Taxation, etc. Act 1695

IX. Gauger to take Account of Wash, &c. and Low Wines, and missing Wash, &c. and not receiving Satisfaction what is become thereof; Proceedings.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Gauger and Gaugers of Excise shall from time to time gauge and take Account of all Wash and other Materials prepared or prepairing for the making of Low Wines and also of all Low Wines Spiritts or Strong Waters found in the Houses Cellars or Ware-houses or in any Wash Back Cask or other Vessell or Vessells used by any Distiller or Maker of Low Wines or Spiritts And in case hee shall misse any Quantity or Quantities of Liquor or Drink brewed or made from Corne or any Wash or other Materials prepared for making of Low Wines which hee found or gauged the last time such Gauger was att such Distillers not exceeding Twenty foure houres before and shall not on demand receive Satisfaction what is become of such Drink or Wash or other such like Materials That in every such case it shall be lawfull for such Gauger to charge such Distiller with so much Low Wines as such Liquor Drink Wash or other Materials so missing in his Judgment would reasonably have made.