Packing of Butter Act 1662

IV. Farmers, &c. packing for Sale, to use good Casks, &c

and to mark upon Firkin, &c. the Weight of the empty Cask, and also his Name; Penalty.

And for the better discovery of all frauds and abuses which shall be committed against this Act Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every Farmer and other person and persons packing up Butter in Kinderkins Firkins or any other Cask whatsoever for sale do from and after the said First day of June which shall be in the Yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty and two pack up his Butter into good and sufficient Cask made of sound dry and well seasoned Timber and shall sett upon every Firkin and Cask whatsoever when the same is throughly and fully seasoned in water a continuing visible marke of the just Weight of the empty Caske and do likewise sett upon every Kinderkin Firkin and Cask when the same is filled with Butter the first Letter of his or theire Christian name and his or theire Sirname at length with an Iron brand upon pain and penalty that every Farmer or other person or persons whatsoever offending in not putting on the Mark of such Weight of Kinderkin Firkin or Cask after seasoning or not setting the first Letter of his or theire Christian name and his or theire Sirname at length on every Firkin and Cask as aforesaid shall for every such offence respectively forfeit the su[m]m of Ten shillings for every Hundred weight of Butter and so proportionably for a greater or a lesser quantity that shall be in every such Cask