Summary

Hay and Straw Act (1796)

Provided always, that no person shall be convicted in the penalty aforesaid for selling any bundle or truss of hay or straw deficient in weight as aforesaid where a load or any other or less quantity is sold at the same time to the same person, if the number of bundles or trusses so sold shall amount upon the whole to the average weight required as aforesaid.
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