Sect. 1. […] That any Person who, from and after the Publication of this Act, shall offer any Gun-Powder for Sale, without being previously inspected and marked as is herein after directed, shall forfeit, for every such Offence, the Sum of Five Shillings a Pound for every Pound weight so offered for Sale, and so in Proportion for greater or lesser quantity; to be recovered in any Court where the same may be cognizable, and applied the one Half to the Person who shall prosecute therefor, and the other Half to be paid to the Treasurer for the Use of the State.

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4. That every maker of gun-powder shall pack his powder in dry well-seasoned Casks, and mark every cask in which he shall pack the same with the initial letters of his name. […]