Taxation (No. 4) Act 1696

X. Maltster erecting, altering, &c. Cisterns, Fat, &c. for steeping Barley, &c. without giving Notice, or using private Cisterns, &c.

Penalty £50.

And be it further enacted That from and after the said Twentieth Day of April One thousand six hundred ninety and seven dureing the Continuance of this Act no Malster or other Person making Malt for Sale or not for Sale shall erect or sett upp alter or enlarge or make Use of any Cisterne Uting Fatt Utensil or other Vessell for the Wetting or steeping of any Barley or other Corne or Graine for the making of Malt without first giving Notice thereof to the next Office of Excise or shall keep or make use of any private Cisterne Uting Fatt Utensil or other Vessell for the wetting his Barley or other Corne or Graine to make Malt other than such as are openly knowne and made use of in his co[m]mon Malt-house on paine to forfeit for every such Cisterne Uting Fatt or Utensil or other Vessell so erected or sett upp altered or enlarged kept private or concealed or unlawfully used as aforesaid the Su[m]m of Fifty Pounds.