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If on weighing, other metal suspected to be inside, or not of same fineness may be cut,
and if so found, defaced and broken,
forfeited to company in Dublin, or corporation of New Geneva towards expences,
but company may remit, if no intention of fraud.
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XV. And be it further enacted, That if on view of any gold manufacture brought to either of the said offices to be assayed, and after weighing the same in water, the warden, deputy warden or assayer of such office shall have suspicion that there be any other metal than gold contained in the inside of the said gold manufacture, or that the said gold manufacture be not of the same fineness in the inside as on the outside, it shall and may be lawful for the said warden, deputy warden, or assayer to cut the same, or to cause the same in his or their presence to be cut; and that if upon cutting thereof there shall be found therein any other metal than gold, or any gold less in fineness than gold of the particular standard which the number (in the mark of the maker) marked on the said gold ware shall in the manner aforesaid denote it to be of, then the said gold ware shall be broken and defaced, and the said warden, deputy warden and assayer, are hereby respectively authorized and directed to deface and break the same, or cause the same to be defaced and broken; and that the said gold ware shall be forfeited to the company of goldsmiths in Dublin, or to the corporation of New Geneva, according as the same shall be brought to either of the assay-offices respectively, and the produce thereof shall be by them applied towards defraying the expences of such assay-office: Provided always, That it shall and may be lawful for the said company of goldsmiths in Dublin, to remit the whole or any part of such forfeiture to the said company, if upon examination they shall find there was no fraudulent intention in the maker.
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