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 A, D. ,t74b, ,; Anno decimonono GEORGII II. C. 39. 709

‘ thereupon commence, before-the Northern Circuit, to be holden in Ma this prefent Year, whereby ‘ there .appeared a Neceflity of fuperfedlng the faid Circuit;’ Be it there are enaéled by the Authority Judseﬁﬁdm-

aforel'aid,"l‘hat the judges of the Court of Juf’ticiary, and all and every. other Perfon and Perlbns “if: f" "'1; therein concerned, are hereby indemniﬁed for their not performing the faid Circuit, as by the 'fore- cited Aét they were obliged to do; any thing in the fame Act, or in any other Law or Statute to the contrary notwithltanding. ' ‘ XX. And whereas a Doubt hath arifen with refpeét to the Shire of Dnnbﬂrlain, what Part thereof ‘ was intended to be difarmed by the lirl’c—recited ACl_made in the Firft Year of his late Majetly ‘ King GEORGE, and intended to be carried into furthcr Execution by the prefent Act -,’ Be it enacted

by'tltc Authorit aforefaid, 'l'hat fuch Parts of the .faid _Shire of Dnnbartm'n, as lie upon the Eat}, Panto" nut-- ' Weft and Nort 1 Sides of Lorlvlomand, to the Northward of that Point where the Water of Let/en runs 3“;"'f“_d'°b"' from, Lorblonmnd, are and were intended to be difarmcd by the aforefaid Aét, and are comprehend- “'1'” '

ed and fubje'ét to the Direaions of this Act.

‘ XXI. And whereas it is of great Importance to prevent the tiling Generation being educated

‘ in difaffec‘ted or rebellious Principles, and although fufﬁcient Provilion is already made by Law for

‘ the due Regulation of the Teachers in the Four Univerﬁties, and in the publick Schools authorized =.‘_by Law in the ROyal Burghs and Country Parilhes in Scotland, it is further neceflary, that all

.‘ Perfons~who take upon them to ofﬁciate as Mailers or Teachers in Private Schools, in that Part

‘. of Great Britain called Stotlund, fhould give Evidence of their good Affce‘tion to his Majel‘tv’s Per-

‘ fon 'and Government ;’ Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from ahd after

the ﬁrlt Day of November in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and forty-ﬁx. it {hall

not be lawful for any Perfon in Srotland to keep a Private School for teaching EngII/i), Latin, Greek

or any Part of Literature, or to ofﬁciate as a Matter or Teacher in fuch School, or any School for

Literature, other than thofe in the Univerﬁties, or eﬁablifhed in the refpec‘ftive Royal Burghs by pub-

lick Authority, or the Parochial Schools fettled according to Law, or the Schools maintained by the

Society in Srotlzmd for pr0pagating Chril‘tian Knowledge, or by the General Affeinblies of the Church

of Scotland, or Committees thereof, upon'the Bounty ranted by his Majelty, until the Situation and Silualioﬁ,&';. Defeription of fuch Private School be firlt entered ant? regiﬁered in a Book, which lhall be provided 0‘ Fritz": and kept for that Purpofe by the Clerks of the feveral Shires, Stewartries and Burghs in Stcflmzd, 32%;?!” together with a Certiﬁcate from the prOper Ofﬁcer, of every fuch Matter and Teacher having qua— with a Ce'ni- liﬁed himfelf, by taking the Oaths appointed by Law to be taken by Perfons in Ofﬁces 0 pub— ﬁcaiwhl‘.‘ lick Truft in Stotlrznd ; and ever, fuch Matter and Teacher of a'Private School {hall be obliged, and Williang is hereby required, as often as rayers lhall be laid in fuch School, to pray, or caufe to be prayed q. .- for, in exprefs Words, his Ma'eﬂy, his Heirs and Succeffors, by Name, and for all the Royal F a- if? 33:33:;ch mily ; and if any Perfon lhall, rom and after the [aid ﬁrft Day of Nawnzbtr, prefume to enter upon, {or'by Name. or excercife the F unetion or Ofﬁce of a Matter or Teacher of any fuch Private School as lhall not

have been regiftered in Manner herein direaed, or without having ﬁrﬁ qualiﬁed himfeif, and caufed

the Certiﬁcate to be rcgil‘tered as above—mentioned; or in cafe he [hall neglect to pray for his Majel’t

by Name, and all the Royal Family, or to caufe them to be prayed for as herein directed; or in cale Man", not m he fhall refort to,-or attend Divine 'Worfhip in any Epifcopal Meeting-houfe not allowed'by the Law ; refort to un— every Perfon fo offending in any of the Premifl'es,_ being thereof lawfully convicted before any two_ lice?“ Mm- or' more (f the Juli-ices of Peace, or before any other Judge competent of the Place fummarily, 'lhall, 35-33;.{6' for the firﬁ Offence, fuﬁer Imprifonment for the Space of ﬁx Months ;. and for the fecond, or any fubfequent Olfence, being thereof lawfully convicted before the Court of Juﬁiciary,_or in an of

the Circuit Courts, fhall be adjudged to be tranfported, and accordingly {hall l:e tranfporte to fome of his Majeﬁy’s Plantations in interim for Life; and in cafe any Perfon adjudged to be ['0 tranfported lhall return into, or be found _in Grazt Britain, then every fuclt Perfon {hall fuffer Im— ' prifonment for Life. -.

XXII. And be it further enacted by the‘Authority aforefaid, That if any Parent or Guardian pram,”

{hall put a Child or Children under his Care to any Private School that 'fhall not be regiﬂeredrending

according to the Directions of this Adi, or whereof the principal Mailer or Teacher {hall not have d"°.“,‘° “_n- regiﬂered the Certiﬁcate of his havinu qualiﬁed himfelf as herein direited, every fuch Parent or Guar— dian f0 offending, and being thereofp lawfully convicted before any two or more Ju.‘tices of Peace, ‘ or before any other Judge competent of the Place futnmarily, lhail, for the tirll Otfenee, be lia- ble to fuﬁ‘er Imprifonment by the Space of three Months; and for the fecond or any fub— fequent Offence, being thereof- lawfully convicted before the Court of _Iul‘ticiary, or in any—of the Circuit Courts, {hall fuffer Imprifonment for the Space of two Years from the Date of fuch Con- Vteuon. ‘ XXIII. And whereas by an Aft pafléd in the Parliament of Swill-uni, in the Year of our Lord one thourand ﬁx hundred and ninety-three, all Chaplains in Families, and Get-'ernors and Teachers of Children and Youth, were obliged to take the Oaths of Allegiance and Aiiiu'ance therein (ii- reeled; and there may be {cute Doubt, Whether by the Laws, as they ltand at prdbn't, they an: obliged to take all the Oaths appointed to be taken by Perkins in Ofﬁces of publick Truft in Smilax-d .- ’ Therefore be it enaéled by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the hrlt Day of Mort/Ila? in the Year of our Lord one thoufand {even hundred and forty—ﬁx, no Perfon thall exercile the Empbyment, F unélion, or Service of a Chaplain, in,any Family in that Part of Grant Britninchapmns get called Stat/and, or of a Governor, Tutor, or Teacher of any Child, Children or Youth, reﬁtting in in Fannie; to. Stat/and, or in Parts beyond the Seas, without ﬁtﬁ qualifying Iii—trilclf, by taking the Oaths appointed “1“” OM35 by

Penalty.

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