such cask, such cask of butter shall not be weighed until the surface of such butter shall be reduced to a level with the lower edge of such riddle; and in case the tare marked on any cask of butter which shall be brought to any of the weigh-houses of the said city to be weighed, shall not be in the proportion aforesaid, to the gross weight of such cask, it shall be lawful for the said weigh-master or weigh-masters, his or their deputy or deputies, and he and they are hereby required to erase such tare from such cask, and to mark and brand thereon such tare as shall bear that proportion to the gross weight thereof which by this act is required.
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