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460 LAWS of North-Carolina.
^. D. 1770.
Commodities,
after lying 60
Dj^s, to be re«
infpcfied.
Ptn. for (hipping
them otheiwife,
Guage of Pitch
snd Tuipentine
Barrels,
Fraiidulent Pitch
forfeited.
Gtiage of Tar
Barrels.
Makers of Tar,
&c to brand
their Barrels,
Infpeflnis to
keep a Book for
Commodities,
His Fee for
branding Makers
Bdriels.
Provlfo, for Tar,
&c. to be rein-fpeflfil,
after ly-ing
20 Days*
pa/Ted; and every Hogfliead of Flax Seed fhall hereafter contain feven Bulhels and one Eighth of a
Bufhel of well cleaned and merchantable Flax Seed.
XI. AND whereas Pork, Beef, Rice, Flour, and Butter, may, by Reafon of its being long
kept, become not good, found, and merchantable ; Be it further Enaded, hy the Authority aforefaid.
That none of the faid Commodities fhall be laden or put on Board any Ship or Veffel, if the fame
have been kept Sixty Days after they have been infpefted, until the fame fliall have been again in-fpefted
and pafled by the Infpedlor, and Certificate or Certificates granted, in the fame Manner as if
fuch Commodities had never been infpefted ; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwith-ftanding
: And every Perfon who (hall prefume to lade or put on Board, or caufe to be laden or put
on Board, any Ship or Veffel, any Pork, Beef, Rice, Flour, or Butter, for Exportation as aforefaid,
any Time after the Expiration of Sixty Days from the Time that the fame Ihall have been viewed and
infpefted as aforefaid, fhall forfeit and pay the Sum of Three Pounds, Proclamation Money, for every
fuch Barrel of Pork, Beef, Rice, Flour, and Cafk or Firkin of Butter, fo laden or put on Board any
Ship or other Veffel ; to be recovered by Aftion of Debt, with Coftsj one Half to the Informer, and
the other Half to the Ufeof the Parifh wherein fuch Offence fhall be committed, before any Jurifdic-tion
having Cognizance of the Sum or Sums fo forfeited ; and the Mafter or Commander of fuch Ship
or Veffel fhall be liable to the fame Penalty as for lading Pork, Beef, Rice, Flour, or Butter, without
being branded ; and the Juftices and Colleftor fhall, and are hereby required, to ufe the fame Method
of Proceeding, to compell the Payment of the faid Penalty, as in that Cafe is before direfted to be ob-ferved.
XII. AliD he it further EnaSled, hy the Authority aforefaidt That every Barrel of Pitch or Tur-pentine
fhall contain Thirty-two Gallons, and be well filled, free from any fraudulent Mixture, and
in good and fufiicient Cafks, made of good feafoned Staves, at leafl three Quarters of an Inch thick,
and not exceeding four Inches in Breadth ; and in Turpentine Barrels there Ihall not be any Sap in the
Staves, and each to be hooped with twelve good Hoops at leaft, and before it be branded by the In-fpeftor
fhall be weighed in his Prefence; and every Three Hundred and Twenty-two Pounds Weight
of fuch Pitch or Turpentine, including the Cafk, and fo in Proportion, fliall be counted a lawful
Barrel of Pitch or Turpentine : And if any Pitch or Turpentine fhall be found by the Infpeftor to be
fraudulently mixed, the fame fhall be condemned, and forfeited to the Ufe of the Parifh where the
fame fhall be, and may by the Churchwardens thereof be cleanfed and fold for fuch Ufe : And every
Barrel of Tar fhall be the Guage of Thirty-two Gallons, Wine Meafure ; and every Barrel of Tar of
lefs Size, or in bad or infufHcient Cafks, fewer than Twelve Hoops, fhall be put in merchantable
Order, at the Expence of the Owner j and when full bound, no more than one third Part of the
Staves fhall be left bare ; and every Barrel of Tar, Pitch, and Turpentine, after the fame ihall be in-fpefted,
guaged, found clean, well filled, and truly made merchantable, and paffed by the Infpeftior,
fhall be by him branded.
XIII. AND he it further Enaded, by the Authority aforefaid, That every Maker of Pitch, Tar, or
Turpentine, fhall mark or brand, or caufe to be marked or branded, every fuch Barrel of Piccli, Tar^
or Turpentine, with the initial Letters of his or her Name, not lefs than one Inch long, and Breadth
in Proportion ; under the Penalty of One Shilling, Proclamation Money, for every Barrel as may not
be fo branded, to be paid to any one who may demand the fame, or, on Refufal, to be recovered by
Warrant before any fingle Magiftrate; and that no Infpeftor fhall pafs or brand any Barrel or Barrels
of Tar, Pitch, or Turpentine, that does not contain full Thirty-two Gallons Wine Meafure, and in
every other Manner agreeable to the feveral Rules and Reflriftions, and under the feveral Penalties,
as are provided for in this Aft : And every Infpeftor fhall keep a Book for Beef, Pork, Rice, Pitch,
Tar, and Turpentine, in which fhall be fairly entered the Maker's Name and Mark, the Number of
Barrels landed, the Number of Barrels infpefted of the fame Mark, the Merchant or Sliipper's Name
caufing the fame to be infpefted, and the Time of Infpeftion ; and fhall give a Certificate of any Parcel
to any Perfon requiring the fame, on Payment of One Shilling : And any Perfon failing or neglefting
to mark or brand his, her, or their Cafks, according to the Direftions of this Aft, fhall pay One
fialfpenny per Barrel to the Infpeftor for marking the fame with the initial Letters of the Maker's
Name ; which Fee fhall be paid by the Perfon paying the Fees of Infpection, and by him may be
charged to the Maker.
XIV. PROVIDED always. That if any Tar, Pitch, or Turpentine, fhall remain Twenty
Days, or more, after the fame has been infpefted and paffed, in Manner aforefaid, before the fame
fhall be laden or put on Board fome Ship or Veffel for Exportation, it Ihall not be lawful for the Ex-porter
to lade or put the fame on Board any Ship or Veffel as aforefaid, until the fame fhall have been
again infpefted and paffed by the Infpeftor, and Certificate or Ceriificates granted for the fame, in the
fame Manner as if fuch Commodities had never been infpefted ; any Thing herein contained to the
contrary notwithflanding. And every Perfon who fhall prefume to take or put on Board any Ship or
Veffel, any Tar, Pitch, or Turpentine, for Exportation as aforefaid, at any Time after the Expira-tion
of Twenty Days from the Time that the fame (hall have been viewed and infpefted as aforefaid,
fhall forfeit and pay the Sum of Ten Shillings, Proclamation Money, for every fuch Barrel fo laden
cr put on Board any Ship or other Veffel ; to be recovered by Aftion of Debt, with Colls ; one Half
to the Informer, and the other Half to the Ufe of the Parifh wherein fuch Offence Ihall be committed,
before any Jurifdiftion, having Cognizance of the Sum or Sums of Money fo forfeited: And the
Mafter or Commander of fuch Ship or Veffel fhall be liable to the fame Penally as for lading Beef,
Pork, Rice, I ar. Pitch, or Turpentine, without being branded ; and the Juftices and Colleftors
fhali, and are hereby required, to ufe the fame Method of Proceeding to compell the Payment of the
faid Penalty, as in that Cafe is diretled to be obferved.
XV. AND
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| Full Text | 460 LAWS of North-Carolina. ^. D. 1770. Commodities, after lying 60 Dj^s, to be re« infpcfied. Ptn. for (hipping them otheiwife, Guage of Pitch snd Tuipentine Barrels, Fraiidulent Pitch forfeited. Gtiage of Tar Barrels. Makers of Tar, &c to brand their Barrels, Infpeflnis to keep a Book for Commodities, His Fee for branding Makers Bdriels. Provlfo, for Tar, &c. to be rein-fpeflfil, after ly-ing 20 Days* pa/Ted; and every Hogfliead of Flax Seed fhall hereafter contain feven Bulhels and one Eighth of a Bufhel of well cleaned and merchantable Flax Seed. XI. AND whereas Pork, Beef, Rice, Flour, and Butter, may, by Reafon of its being long kept, become not good, found, and merchantable ; Be it further Enaded, hy the Authority aforefaid. That none of the faid Commodities fhall be laden or put on Board any Ship or Veffel, if the fame have been kept Sixty Days after they have been infpefted, until the fame fliall have been again in-fpefted and pafled by the Infpedlor, and Certificate or Certificates granted, in the fame Manner as if fuch Commodities had never been infpefted ; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwith-ftanding : And every Perfon who (hall prefume to lade or put on Board, or caufe to be laden or put on Board, any Ship or Veffel, any Pork, Beef, Rice, Flour, or Butter, for Exportation as aforefaid, any Time after the Expiration of Sixty Days from the Time that the fame Ihall have been viewed and infpefted as aforefaid, fhall forfeit and pay the Sum of Three Pounds, Proclamation Money, for every fuch Barrel of Pork, Beef, Rice, Flour, and Cafk or Firkin of Butter, fo laden or put on Board any Ship or other Veffel ; to be recovered by Aftion of Debt, with Coftsj one Half to the Informer, and the other Half to the Ufeof the Parifh wherein fuch Offence fhall be committed, before any Jurifdic-tion having Cognizance of the Sum or Sums fo forfeited ; and the Mafter or Commander of fuch Ship or Veffel fhall be liable to the fame Penalty as for lading Pork, Beef, Rice, Flour, or Butter, without being branded ; and the Juftices and Colleftor fhall, and are hereby required, to ufe the fame Method of Proceeding, to compell the Payment of the faid Penalty, as in that Cafe is before direfted to be ob-ferved. XII. AliD he it further EnaSled, hy the Authority aforefaidt That every Barrel of Pitch or Tur-pentine fhall contain Thirty-two Gallons, and be well filled, free from any fraudulent Mixture, and in good and fufiicient Cafks, made of good feafoned Staves, at leafl three Quarters of an Inch thick, and not exceeding four Inches in Breadth ; and in Turpentine Barrels there Ihall not be any Sap in the Staves, and each to be hooped with twelve good Hoops at leaft, and before it be branded by the In-fpeftor fhall be weighed in his Prefence; and every Three Hundred and Twenty-two Pounds Weight of fuch Pitch or Turpentine, including the Cafk, and fo in Proportion, fliall be counted a lawful Barrel of Pitch or Turpentine : And if any Pitch or Turpentine fhall be found by the Infpeftor to be fraudulently mixed, the fame fhall be condemned, and forfeited to the Ufe of the Parifh where the fame fhall be, and may by the Churchwardens thereof be cleanfed and fold for fuch Ufe : And every Barrel of Tar fhall be the Guage of Thirty-two Gallons, Wine Meafure ; and every Barrel of Tar of lefs Size, or in bad or infufHcient Cafks, fewer than Twelve Hoops, fhall be put in merchantable Order, at the Expence of the Owner j and when full bound, no more than one third Part of the Staves fhall be left bare ; and every Barrel of Tar, Pitch, and Turpentine, after the fame ihall be in-fpefted, guaged, found clean, well filled, and truly made merchantable, and paffed by the Infpeftior, fhall be by him branded. XIII. AND he it further Enaded, by the Authority aforefaid, That every Maker of Pitch, Tar, or Turpentine, fhall mark or brand, or caufe to be marked or branded, every fuch Barrel of Piccli, Tar^ or Turpentine, with the initial Letters of his or her Name, not lefs than one Inch long, and Breadth in Proportion ; under the Penalty of One Shilling, Proclamation Money, for every Barrel as may not be fo branded, to be paid to any one who may demand the fame, or, on Refufal, to be recovered by Warrant before any fingle Magiftrate; and that no Infpeftor fhall pafs or brand any Barrel or Barrels of Tar, Pitch, or Turpentine, that does not contain full Thirty-two Gallons Wine Meafure, and in every other Manner agreeable to the feveral Rules and Reflriftions, and under the feveral Penalties, as are provided for in this Aft : And every Infpeftor fhall keep a Book for Beef, Pork, Rice, Pitch, Tar, and Turpentine, in which fhall be fairly entered the Maker's Name and Mark, the Number of Barrels landed, the Number of Barrels infpefted of the fame Mark, the Merchant or Sliipper's Name caufing the fame to be infpefted, and the Time of Infpeftion ; and fhall give a Certificate of any Parcel to any Perfon requiring the fame, on Payment of One Shilling : And any Perfon failing or neglefting to mark or brand his, her, or their Cafks, according to the Direftions of this Aft, fhall pay One fialfpenny per Barrel to the Infpeftor for marking the fame with the initial Letters of the Maker's Name ; which Fee fhall be paid by the Perfon paying the Fees of Infpection, and by him may be charged to the Maker. XIV. PROVIDED always. That if any Tar, Pitch, or Turpentine, fhall remain Twenty Days, or more, after the fame has been infpefted and paffed, in Manner aforefaid, before the fame fhall be laden or put on Board fome Ship or Veffel for Exportation, it Ihall not be lawful for the Ex-porter to lade or put the fame on Board any Ship or Veffel as aforefaid, until the fame fhall have been again infpefted and paffed by the Infpeftor, and Certificate or Ceriificates granted for the fame, in the fame Manner as if fuch Commodities had never been infpefted ; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithflanding. And every Perfon who fhall prefume to take or put on Board any Ship or Veffel, any Tar, Pitch, or Turpentine, for Exportation as aforefaid, at any Time after the Expira-tion of Twenty Days from the Time that the fame (hall have been viewed and infpefted as aforefaid, fhall forfeit and pay the Sum of Ten Shillings, Proclamation Money, for every fuch Barrel fo laden cr put on Board any Ship or other Veffel ; to be recovered by Aftion of Debt, with Colls ; one Half to the Informer, and the other Half to the Ufe of the Parifh wherein fuch Offence Ihall be committed, before any Jurifdiftion, having Cognizance of the Sum or Sums of Money fo forfeited: And the Mafter or Commander of fuch Ship or Veffel fhall be liable to the fame Penally as for lading Beef, Pork, Rice, I ar. Pitch, or Turpentine, without being branded ; and the Juftices and Colleftors fhali, and are hereby required, to ufe the fame Method of Proceeding to compell the Payment of the faid Penalty, as in that Cafe is diretled to be obferved. XV. AND |
