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514 August one thousand seven hundred and forty-six, and from thence to the End of the next Session of Parliament, and no longer: And whereas by an Act made in the twenty-first Year of his present Majesty's Reign, (intituled. An Act to amend and enforce ss much of an Act made in the ninteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign as relates to the more effectual disarming the Highlands in Scotland,.and restarining the Use of the Highland Dress; and to Masters and Teachers of private Schools and Chaplains; and to explain a Clause in another Act made in the same year relating to Letters of Orders of Episcopal Ministers in Scotland; and to oblige Persons allowed to carry Arms, and the Directors of the Bank there, and certain Persons belonging to or practising in the Courts of Session and Justiciary to take the Oaths; and to repeal some Clauses in an Act made in the frst year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the First, whereby certain Encouragements were  given to Landlords and Tennants in Scotland, who would continue in their Duty and Loyalty to his said late Majesty; and for other Purposes therein mentioned; further Provisions were made to amend and enforce so much of the Act made in the nineteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign, as relates to the more effectual disarming the Highland's in Scotland, or the said Bounds and Shires: And whereas it may be necessary or expedient for the publick Welfare, that the Provisions made by the Acts of the nineteenth and twenty-first of his Majesty's Reign should be continued;'

Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That so much of the said Acts of the nineteenth and twenty-first of his Majesty's Reign, as relates to the more effectual disarming the High- lands in Scotland, shall be further continued and remain in full Force for the Term of seven Years, from and after the first Day of August one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament.

'II. And whereas a Doubt hath been entertained with respect to certain Bounds within the Shire of Stirling, that were intended to be disarmed by all or any of the said recited Acts;' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thousand seven hun- dred and fifty-three, all and every the Parts or Places of the Shire of Stirling, lying or being on the Northwest Side of an imaginary straight Line from the Place called Ballamachall upon Loch Loman, in the Parish of Buchanan, to the Kirk or Bridge of Aberfoyl upon the River of Forth, shall be subject to all and every the Provisions made by the said recited Acts of the first of his late Majesty, and of the nineteenth and twenty-first of his present Majesty, and by this present Act, in the same Manner as if the Boundary herein described had been mentioned or inserted in the said several former Acts relating to the disarming the Highlands in Scotland.

III. And whereas by an Act made in the twenty-fifth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, (intituled, 'An Act for annexing certain forfeited Estates in Scotland to the Crown unalienably, and for making Satisfaction to the lawful Creditors thereupon, and to establish a Method of managing the same, and applying the Rents and Profits thereof for the better civilizing and improving the Highlands of Scotland, and preventing Disorders there for the future) it is among other Things enacted. That the Barony of Strowan, and other the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments which formerly belonged to Alexander Roberston Strowan, and became forfeited to the Crown by Decree or Sentence of Forfeiture passed in the Parliament of Scotland in the Year one thousand six hundred and ninety, be and the same are thereby annexed to the Imperial Crown of this Realm, and declared to be and remain for ever unalienable from the same, and that the lawful Debts thereon shall be paid in the same Manner as is provided concerning the Lands and Premises in the said Act mentioned: And whereas by an Act made in the twentieth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for vesting in his Majesty the Estates of certain Traitors, and for more effectually discovering the same, and applying the Produce thereof to the Use of his Majesty, and for ascertaining and satisfying the lawful Debts and Claims thereupon; sundry Provisions are made for the more effectual and speedy ascertain- ing the lawful Debts and Claims upon the forfeited Estates which are thereby vested in his Majesty, of which the said Barony of Strowan and other Lands and Hereditaments which formerly belonged to Alexander Robertson of Strowan are no Part: And whereas it is necessary or expedient to make some further Provision for the more speedy and effectual ascertaining the lawful Debts and Claims upon the said Barony of Strowan and other Hereditaments which formerly belonged to Alexander Robertson of Strowan:'

Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforesaid. That all and every Person or Persons whatsoever. Bodies Politick and Corporate, having any lawful Claim to, upon or out of the said Barony or other Estates of Strowan before-mentioned, shall on the first Day of December next to come, enter and predent before the Court of Session in Scotland his, her or their Claims or Demands; or in default thereof, every such Debt, Claim or Demand, shall be and is hereby declared to be null and void to all Intents and Pur- poses whatsoever: And all such Claims and Demands shall be made and entered, tried and determined in the Manner and according to the Rules and Provisions made in the said Act of the twentieth Year of his Majesty's Reign, concerning the Debts and Claims upon the Estates thereby vested in his Majesty, as if the said Directions, Rules and Provisions, had been herein at length repeated; any Law, Statute or Usage to the contrary in any wife notwithstanding.