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Weighmasters and tasters of butter shall be appointed in all cities and towns corporate (except Cork) by the corporate body, and elsewhere by justices of peace at quarter sessions.
In case of neglect to appoint, appointment shall vest in lord lieutenant of Ireland.
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2. And . . . be it further enacted, that at some time on or before the first day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirteen in the city of Dublin and in every city and town corporate in Ireland (except the city of Cork) the chief magistrate and aldermen, or chief magistrate and burgesses where there are no aldermen, under the seals of their respective corporations, and in every seaport or place of export from whence butter is commonly shipped for exportation from Ireland, such place being no city or town corporate, and in every market town wherein butter is bought or sold or exposed to sale for the purpose of trade, the justices of the peace for the county or counties in which such seaport or place of export and market town respectively lie, at some general quarter sessions of the peace for such county or counties respectively, or some adjournment thereof, before the said first day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, under their hands and seals, where there shall not be a public weighmaster or joint public weighmasters appointed under any former Act or Acts, or where any vacancy shall happen before the said first day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, shall nominate and appoint some one or more discreet and skilful person or persons to be a public weighmaster, or joint public weighmasters, and taster or tasters of butter in and for such respective city, town corporate, place of export, or market town; and in case such nomination or appointment as herein directed shall fail to be made in any such city, town corporate, seaport, or place of export in Ireland, before the said first day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, then herein directed, such nomination and appointment shall be vested in the lord lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of the privy council of Ireland for the time being.
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