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Plate shall be marked to signify payment of duty.
Duty shall be paid previous to the marking.
Receipt to be give for the duty.
Assay master &c. and Goldsmiths Company to be answerable for the duty.
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6. And . . . the assay master, deputy assay master, or other officer so to be appointed as aforesaid, shall mark with the following mark, that is to say, with the mark of the King’s head, over and besides the several other marks directed by law, all and every such pieces and parcels of gold or silver plate so sent to be touched, marked, and assayed; and shall, previous to the touching, marking, or assaying such gold or silver plate or manufacture, ask, demand, and receive, for the use of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, of and from the person or persons who shall require such gold or silver plate to be touched, marked, and assayed, the full amount of the duty payable to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, for every ounce troy of such gold or silver plate, or manufacture of gold or silver, and so in proportion for any greater or less quantity which shall be brought to the said respective officers to be touched, marked, and assayed as aforesaid; and such assay master, deputy assay master, or officer shall give a receipt for the duty so paid to the person or persons bringing such plate or manufacture; and in default of receiving such duty in manner aforesaid, or of paying the same in manner hereinafter mentioned, the said assay master, deputy assay master, or other officer respectively, and the said Fraternity or Company of Goldsmiths in the city of Dublin shall be accountable to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, for the said duty, as if the same had been actually received under the directions of this Act.
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