Taxation, etc. Act 1695

XIII. Notice by Maker of Vinegar to Officer of Delivery, &c. to Customer, unless at Hours herein mentioned;

Penalty.

And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That from henceforth no Maker of Vinegar or Sweets shall sell deliver or carry out any Vinegar or Sweets to any of his Customers either in whole Cask or by the Gallon without Notice thereof first given to the Gauger or Officer of Excise for the Place or Division where such Maker of Vinegar or Sweets shall live to the intent that such Officer may be present to see gauge and take an Account of the same unlesse att such times as are herein after mentioned (that is to say) From the Nine and twentieth day of September to the Five and twentieth day of March yearely between the Houres of Five in the Morning and Eight in the Evening and from the Five and twentieth Day of March to the Nine and twentieth day of September yearely between the Houres of Three in the Morning and Nine in the Evening upon Paine that every such Maker of Vinegar or Sweets doeing contrary hereunto shall for every such Offence forfeit and lose the Su[m]m of Forty Shillings for every Barrel of Vinegar or Sweets that shall be so carried out contrary to the true meaning of this Act.