City of Cork (Butter Market) Act 1800
CHAP. C. | ||
Vide local acts, 53 G. 3. c. 70. | ||
An Act for the better Regulation of the Butter Trade of the City of Cork, and the Liberties thereof, and for the better Regulation of the said City in the other Matters therein mentioned, and in respect to Lighters and Vessels plying for Hire, and also respecting Sedan Chairs, Coaches, and Chaises plying for Hire within the City and Liberties of the City of Cork. | ||
Recital 10 G. 1. | ||
Said act was amended by 21 G. 1. and both were continued by various subsequent acts herein recited. | ||
No part of recited act 10 G. I relating to butter, butter-casks hides, or calf skins, shall be in force in city of Cork, except so much as relates to appointment of weigh-masters. | ||
WHEREAS an act passed in the tenth year of his late Majesty, King George the first, entitled, An Act for continuing and amending of the laws in relation to butter and tallow, and the casks in which such goods are to be made up, and in relation to the curing of hides, and making up of beef and pork for exportation, and for the preventing the destruction of salmon, which said act was explained and amended by another act, made in the twelfth year of the late King George the first, entitled, An Act for explaining and amending an act, entitled, An act for continuing and amending of the laws relating to butter and tallow, and the casks in which such goods are to be made up, and in relation to the curing of hides, and making up of beef and pork for exportation, and for preventing the destruction of salmon, which said acts have been amended, and further continued by several acts to the end of the session of parliament in the twenty-fifth year of his late Majesty King George the second, and by an act made in this kingdom in the said twenty-fifth year of his said late Majesty’s reign, entitled, An Act for reviving, continuing, and amending several temporary statutes, the said acts were amended, and further continued to the twenty-ninth day of September, in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine, and from thence to the end of the then next session of parliament; and by an act passed in the fifth year of his present Majesty, entitled, An act for continuing, reviving, and amending several temporary statutes, and for empowering the grand jury of the county of Kilkenny, at the assizes, to encrease the salary of the treasurer of the county, the said last recited act, so far as it relates to the continuing and amending the said laws in relation to butter and tallow, and the casks in which such goods are to be made up, and for the curing of hides, and making up beef and pork for exportation, with the several alterations and amendments therein contained, was continued until the twenty-ninth day of September, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and from thence to the end of the then next session of parliament; and by an act passed in the thirty-first year of his present Majesty, entitled, An Act for continuing an act passed in the tenth year of King George the first, for continuing and amending of the laws in relation to butter and tallow, and the casks in which such goods are to be made up, and in relation to the curing of hides, and making up of beef and pork for exportation, and for the preventing the destruction of salmon, the said last recited act, so far as it relates to the continuing and amending the said laws in relation to butter and tallow, and the casks in which such goods are to be made up, and for the curing of hides, and making up beef and pork for exportation, with the several alterations and amendments therein contained, was further continued to the twenty-ninth day of September which will be in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and from thence to the end of the then next session of parliament, which said last recited act so far as it relates to butter, and the casks in which it is to be made up, and the curing of hides and calf skins, has been found in many points inexpedient for the city of Cork, which is a place of great trade and export, and it is become necessary to reduce and digest the several provision and regulations in the said former acts contained, so far as they relate to the butter trade of said city, and the liberties thereof, and the casks in which such butter is to be made up, and to the curing of hides and calf skins, within said city and the liberties thereof, into one act, with such alterations and amendments as are herein after contained; be it enacted by the King’s most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this act, no part of said last mentioned act, which relates to butter, and the casks in which such butter is to be made up, or to the curing of hides or calf skins, shall extend to, or be in force within the city or liberties of Cork, but that the same, so far as it relates to the butter trade of said city and liberties, and the casks in which such butter is to be made up and the curing of hides and calf skins within said city and the liberties thereof, shall be, and is hereby repealed, and from hence-forth shall be, and is hereby declared null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever, save and except so much of said act as empowers his Majesty, his heirs and successors, to appoint one or more person or persons to be weigh-master or weigh-masters of said city of Cork. |