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 02 G. 54.. Anno primo Georgii Regis. Stat. 2. A. D. 1715.- Such Perfons as ' IX. And whereas it is juft and reafonable, That all fuch Perfons as have Continued faithful to his Ma- have remained ' jefty during the Jate unnatural Rebellion, and who are by this Act difcharged from keeping or ufing Ma'eft 1 'flilr-b '' Anns, ^ ou ld have the juft and true Value of all fuch Arms as they are obliged by this Act to lay afide:' pairtheTillVa- ^ e it 'therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Perfons within the Limits aforefaid, who. have lue of the Arms continued faithful to his Majefty, and who are hereby obliged to lay afide their Arms, fhall deliver -them they deliver up, up' to the Lords Lieutenants of their .refpective Counties, or their Deputies, or fuch other Perfons as his Majefty fhall be pleafed to commiffion for that Purpofe, and fhall receive the true, and juft Value of them in Money in Manner after-mentioned; that is to fay, The Lords Lieutenants of the feveral Counties- above-mentioned, or their Deputies, or fuch other Perfons commiffioned as aforefaid, are hereby com-- manded and required, before the fnft Day of AuguJI in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred- and fixteen, to appoint, by Proclamation to be made at_ the feveral Market-crofles andParifh-churches,. proper Places and Times, within their refpective Counties, where fuch Arms fhall be delivered; and to appoint five or more Perfons to receive and value the fame upon Oath, and grant Receipts under their Hands for them, bearing the Names, Number, and Value of the Arms fo delivered; which Oath, the faid Lords Lieutenants, or their Deputies, or fuch other Perfons commiffioned as aforefaid, are hereby required and impowered to adminifter : And if any of the Perfons to be appointed to receive- and value the faid' Arms, fhall wilfully refufe to take the faid Oath, or to receive or value the faid Arms, every Perfon fo re- fufing fhall forfeit the Sum of one hundred Pounds Sterling; and within forty Days after the Receipt of fuch Arms, the Lords Lieutenants, or their Deputies, or fuch other Perfons commiffioned as aforefaid,. are hereby commanded and required to tranfmit the fame to fuch Places as his Majefty fhall think fit to direct, with a figned Lift of the Names and Defignations of the feveral Perfons who delivered them, and. their particular Values; and for the effectual Payment of the faid Value, the Collectors of the Land-Tax or Excife within the faid Counties are hereby commanded and required to pay the Sums contained in the faid Receipts out of the firft and readieft Monies that are in or fhall come to their Hands for the Ufe of the Publick: The which Receipts, indorfed by the Perfons to whom they were firft granted, are hereby: ordered to be paffed to the Credit of the faid Collectors of the Land-Tax or Excife, at making up of their; Accounts. ' X. And whereas the prevailing Cuftorn of convocating Numbers of his Majefty's Subjects together,. ' with the Practice of obliging them to perform divers Services, arbitrary and oppreffive, by virtue of .' Claufes in Charters, Contracts or Agreements, within the Limits aforefaid, is contrary to the Nature of ' good Government, deftructive to the Liberties of free People, inconfiftent with the Obedience and Al— 4 legiance due to his Majefty and Government, as well as the greateft Obftruction to the Improvement of After Aug. 1, ' late unhappy Rebellion:' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the ^VvaluVof ^ r ^ "^ a y °f -di'S^ft in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and feventeen, and all Time there— perfonal Atten- after, the annual Value of the Services, commonly called perfonal Attendance, hofting, hunting, watch- dance, &c, fliaii ing and warding, due by virtue of any Charter, Contract, Cuftom or Agreement whatfoever, fhall be -paid be paid in in Money annually inftead of them. Money. . XL And for the determining the faid annual Value of Services and Attendance, It is hereby further How the annual enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Perfons to whom fuch Services and Attendance are due, and. Value /hall be thofe by whom they are payable, fhall each for themfelves agree mutually for the faid annual Value, or by, eterromed. Arbitrators chofe'n by their mutual Confent; and in cafe they cannot agree in Manner aforefaid, either Party may apply to the Lords of the Seffion at Edinburgh, by Bill or Petition, to have the faid annual Value- afcertained by them; and the faid Lords of the Seffion are hereby impowered and required fummarily to. determine the faid annual Value, after having heard both Parties, or fummoned arid given them Time to compear. ciauies in Char- XII. And for preventing the like Abufes in Time to come, It is hereby further enacted by the Authority.- ters, &c. for aforefaid, That all Claufes in Charters, Contracts or Agreements of any Sort, whereby the forefaid Ser- ving the laid v j ces f perfonal Attendance, hofting, hunting, watching and warding are contracted to be payable, and fhaUb/void! f° r w hich a certain Sum of Money is ordered to be paid annually as above, as well as all Obligations, ' ., to pay the aforefaid Services and Attendance, which fhall hereafter be contracted, fhall, from and after the faid firft Day of Auguft one thoufand feven hundred and feventeen, be void and null, and of no Effect irii Law, and fo remain in all Time to come. Not to extend to XIII. Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained fhall be conftrued to enervate or take away : , th ".':I a ." fes -'" an -y otner Claufe or Article in the aforefaid Charters, Contracts or Agreements, befides thofe Claufes, by tne ai arters. v j rtue ^ wn j cn the forefaid Services and perfonal Attendance of hofting, hunting, watching and warding- are payable. Agreements Vj XlV. Provided alfo, That the forefaid Agreements by mutual Confent or by Arbitrators, or failing of. mutual Confent. thefe, the Sentences of the Lords of the Seffion interpofing as above, whereby a certain Sum of Money i n C Jiai,lv ^ la ^ ^ e determined to be paid annually, inftead of the forefaid Services of perfonal Attendance, hofting, hunting, watching and warding, fhall have, and they are hereby ordered to have the fame Force and Effect in Law, as, if the faid Sum of Money afcertained and determined as above, were infert as payable in the faid refpeftive Charters, Contracts or Agreements, inftead of the faid Services of perfonal Attendance, hofting, hunting, watching and warding; any Law, Statute or Ufage to the contrary notwithstanding. .$ Ann, «, 6. * XV. And whereas by an Act paffed in the fixth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, t Things ena&edj That Circuit Courts fhall he holders in that Part of the united Kingdom, called Scotland, 4
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