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 314 A.D. See farther J Geo. I. c, 20. EXP. C. 25, 26. ' Anno fexto Ann ^ Reginas. A. jj. 1707 i thereon, not exceeding two hundred thirty-two thoufand ei^ht hundred and eighty-four Pounds fiyo ' concerning the ptiblick Debts, the Payments to be made on Account of the publick Debts of Scotland, are ' and the above recited Afts of the Parliament oi Scotland; but by Experience it has been found, that ^ fome further Direftion is yet necelTary for the better Application pf what remains of the faid Sum yet ' unapplied, and all other Sums which are or may become due by Virtue of the Agreements aforefai4» ' and for the more effeftual attaining the Ends mentioned in the faid Article of the Treaty and A i^c. CAP. XXV. All A£l to enable her Majefty to make Leafes and Copies o^f OiHces, Lands, and Hereditamerits> Parcel of her Dutchy of Cqrnwall, or annexed to the fame. All Leafes made by Copy of Court Roll, ctr with- in feven Years next enfuiug according to Cuftom of Manor, fife, to be good in Law. No Leafe to be for more than three Lives, or 3, t Years. All Covenants, i^t. in Leafe, i^c. good. Salvo of Right tck all Perfons, &c. except the Queen, ^c. On Payment of C.ompofition-money for taking off in- creafed Rent, fuch increafed Rent to ceafe. CAP. XXVI. An Adt for fettling and eftablilhing a Court of Exchequer in the North Part of Great Britain called Scotland. jAnn^, 0. S. L "ITT HE RE AS in and by the nineteenth Article in a late Aft of Parliament made in the fifth; yj Year of her now Majefty's Reign, intituled. An ASf for an Union of the two Kingdoms of Eng- ' land and Scotland, it is amongft other Things provided. That there fhould be a Court of Exchequer S's^ ' iS«//a«^ after the faid Union, for deciding Qiieftions concerning the Revenues of Cuftom s and Excife ' there, having the fame Power and Authority in fuch Cafes, as the Court oi Exchequer has in England^ ' was in Scotland., fhould remain until a new Court of Exchequer he fettled by the Parliament of Greaf ' Britain in Scotland after the Union, which Union took efFedt upon the firft Day of Alay in' the fixtl^ ' Year of ber now Majefty's Reign one thoufand feven hundred and feven, and thereby the faid twi^ To the Intent therefore that there may be a Court of Exchequer fettled and eftabliflied in Scotland, purfuant ■^o the Purport and Meaning of the faid recited AiSt, and of the nineteenth Article therein contained ; B^ it enafted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spi-, rjtual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament allembled, and by the Authority of the Fro^fitaMay fame. That from and after the firft Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and eight, a Court ot Exche-f. 17P?. a Court o£ ^^^^^ to be called and known by the Name oiThe Court »/" Exchequer in Scotland, fhall be, and by Au-r land- '" Is^d Scotland, and that th? faid Court oi Exchequer fhall be and is hereby enafted to be a Court of Record, aofitlo be a Court Revenge, and Judicature, for and within Scotland, and to have Continuance for ever, and to be helcj' ■>..:_ ;^:_ within the City oi Edinburgh,, at fuch Place or Places where the iortR.^t Exchequer oi Scotlandiziort xh^ faid Union was ufually held, or at fuch other Place or Places in Scotland, as by Authority from the Queen'?. Majefty, her Hell's or SuccefTors, and in Default thereof, by the Judges of the iTctA QciMxX. c^i Exchequer for the Time being, fhall from Time to Time be direfled, limited or appointed. ' n. And it is further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Lord High Treafurer of Great Bri~ iflin for the Time being,, and fuch other Perfon and Perfons as by Commiilions from the Queen's Ma-- jefty, her Heirs and Succeffors, under the Seal which by the faid Articles of Union is appointed to be Jiept.in Scotland, ifom Time to Time,, fliall be ordained, conftituted, or appointed to be the chief Baron^ point to beChiS and Other Barons of the faid Court of Exchequer in Scotland, fhall be the Judges of and in the faid Court ;, Baron and Ba- and the faid Lord High Treafurer and Barons, and the faid Barons in the Abfence of the faid Lord Hjgll- ions of the Ex- TTreafurer, fhall have and put in Execution all and every the Judicial and other Powers and Authorities. Tud^esoflhe'fa'id ^^ '^^ belonging, or which fhall or may appertain or belong to the faid Court, or vvherewith the laid Court Cou«!° * ^' ftall he invefted, and the faid Barons fhall remain, and have Continuance in their refpe£tive Offices ancj And continue in Places guain diufe bene gejferint ; which Barons of the Exchequer are to be made of fuch as have been, ar^ their Offices pr fhall be Serjeants at iCaw, or Barrifters of Law of five Years ftandiiog in fome pf the four Inns of Court ,uamdiu fe bene |jj England, or elfe of fuch Perfons as fhall have been, are or fhall be Advocates in the College of Juftice- I4. ■ * ■ . ' ■ . ... ^¥^ (sf Kecoidfoz ever, Lord Tre}f»rer, and fuch others asQueeniballap-
 * the Proprietors of the faid Company, and Debts due by the faid Company, the wKole, with Intereft due
 * Shillings, ahd two third Parts of a Penny Sterling, on the firlt Day oi May then next, and now paft»
 * and appointed the Proprietors for their refpe£tive Shares to be paid, and to have Execution as therein
 * alfo is exprefled ; and in like Manner by another Ai5t of the faid Parliament oi Scotland, intituled, A£t
 * adjufted as in the faid fifteenth Article, and two A£ls above mentioned, is more amply contained : An^
 * whereas the faid Sum of three hundred ninety-eight thoufand and eightv-five Pounds ten Shillings, has
 * been paid for and on the Part of England, to the Commiflioners of the tcjuivalent in Scotland, purfuanf
 * to the aforefajd Articles, and confiderable Sums have by them been iflued out, conform to the fame,
 * and that the' faid Court oi Exchequer in Scotland, have Power of pafltng Signatures, Gifts, Tutories, anij
 * other Things, as the Court of Exchequer in Scotla7id then had, and that the Court of Exchequer that theijt
 * Kingdoms of England and Scotla.id became united into one Kingdom, by the Name of Great Britain ;'
 * '^fl^""s"' ''^thority of this A(St is hereby erefted, conftituted, and eftablifhed in and for that Part oi Great Britain ca.-r
 * c"^"j' ,j in Sf^laad for Eve Years j and the faid Baroixs of the fixchequer in SfdtJand ftiall f.eft>e<aiyelY take the fame-