Taxation Act 1701

VI. Officers to be admitted into Houses, &c. of Persons making Malt after 9th March 1701;

and to gauge Cisterns, &c.; and take Account of Barley, &c. steeping; and make Return to Commissioners, &c.; and leave Copy with Maltster.; Such Report to be a Charge upon Maltster; Refusing Admission, &c. to Officer.; Penalty £20; Monthly Entry of Malt made after 9th March 1701.; Penalty £10.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every the said Gaugers and Officers which are or shall be so constituted and appointed shall at all Times in the Day Time be permitted upon their Request to enter the House Malt House and all other Places whatsoever belonging to or used by any Person or Persons whatsoever who at any Time or Times from and after the said Ninth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and one and before the said Twenty fourth Day of June One thousand seven hundred and three shall make any Malt (either for Sale or not for Sale) and to gauge all Cisterns Uting Fats Utensils and other Vessells used by any such Malster or Maker of Malt for the wetting or steeping of any Barley or other Corn or Grain for the making of Malt and to gauge measure and take an Account of the just Quantity of the Barley and other Corn or Grain which shall be found wet or steeping in any such Uting Fat Utensil Cistern or other Vessel or shall have been wetted or steeped in them or any of them for the making of Malt and shall thereof make Return or Report in Writing to the said Commissioners or such other Person or Persons as they shall appoint to receive the same leaving a true Copy of such Report in Writing under his Hand with such Malster or Maker of Malt and such Report or Return of the said Gaugers shall be a Charge upon such Malsters or Makers of Malt respectively And if any such Malster or other Person making Malt for Sale or Private Use shall refuse to permitt any such Gauger or Officer to enter his House Malt House or other Place aforementioned or to measure compute and take an Account of all his Malt and to gauge all and every such Uting Fatts Utensils Cisterns and other Vessells and to gauge and take an Account of his Barley or other Corn or Grain in any such Cistern Uting Fat Utensil or other Vessell or which shall have been steeped or wetted and shall be upon any Floor or other Place every such Malster or other Person shall forfeit and lose for every such Offence the Sum of Twenty Pounds And that from and after the said Ninth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and one during the Continuance of this Act every Malster or other Person making Malt for Sale or not for Sale shall Monthly and every Month make a true Entry at the said Office of Excise of all the Malt made in such Month respectively on pain to forfeit for every such Neglect the Sum of Ten Pounds.