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Allowance in weighing hides and calf skins.
disputes to be determined by the mayor.
weigh-masters may cause hides, &c. to be cleansed, if required.
fees for cleansing hides, &c.
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XXVI. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said weigh-master or weigh-masters of the city of Cork, for the time being, his or their deputy or deputies, shall, in weighing such hide or hides, give an allowance to the buyer of four pounds on every green hide, and three pounds on every dried hide; and four ounces on all calf-skins, or parcels of calf-skins, both green and dried, which shall weigh seven pounds, or under; eight ounces on all calf skins, or parcels of calf-skins, both green and dried, which shall weigh more than seven pounds, and not more than fourteen pounds; twelve ounces on all parcels of calf-skins, both green and dried, which shall weigh more than fourteen pounds, and not more than twenty-one pounds; one pound on all parcels of calf skins, both green and dried, which shall weigh more than twenty-one pounds, and not more than twenty-eight pounds, and so in proportion for every greater weight for tare, and shall give such further allowance on every hide and every calf skin for dirt, skulls, lips, rumps, flesh, sinews, feet, dust, and other filth, as to him or them shall seem reasonable; and in case any dispute shall happen to arise on such allowance, or in case the said weigh-master or weigh-masters, his or their deputy or deputies shall refuse to give any allowance where the buyer shall think the same really due, such dispute or differences shall be determined by the mayor of said city, which determination shall be final to each party, as well buyers as sellers; and it shall be lawful for said weigh-master or weigh-masters, his or their deputy or deputies, if thereunto required by the buyer or seller of any green hide or hides, calf skin or calf skins, to be spooled, washed, cleansed, and sufficiently drained, and in case it appears upon such examination, that the party objecting to the allowance offered to be made by the said weigh-master or weigh masters, his or their deputy or deputies, for the dirt, skulls, rumps, lips, flesh, sinews, feet, and other filth therein contained, had not a just cause for such objection, that then the party so objecting, shall pay to the said weigh-master or weigh-masters, his or their deputy or deputies, three pence for every such hide, and three halfpence for every such calf skin so washed and cleansed, as a recompence for his or their trouble; but if it shall appear that such objection was well founded, then such recompence shall be paid by the party in whose favour such allowance (if not objected to) would have been.
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