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 A-. D. 1760^ Atino primo Georgii III. C. i^. 34j ' And whereas the faid George Keith^ late Earl Marifchall, did, upon his moft humble and dutiful ' ments, and Hereditaments, as he fhould at any Time or Times thereafter purchafe or acquire, faid feveral A6ts of Parliament, and Proceedings in the faid Court of Exchequer^ Relation unto them ' due to the Publick, on account of the Price or Purchafe Money fo con trailed to be paid for the ' affccSled the fame at the Tr'ime of his Attainder, your Majefty has been gracioufly pleafed to fignify ' to your Parliament your Confent that they might do therein as they fliould think fit :' Wherefore your Majefty's faithful Commons, in Parliament affembled, do humbly befeech yourMajefty, that it may be enafted ; and be it enadted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Coi. mons, in this prefent Parliament affem- bled, and by the Authority of the fame, That it Ihall and may be lawful to and for the King's moft His Majefiy, &c. im- Excellent Majefty, his Heirs, snd Succeffors, and his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, are hereby P,°;^;^'fjJ°;S|^'^^^^^^^^^ authorized and impowered, by any Letters Patent or Indenture, or by feveral Letters Patent or In- /a'rifchaU, any Sum not dentures, under the Great Seal oi Great Britah:^ ox under the Seal of his A4ajefty's Court of jS';^^/;^- exceeding 3,618 1. 9 s. querm Scotland^ hereafter to be made, to give and grant unto the faid George Ke'ith^ late Earl Marif-and twoTwdfdis of a chall, his Executors, Adminiftrators, andAffigns, or any of them, or to i'uch other Perfon or Per- p""y'^ ftme^'from fons as his Majefty, his Heirs, and Succelibrs, ftiall think fit, and his or their Executors, Admi- ^"^^i^. Sunday' 1721, niftrators, and Affigns, to the Ufe of, or in Trult for, the faid (jc'«r^^ Z^^/V/;, late Earl Marifchall, his Executors, Adminiftrators, and Affigns, or any of them, any Sum not exceeding three thoufand fix hundred and eighteen Pounds nine Shillings and two Twelfths of a Penny Sterling, Principal Money, together with Intereft for the fame, from the Feaft or Term of IVhlt-Sunday in the Year Satisfadtion of all lawful Debts and Claims which affecSied the fame at the Time of his Attainder, or do now affeiSl the fame, by force of any fubfcquent Ad: of Parliament, the Amount of fuch Principal and Intereft as now remains due and owing to the Publick ; to be fettled and afcertained by the Au- The fame to be fettled thority of the faid Court oi Exchequer mScoiicuid, according to the ufual Courfe of Proceeding prac- ''^ t^-eCourt of Exche- tifed in the faid Court in the like Cafes. 'J'^" ^" "^^"'•^• II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and immediately after fuch The Money and Intereft Grant, the Principal Money and Intereft which fliall be fo granted as aforefaid, and all the Right and e^^"'^'^ '" '«^' '" '^« Title which the Publick, or the Barons of the faid Court of Exchequer in Scotland, for their Jfe, or Let'erTpaS'^ '" '^'^ in Truft for them, now refpe<Slively have in or to the fame, Ihall be, and the fame are hereby vefted ' in the Grantee or Grantees to be named in fuch Letters Patent, Indenture or Indentures refpedively, and his or their refpeftive Executors, Adminiftrators, or Affigns, according to the Tenor and Effect cf fuch Grant ; the faid Attainder of the faid late Earl, and the feveral A6ts of Parliament concern-, ing the forfeited Eftates, or any of them, to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding: And SlIo that from and after Payment of the Principal Moiiey and Intereft fo granted as aforefaid to fuch Grantee or Grantees, or his or their Executors, Admiiniftrators or Affigns, according to the Tenor and Efte(^ of the faid Grant, the faid Parts of the faid late Earl's Eftate, fo fold to the faid i^^^/^^r/'"^ after Payment there- Hacket, fo far as concerns the Principal Money and Intereft fo granted as aforefaid, fliall not be liable °^^g|^^^'|^^,^^*"^°^'^" to any Claim or Demand of or by the Public, or of the Barons of the faid Court of Exchequer^ to f,om'aircia'im thwetn. their Ufe, or in Truft for them. III. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That this A£l, and every Matter and Beneficial interpretation Thing herein contained, fhall in all Courts of Law and Equity, and all other Places, be conftrued*'^ this A^. and adjudged as largely and beneficially as can be, for the Ends and Purpofes herein expreffed. IV. Saving to the King's moft Excellent Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, and to all a«d every ^«^"v»'i«" o^^Jsl^^s. other Perfon and Ferfons, Bodies Politick and Corporate (other than and except the faid King's Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, and the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland, in refped of the Principal Money and Intereft which fhall be fo granted as aforefaid) all fuch Right, Title, Intereft, Claim, and Demand of, in, to, or out of the faid Parts of the Eftate of the faid George Keith, late Earl Marifchall, as they feverally have or might have, claim, challenge or demand, in cafe this A6t. had never been made. GAP..
 * the fame, from the Feaft or Term of Whit-Sunday one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-one :
 * Submi/fioft to hiS late Majefty King Gfi^r^*? the Second, of bleffed Memory, in the thirty-third
 * Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign, obtain an A£l of Parliament for enabling him (amongfl
 * other Things) to take, hold and enjoy, notwithflanding his faid Attainder, all fuch Lands, Tene-
 * and all fuch Perfonal Eftate and Effects as he then was, or at any Time or Times thereafter fhould
 * be, poflefied of or intided unto, in as full, ample, and beneficial Manner, as he might take, hold,
 * purcnafe, acquire, or enjoy the fame, in cafe no fuch Attainder had ever been, as in and by the
 * refpe61:ively being had, may more fully appear: And Vv'hereas, upon the humble Reprefentation of
 * the faid late Earl's Sufferings, and of the DillrefTes of his Family, and of his Intention to apply to
 * Parliament for an Adi of Parliament to grant to him fuch Principal Money and Intereft as remain
 * faid Parts of his Eftate, after Payment and Satisfa6tipn of all lawful Debts and Claims which