At Edinburgh thursday\[660\] 13th December 1694
A1694/12/24
A1694/12/241
Act
Act for poynding the deficients in the Levie
The Lords of their majesties privy Councill Doe Hereby ordaine their majesties sollicitor To transmitt to the shiriffs of the shyres and stuearts of the stueartries within this Kingdome or their Deputs or Clerks such lists of the deficients of the new levie as have come to his hands and when noe lists shall be sent by the Sollicitor ordains the said shirriffs and stuearts and their deputs and Clarks of Supply to make up full and exact lists of the said deficients and to transmitt doubles thereof to their Majesties Sollicitor within fyfteen dayes after this act shall come to their hands and als ordains the respective shiriffs stuearts of stueartries and Baillies of Bailliaries within this Kingdome and their deputs within the said space of fyfteen dayes after this act comes to their Hands To exact and uplift from the persons lyable in putting out any men of the new levy and who Have not put out these men before the first day of November Last The penalty of two Hundred merks wherein evry such persone is lyable conforme to the proclamation and Instruments theranent and the said Lords doe Hereby Authorize and warrand the said shirriffs stuearts Baillies of Bailliaries and their Deputs either to call a partie of their Majesties forces, from any Commander within the shyre stueartrie or Bailliarie And ordains the said Commanders To fournish parties to them for poynding of the persones failziers and deficient as said is before the said first day of November last or otherwayes to make use of their owne officers for that end and Declairs That the persones deficient as said is are to be poynded in maner prescryved by the act of parliament Jaj vjc sexty and nyne anent the militia and the expences of the poynding is to be exacted from them accordinglie and the said Lords doe hereby Ordaine the said shirriffs stuearts and Baillies and their Deputs To pay or cause pay in the penalties to be exacted and uplifted by them To the Collector of supply within the shyre and ordaines the Collector To transmitt the one Half of these penalties to the general receiver of their majesties Croune rents to be applyed towards the geographicall maps of the Kingdome and the other Half to be disposed of by the Commissioners of the shyre for the publict uses within the same (2The said Collector retaining alwayes the tuentyeth pennie for his pains With Certificatione to the said shirriffs stuearts Baillies and their Deputs Clerks and Collectors of Supply respective who shall failzie in dischargeing any part of their duety specified in this act they shall be lyable for the penalties of these deficients whom they should have listed and poynded and whose penalties they should have Collected and transmitted as above appoynted and that letters of Horneing shall be direct for chargeing them for payment thereof simpliciter. And ordaines thir presents to be printed And appoynts their majesties Sollicitor To send printed Coppies of the same to the said shirriffs stuearts Baillies or their Deputs or Clerks with all convenient dilligence
1. NRS, PC1/50, 72-3.
2. Closing bracket missing.
1. NRS, PC1/50, 72-3.
2. Closing bracket missing.