Excise Act 1663

VII. Two Artists to be appointed, one by the Commissioners and one by the Brewer, to compute Gauge, &c. on Oath;

who are to give a Copy of Contents to Commissioners and Brewer.

Be it enacted That from and after the said First day of September One thousand six hundred sixtie three and as often as there shall be occasion Two able Artists shall be appointed one of them by His Majesties Commissioners Farmers or Sub Commissioners for Excise and the other by the Brewers of any Citty or place, which said Artists shall take an Oath, which Oath any one Justice hath hereby power to administer, to take and compute the just Contents and Gage of all Coppers, Fatts, Tunns, Backes and Coolers and all other Brewing Vessells of that nature belonging to all or any Brewer or Brewers of Beere or Ale to sell and to deliver and give under their hands one Copy of the perticular Contents of all such Vessells to the aforesaid Commissioners Farmers and Sub Commissioners and another true Copy thereof to each and every such respective Brewer, which Computation by the Artists aforesaid shall answere and be according to the measures and proportions exprest in the said former Acts for Excise,