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Plate Assay Act 1700
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VI.Goldsmith, &c. of any City where no Assayer is appointed, to enter his Name, &c. with Wardens of Company of such City where Assayer is appointed.
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And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That on or before the Nine and twentieth Day of September One thousand seven hundred and one every Goldsmith Silversmith or Plateworker inhabiting in any of the Cities aforesaid or in any other Town or Place within this Kingdom where an Assayer is not or shall not be appointed and also every Person who at any time after the said Nine and twentieth Day of September shall be a Goldsmith Silversmith or Plateworker and shall inhabit in any of the Cities aforesaid or in any other Town or Place within this Kingdom where an Assayer is not or shall not be appointed before he takes upon him to exercise any of the said Trades shall enter his Name and his [X1Mark and] Place of Abode with the Wardens of such Company of that City or Place where an Assayer is or shall be appointed which shall be done by the said Wardens upon Demand without Fee or Reward and if any such Goldsmith Silversmith or Plateworker shall not enter his Name and Mark and Place of Abode as aforesaid or shall strike any other Mark on Plate but what is so entred such Goldsmith Silversmith or Plateworker so offending shall forfeit double the Value of the Plate so marked to be recovered and disposed as aforesaid
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