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 4 86 THE FIRST PARLIAMENT ihall give up their inventars of their annual-rents in their names, which if the faids Tutors and Curators failyie to do, the faids Minors Ihall incurre the like danger as others, and at their perfect age, ihall have a&ion of relief againft the faids Tutors and Curators for that caufe. AND incafe any perfon depart out of this Kingdom after the publication of this prefent act, the fame ihall no wayes excufe him from giving up an inventar of his annual-rents, and payment of the faid Taxation, and underlying of the danger contained in this prefent Act. But they who are prefently forth of this Kingdom, and mall not return before the terme of Whitfunday, in the year of God, one thoufand, fix hundred,thirty five , they Ihall not come under the danger of this Act until the terme of Marti nmafle thereafter, providing, that at that terme they give up their inventars, and pay their Taxation, as if they had been prefent within the Kingdom, before the forefaid terme of Martinmafle. AND for uplifting of the fame Taxation granted upon Annual-rents, and to the intent, his Majefties general Collector thereof, may know whom to crave and charge for the fame ; I T is ftatute and ordained, that within every Sheriffdome , Ste- wartry, Bailyerie , and Regality , where the Offices of Sheriffs, Stewarts , Bailiffs are heritable , and the Proveft and Bailiffs of Free Burrows, thefe heritable Officers and their deputes , for whom they ihall be holden to anfwer, and Proveft and Bailiffs of Free Burrows, ihall collect the faid Taxation, and make payment thereof to his Majefties Collector general of his faids Taxations. And where thefe Offices of Sheriffs, Stewarts, and Bailiffs, are not heritable but changeable ; The Clerks within the faids jurifdictions (having their Offices ad vitam ) ihall be collectors thereof. And in cafe the faids Clerks have not already found fufficient caution for difcharging of their Offices, they ihall be holden before they have any intromifjQon with the fame Taxation, or exercife their Office of Sheriff- Clerk, af- ter the forefaid Terme of Martinmafle, in the year of God, one thoufand, fix hundred, thirtie four years, to find fufficient Caution for that effect. AND where there are no heritable Officers nor Clerks (ha- ving their Offices ad vitam ) and have not found Caution in manner above written, the faid Colle- ctor general of his Majefties Taxation, and his Deputes in his name fufficiently authorized by him , and for whom he ihall be holden to anfwer, And whofe name he ihall caufe publiih at the Market-crofs of the head Burgh of that Jurifdiction, where there is no heritable Officers nor Clerks ( ad vitam) that his Majefties Lieges may know to whom they ihall make payment, ihall collect and uplift the fame Taxation; which payment being made, the receaver thereof ihall be oblieged to deliver to the payer thereof an acquittance upon the Receipt of the fame, gratis, without paying any money forth© fame. I T I S likewife provided, that the Fees of the Collectors and Receavers of the fame Taxation of annual- rents, ihall be, like-as hereby they are remitted to the difcretion and arbitriment of the Lords of his Majefties Privy Council, to be iet down and aggreed upon by them. AND the faids fi- liates hereby defcerne and declare, that all Burgefles and Freemen within Burgh, albeit they be taxed in the ordinary Taxation abovewritten, with their Neighbours , conform to the order prefcribed for collecting of the burrows part of the faid ordinary Taxation ; yet the fame fliall no wayes liberate nor free them from payment of the faid extraordinary Taxation, according to the proportion of the fixteenth penny of their annual- rents, but ihall be lyable in payment thereof, as others his Majefties Lieges are. ATT OUR the faids Eftates annull, and difcharge all priviledges, and immunities whatfoever , where- by any perfon may think themfelves free of payment of any part ot tins prefent extrasrdinary Taxation, die priviledges and immunities granted to the ordinary Lords of Seffion, with the annual-rents due to be payed toColledges, Schools, and Hofpitals, or mortified for fuftentation and upholding of Kirks and Bridges, with the annual rent that might be claimed of poor people, whofe ftock exceeds not the fumme of five hundreth Merks Scots, only excepted. ACT II. Anent the Collecting and Infringing oftlje Taxation, aitd relief e to 'Prelates. N THE PARLIAMENT Holden at Edinburgh upon the twenty eight day of June, the year of God, 1633. The three Eftates of the faid Parliament being aflembled, having taken to their confe- deration the many bleflings which this nation doth enjoy under his Majefties moft wife, happy, and peace- able government, whereof each Eftate is moft fenfible , his Majefties royal zeale for propagating the Gof- pel of Jefus Chrift, his care for providing fufficient maintenance for the Clergy, his extraordinary p'aines taken for uniting the disjoynted members of this Common- wealth, and extirping of all roots of difcords, relieving the opprefled, and with fo eaven and fatherly a hand, curing the wounds of this Common-wealth, as the wifeft eye can finde no blemifh in die temper of all his royal actions : And laft, the great comfort they have had by enjoying his Majefties royal prefence, paines taken , and expences dis buried by his Ma- jefty in this his Majefties journey : with a moft thankful acknowledgement, are moft earneftly and humbly to intreat his facred Majefty, to accept of diis their voluntary offer of one Taxation ordinary to be impofed, collected, and payed to his gracious Majefty in manner, and at the termes following: That is to fay, The fumme of thirty iliillings money at the Feaft and Terme of Martin- mafle. 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