Hall marks on gold & silver plate

102 HALL MARKS ON PLATE.
of Great Britain and Ireland, shall be of the respective Standards
now required for any Ware, Vessel, Plate or Manufacture of Gold or
Silver, wrought or made in England; and that no Gold or Silver
Plate so to be imported as aforesaid, not being- battered, shall be
sold, exchanged or exposed to Sale within the said United Kingdom
until the same shall have been assayed, stamped and marked, either
in England, Scotland or Ireland, in the same manner as any Ware,
Vessel, Plate or Manufacture of Gold and Silver wrought or made
in England, Scotland or Ireland respectively is or are now by Law
required to be assayed, stamped and marked and that ;
every Goldsmith,
Silversmith or other Person whatsoever, who shall sell or expose
to Sale in England, Scotland or Ireland any Gold or Silver
Plate so to be imported as aforesaid, and not being battered, before
the same shall have been so assayed, stamped and marked, as aforesaid,
shall be subject and liable to the like Penalties and Forfeitures
in all respects, and to be recoverable in the same Manner as the Penalties
and Forfeitures now by Law imposed upon Goldsmiths and
Silversmiths selling, exchanging or exposing to Sale in England,
Scotland or Ireland respectively, any Ware or Manufacture of Gold
or Silver Plate made or wrought in England, Scotland or Ireland
respectively, and not assayed, stamped and marked, as required by
Law : Provided always that no Article or Ware of Gold or Silver so
to be imported as aforesaid shall be liable to be assayed, stamped or
marked as aforesaid which would not be liable to be assayed,
stamped or marked if it had been wrought or made in England!^
Sect. 60. And be it enacted. That in order that Gold and Silver
Plate so imported as aforesaid may be assayed, stamped and
marked, it shall and may be lawful for any Person to send the same
to any Assay Office in the United Kingdom at which Gold and Sil-
ver Plate is now by Law required to be assayed, and when so sent it
shall be assayed, tested, stamped and marked in such and the same
Manner, and be subject to such and the same Charges, other than
Stamp Duty, as if the same were British Plate by Law assayable in
such Office; and the Wardens and Officers in each such Assay
Offices, and the Persons employed by them, shall have such and the
same Powers of assaying, touching, testing, marking, cutting, break-
ing or defacing such Gold or Silver Plate so sent to be assayed, as
are now by Law exercisable by such Wardens, Officers and other
Persons in respect of Gold and Silver Plate now by Law required to
be assayed in such Assay Offices. REPEALED, except Sections 59 and
60.
A.D. 1842. 5 and 6 ViCT., c. 56, Sect. 6. Provides that ornamental
plate made prior to the year 1800 may be sold without being assayed
and marked. {Vide also 30 and 31 Vict, c. 82, sect. 24.) RE-
PEALED, except Section 6.
It is to be observed that these enactments did not oblige the
importer to send foreign plate to be assayed and marked at the time
of its importation, nor indeed at any time.