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 F TWELFTH PARLIAMENT. V. of Junij. i 59 z. 5 i 3 miflioners abone fpecified, take inquifition be inqueft , at the head Courtes zeirlie , of the names and takens of them; And make denuntiation of them, to the nixtordinar Judges and Parochinnes, in the four halfes about : As alfo to our Soveraine Lord. and his fecreit Councell, within 40. dayes after the faids head courts, under the paine forefaid. r 1 48 . Quha arfore-flallers andregraters : how they fall be accufed and paine thereof. ORSAMEIKLE As findry Adts of Parliament, hes bene maid for punifhment of fore-ftallers and regraters, being very pernitious members in the com moun weill : zit becaufe it hes not bene exprelled quhat was foreftalling and regrating : Therefore our Soveraine Lord, with advife of his Eftaites , in this prefent Parliament ; declaris, ftatutis and ordainis, that quha ever buy, orcaufebuy, onie Merchandife, vidtuall, or uther thing cumming be Lande or Water , toward onie faire or mercat , in Burgh or in Land- wart, tobefauldinthefame, from ony partes bezond Sea, or within the Realme : Or makis onie con- tract, orpromifes, for the having and buying of the fame, or onie part thereof, before rhe faidis Merchan- dife, vi&ualles, or uther thinges fall be in die faire or Mercat-place, in Burgh, portorraide, reddie to be fauld : or fall make onie motion be word, writ , or menage , for raifing of the prices , or dearer felling of onie of die thinges abone mentioned : Or elfe diflwade or moove onie perfon cumming to the faire, Mercat or Town, to bring ony of the things abone mentioned, to the Mercat, fair or Town, fall be efteemed and judged ane foreitaller : Andquha-evergettisinhispofTeffion, in ony Fair or Mercat, oniecorne, vicluall, flefh, fifh, or uther vivers, that fall be broucht to be fauld, and fellis the fame againe , in onie Faire or Mercat, halden in the fame place, or onie uther Faire or Mercat , within four miles thereof : Orquhaget- tis in his hand by buying, contract or promifes , the growand corne on the field , fall be repute a regratour. And becaufe there hes fa little effect followed in the execution of the faid Act., be the Magiftrats within Burrowes, to quhom the execution thereof was committed : Therefore it fall be lauchfull in time cum- ming, to OUR SOVERAINE LORDIS Thefaurer or Advocate, to call and perfew all perfones fofpeci and delated of foreftalling and regrating; in-cafe they fall happen to prevene, be apprehending, in- tending and executing firft, alfweill as the faidis Magi Urates in Burrowes; And it fall not be leafum to the Ma- giftrates within Burgh, to replege onie perfones challenged or perfewed be the Thefaurer or Advocate, be- fore his Hienes Juftice, or his deputes , at Juilice aires , or particular diettes. And albeit there be nafpe- ciall dittay, bot that the foreftaller and Regratour , be onlie accufed of commoun foreftalling or regrating, fa repute and halden: zit the libell in that generalitie, fall ftand relevant , and the perfones accufed , to be iputtotheknawledgeof aneaflife : Andgifdiey cum in will, or be convict be ane aflife, for commoun foreftalling and regrating of Mercattes : They fall incunre for the firft fault, the paine and un-law of four- tie pundes : And fall finde fovertie to abfteine in time cumming, under the paine of ane hundreth markes : And gifhe fall againe in the fecund fault, the principall, and his fovertie , toin-cur and pay the faid fumme of ane hundreth markes : And for the thrid fault, the offender being convict or cum in will, to tine and fore- fault all liis moveable guddes, tobein-brochtto OUR SOVERAINE LORDIS ufe, as efcheit; And diat Juftice courts or aires, for the effecT: forefaid , be halden everie zeir twife. I x 49- Againft carriers of woott, nolt and Jheepe forth of the Realme. T IS Statute and ordained, thatnawooll, meepenornolt,betranfportedin£«£/W, under the paine ■ ofefcheitting, not onelie of the faidewooll, fcheepe, and nolt, quhilk fallbefundpaiTandto^/W: Bot alfwa of the haill moveabill guddes, of the aftuall tranfporters , and als the Merchandes cauffers & prin* cipall doers of the faid tranfporting, Albeit fum laitelie they caufe the fame bee done be puir folkes , the ane halfe of die faidis efcheittes to apperteine to the apprehender of the faids guddes and woll, in-cafe he may fuf- ficiendie verifie and try the fame, and die uther halfe to our Soveraine Lord, and to be intrometted with be the .wairdane keiper, SchirefFe, Stewart, orBaillie, quha fall be comptable to hisMajeftie for the fame; Andfurder, the faidis offenders, fall be puniflied in their perfones , be warding, for the fpace of fex Mo- nedis, And utherwayes at his Hienefle pleafure ; Like as our faid Soveraine Lord , lies ftatute & ordained, that it'fall be leafum to ony SchirefFe, Wairdane, keeper, oronyutherBarronneorOfficiar, havand the Thefaurers power and direction ; To ftaie and arreift, take and apprehend the faids perfones and guddes , & to prefent them before the Wardane, Schireffe, Steward, Baillie or keeper ; or bring them to Edinburgh , to be prefented to the Juftice, or his deputes : and to underlie the Law , for the faid oftenfe. Quhilk being tryed, die offenders fall tine their haill moveable guddes, to be divided as faid is: and als fall be pumihed m their perfones , as is abone written , at the Kingis pleafure , to the terrour of uthers ; And thejfamin penal- ities, to be extended againftquhat-fum-ever perfones within this Realme, that fall fell ony Nolt &Scheepe, to quhat-fum-ever Engli/h-mzn. or uther, ather abydand within the boundes of England , or that tramcquis within this Realme ; 'it being tryed that the perfon byar of the fame guddes, fellis or tranfporns the lame in England : And our Soveraine Lord , with advife of the faidis Eftaites , annullis all licences granted or to be granted hereof; And ordainis, that the penalitie of this Adt, fall ftrike againft the tranfgrefloures there- I of: NotwUhftanding the faid licences purchased or to be purchafled. Xx 3 *?°- 2k"