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123 And, for the better preventing the frauds frequently committed by divers makers of soap, be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said 20th day of September 1784, no maker of soap shall have or keep any pipe or other conveyance from or to any copper or pan made use of in the boiling or making of soap, save and except one moveable pump for taking out salt or spent leys, which pump shall be taken out of such copper or pan before the copper or pan shall be locked down by the officer; and that no maker of soap shall have any cock, or perforation, or hole, in the side or curb, or bottom or cover of his or her boiler or copper, nor shall have any part of the curb moveable, nor shall use any syphon, crane, or trinket, but shall take out all leys, soap, or other ingredients, contained in the said copper or boiler, by a pump, or by a ladle only; on 2