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New Malton, Yorkshire (Searching, Sealing, etc., of Butter) Act 1743

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 1 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Anno decimo septimo GEORGII II. Regis. An Act to prevent the committing of Abuses in the weighing and packing of Butter, in the Town and Borough ofNew Malton in the County of York . P R.

(17 Geo. 2) C A P. VIII.

'WHEREAS great Quantities of Butter made and produced in several Parts of the County ofYork , are brought into the Town and Borough of New Malton , where there is a navigable River, in order to be from thence transported beyond the Seas, and otherwise sold and disposed of: And whereas there hath been for Time out of Mind a free Market for Butter within the said Town and Borough of New Malton ; but there is not (as in some other adjacent Markets) any particular Place provided and appointed within the said Town and Borough, to which such Butter shall be brought, in order to be searched, weighed and sealed before the same be sold at the said Market; and for want of which, great Frauds and Impositions have been made and committed by several Farmers, Dairymen and other Persons trading in Butter, which hath tended to the Disparagement of the said Commodity, in the Markets both at Home and Abroad, and to the great Prejudice of the fair Dealer, and of the Butter Trade in general:' Wherefore...

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