Excise Act, 1860

Chicory not to be sent out of warehouse unless in presence of an officer, &c

13. No chicory which shall be deposited in the warehouse of any dryer thereof shall be removed from such warehouse except in the presence and under the authority of the proper officer of Excise, to whom such dryer shall give four hours previous notice in writing, specifying the particular day and hour when he shall intend to send out from the warehouse any such article as aforesaid; and upon the receipt of such notice the officer shall attend at the time appointed therein, and shall allow the quantity of the article specified in such notice to be in his presence weighed and delivered out of the warehouse, according to the tenor and effect of such notice; and the officer shall enter in his survey book an account thereof as a charge against the said dryer: Provided always, that no quantity less than one hundredweight of chicory shall at any time be delivered out of any such warehouse; and provided also, that no such warehouse as aforesaid shall be opened for delivering out any such article as aforesaid at any time between the hours of six o’clock in the evening and six o’clock in the morning.