Taxation Act 1701 (c. 5)

V. Officers to take Account, &c. of Malt in Possession of Persons upon 9th March 1701,

and may enter Houses, &c. for that Purpose; and may cast Malt into Form for better ascertaining the Quantity Penalty £20.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawfull to and for all such Officers as are or shall be appointed as aforesaid respectively to take a true and particular Account and Admeasurement of all such Malt [X1 as any Malsters or Makers of Malt] for Sale Sellers or Retailers of Malt Brewers Distillers Inn-keepers Victuallers or Vinegar Makers or any Person or Persons for them or any of them shall on the said Ninth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and [X1 one] have or be possessed of and for that Purpose shall be permitted in the Day Time to enter into any Dwelling House Outhouse Barn or other Place whatsoever belonging to such Malster or Maker of Malt for Sale Sellers and Retailers of Malt Brewers Distillers Innkeepers Victuallers and Vinegar Makers and every of them who are hereby required to permitt and suffer such Officer or Officers upon his or their Request to make such Entrance on the said Ninth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and one or afterwards at any Time before the Duty upon such Malt shall be paid or secured and to take such Account and Admeasurement thereof and to cast such Malt into a Regular Form for the better ascertaining the Quantity thereof under the Penalty of Twenty Pounds

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