http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/29/2/section/II/enactedTaxation (Beer and Ale) Act 1677enBritish History Onlinebho/pubid-351/47462.xml2024-12-11 IIAnd to the end common Brewers and other persons paying the Duty of Excise may not be overcharged Bee it further enacted That from and after the said Foure and twentyeth day of June every Gauger that shall be imployed to gauge Beere Ale Mum or Worts of any person chargeable by this Act shall at the same time leave with such person or persons soe gauged. or his or their servants a Note fairely written of the Gauge soe taken with the day of the moneth and how many Gallons according to the Ale Quart remaining in His Majestyes Court of Exchequer such person is by him charged with Any Law Statute or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding.Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: the O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]