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300 Books and Warrants of the ame, and with an Inventory of the Whole, to the Accuracy and Completenes of which the aid Clerks repectively that make Oath in the Court of the Sheriff Depute or Stewart Depute; and that the aid Sheriff Clerks or Stewart Clerks hall receive the aforeaid Books, Regiters and Warrants repectively, to be depoited with the other Public Records under their Cutody and Care, and hall make and ubcribe full Duplicates of uch Inventories to be delivered to and depoited by the aid Clerks of Burghs repectively with the other Public Records under their Cutody and Care.

VII. And, in order that the aforeaid Proviions of this Act respecting the Delivery of the everal Commiary or Burgh Records to the Lord Clerk Regiter and the everal Sheriff Clerks and Stewart Clerks repectively, may be faithfully and punctually carried into Execution; be it enacted, That it hall be competent for the Lords of Council and Seion, on a ummary Complaint by the Lord Clerk Regiter, to inflict uch Penalties, not exceeding the Sum of Fifty Pounds for each Offence, upon any Sheriff Clerk or Stewart Clerk, Burgh Clerk, or Commiary Clerk, wilfully refuing or neglecting to comply with the aforeaid Proviions of this Act, and to make uch further Orders thereon as may appear to them to be neceary, uch Penalties being in all Caes recoverable by the Lord Clerk Regiter, and olely applicable by him to the Purpoes of the tablihment of His Majety's General Regiter Houe.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Expiration of Six Months after the paing of this Act it shall not be lawful for the Sheriff Clerks or Stewart Clerks of the everal Shires and Stewartries to ue any Books for the Regitration of Deeds or other Writings, unles the ame hall have been previouly marked, at leat on the firt and lat Leaves thereof, and iued to them by the Lord Clerk Regiter or his Deputies authorized to that effect, for each of which Books there hall not be charged more than the prime Cot thereof, together with a Fee to the Deputy Keepers of Records not exceeding Five Shillings Sterling; and if any Sheriff Clerk or Stewart Clerk hall ue any other Books or Regiters than uch as hall have been previouly marked as aforeaid, and iued to him by the Lord Clerk Regiter or his Deputies, he hall be liable in a Penalty of Five Pounds Sterling for each Offence, to be recoverable, together with the Expences of Proces, by the Lord Clerk Regiter, on a ummary Complaint at his Intance to The Lords of Council and Seion (uch Penalty being in all Caes olely applicable by the Lord Clerk Regiter to the Purpoes of the Etablihment of His Majety's General Regiter Houe) and hall further be bound and obliged again to record the ame Deeds and other Writings or Books duly marked and iued to him as aforeaid.

IX. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Expiration of Six Months after the paing of this Act, it hall not be lawful for the Clerks of Royal Burghs to ue any Books for the Regitration of Intruments of Seiin of Subjects holding in Burgage, or for the Deeds and other Intruments which they are hereby enabled to receive and to record, unles uch Books hall have been previouly marked and iued by the Lord Clerk Regiter, or his Deputies, in the Manner above directed, and under the Penalty above provided, in the Cae of Sheriff Clerks or Stewart Clerks as aforeaid. X. And