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Butter for sale to be brought directly to weigh-houses, otherwise seized.
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XIV. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every cask packed with butter, which shall be brought into the said city, or the suburbs thereof for sale, shall be carried directly to some one of said weigh-houses, which are hereby declared to be public markets for the buying and selling of butter in casks within said city, and there be tried, weighed, and branded before the same shall be lodged in any house, out-house, cellar, yard, backside, or other place within said city or suburbs, and if any cask packed with butter, shall be found lodged in any house, out-house, cellar, yard, backside, or other place within said city or suburbs, before the same has been carried to some one of said weigh-houses, and there tried, weighed, and branded, every such cask of butter shall and may be seized by the said weigh-master or weigh-masters of said city for the time being, his or their deputy or deputies, and carried before the mayor of said city, who shall enquire into the same; and if it shall appear upon examination or proof, that such cask of butter was found lodged as aforesaid, before the same had been carried to some one of said weigh-houses, and there tried, weighed, and branded, it shall be adjudged forfeited.
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