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128 from time to time, as often as he or they shall think fit, by gauging, weighing, or otherwise, as to him or them shall seem most proper and convenient, of all tallow, oil, rosin, and grease of every kind, and of all materials for making soap, which any maker of soap shall at any time have in his possession; and such maker of soap shall provide proper scales and weights, and assist the officer in weighing and taking such account, on pain of forfeiting L. 20: And in case such officer shall find any decrease of any such materials for making soap, and shall not receive a satisfactory account thereof, such officer shall charge such maker of soap with duties for such decrease, according to the rates and proportions following, (that is to say);

For every fourteen hundred weight, or two hundred and ten gallons of oil, so missing, such officer shall charge any maker of