Plate Assay Act, 1783

PLATE ASSAY ACT 1783

CHAPTER XXIII.

An Act to regulate the Assay of Gold, and promote the Manufacture of Gold and Silver Wares in this Kingdom.

WHEREAS various manufactures of gold require gold of different degrees of hardness and purity, and it is expedient that the different standards of gold should be ascertained, and the manufactures made thereof be particularly distinguished.

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