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Books kept by wardens or assayer,
access to members,
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XXIV. And be it further enacted, That after the first day of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty four aforesaid, the warden or wardens, or the assayer of said company of goldsmiths, shall keep, or cause to be kept, books wherein shall be entered (under the three heads of the respective standards aforesaid) the name or names of every owner or owners of gold wares assayed in the assay-office of said company, with a corresponding number, the day on which the same is assayed, the weight of such gold wares respectively, and the assortment thereof, and an account of the quantity, and also of the deficiency in the fineness (if any) of the gold wares that are defaced and broken, and likewise an account of the monies received in said office for the assaying, or the assaying and stamping of gold wares, and also an account of the officers and servants salaries and wages, and of all other incidental expences attending the same; and that every member of the company shall have free access to the said books, and to the inspection thereof.
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