Section XII Maltster, &c. conveying Malt from Sight of Gauger, and not giving Notice thereof before 10th April 1702,

Penalty. Having same in Custody and not giving Notice,; Penalty.

And X1be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Malster or Maker of Malt for Sale seller or retailer of Malt Brewer Distiller Innkeeper Victualler or Vinegar Maker shall fraudulently convey any of his Stock of Malt which he shall be intituled unto on the said Ninth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and one out of his Custody or Possession from the Sight or View of the Gauger or Gaugers appointed to take an Account of the same and shall not give Notice thereof at the next Office of Excise before the Tenth Day of April One thousand seven hundred and two then and in such Case the Person offending therein shall forfeit and lose for every Bushell of Malt so conveyed from the Sight and View of the Gaugers the Sum of Twenty Shillings and the Person or Persons in whose Custody such Malt shall be found who shall not before the Discovery thereof give Notice at the next Excise Office of the Quantity of Malt so in his Custody shall also forfeit and lose the Sum of Twenty Shillings for every Bushell