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Charter to Gunmakers.
Proofmaster of Company of Gunmakers of City of London, to receive, &c. Barrels of Guns, & c.
Barrels not proved, &c.
Penalty.
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IV. “And Whereas a Proof House has for a long time past been established and provided, for proving the Barrels of Fire Arms, in or near the City of London, under the Management and Controul of the Company of Gunmakers of the City of London, under and by virtue of a Charter heretofore granted to the said Company;” Be it therefore further enacted, That all Barrels for the making or proper or applicable for the making or manufacturing of Guns, Fowling Pieces, Blunderbuffes, Pistols, and other Description of Fire Arms usually called Small Arms, which shall hereafter be taken to the Proof House of the said Company of Gunmakers of the City of London for Proof, shall be proved by their Proosmaster for the time being, with Powder of equal Quality to the Powder which is now used by the Honourable Board of Ordnance, and according to, or not under the Scale or Table of Proof mentioned and set forth in the said recited Act; and the Person having the Charge, Care and Management of the Proof House of the said Company of Gunmakers of the City of London shall receive all Barrels sent, consigned or transmitted to the said Proof House for Proof, and prove the same, and cause all such Barrel, after the same have been proved, and (if found to be Proof) marked, to be delivered to the Persons for whom such Barrels are directed, upon Payment of all such Charges as shall have been incurred in respect of the Carriage and Delivery of such Barrels at the Proof House, and of the said Company’s Charges for proving the same, and of the keeping of the same for Proof, and Delivery thereof to the Person for whom the same are intended or shall be directed to be delivered to after Proof; and in case any Barrel so sent to the said Proof House to be proved shall not be received and proved threat according to Law, or shall be delivered or passed with, or permitted to be delivered or passed with, or to be taken away, which shall not have been so proved, and (if found to be Proof) marked with the Marks and according to the Regulation of the said Company of Gunmakers of the City of London for the time being; then and in every such case, the Person so having the Charge, Care and Management of such Proof House for the time being, shall forfeit for each and every Barrel which shall not be received and proved in manner before mentioned and for each and every Barrel which shall be so delivered or passed with, or permitted to be delivered or passed with or taken away, which shalll not have been so proved, and (if found to be Proof) marked as proved as aforesaid, the Sum of Ten Shillings, to be recovered and applied as hereinafter mentioned.
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