Plate Assay Act, 1783

Office open 2 hours 3 days in each week, by advertisement of the company.

XXIII. And be it further enacted, That the assay-office of the company of goldsmiths in Dublin, shall be kept open during such hours, not less than two in the day, and during so many days, not less than three days in each week, as the said company shall from time to time appoint by publick advertisement, for the purpose of receiving and taking in manufactures of gold or silver to be assayed, or assayed and stamped in said office.