Taxation, etc. Act 1695

XVI. Cleansing or removing Guile, &c. before the Whole brewed off and Account taken without Notice to Officer;

Penalty.

And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if from and after the said Five and twentieth day of March any co[m]mon Brewer Innkeeper or Victualler shall cleanse carry out remove or convey out of his Brewhouse or Place of brewing any part of his Guile or brewing of Beer Ale or Worts before the whole of such Guile is brewed off and be in his Tuns Backs or Coolers and until the Gauger or Gaugers shall or might have taken an Account of the same and of the distinct Quantities thereof in his respective Vessells without first giving Notice to the Supervisor or Gauger appointed for the Place or Division where such Brewer Innkeeper or Victualler doth or shall inhabitt att what time and how much of such Guile or Brewing hee intends to cleanse carry out or remove and where hee intends to lay or dispose of the same such Brewer Innkeeper or Victualler for every Barrel of Beer Ale or Worts so cleansed carryed out removed or conveyed out of his Brewhouse or Place of Brewing without giving such Notice as aforesaid shall forfeit and lose the Sum of Forty Shillings.