Act, 27 December 1694, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the Fourteenth day of June J^aj vi^c nyntie four years

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Act

Act anent Deficient in Insufficient men in the present Levys

Forasmuchas by the seventh act of the fourth session of this Currant parliament The Estates therof For themselves and in name and behalfe of their Majesties good subjects uithin this kingdome Did Cheerfullie offer to their Majesties a present Levy of Tuo Thousand nyne hundreth and seventy nyne men To be Levyed off the severall shires and Burghs of this Kingdome effeiring to the proportions and numbers sett doune in the act J^aj vi^c sixtie thrie And particularly exprest in the forsaid act of this Current parliament And their Majesties uith Consent of parliament Did authorize and Impoure the Lords of privie Counsell to Give such orders in this matter as they should find necessar In pursuance wherof albeit by the severall proclamations of Councell The particular quotas of every shire were appointed to be made readie and Delyvered to the officers appointed for receaving therof at Certain places and upon prefixed dayes particularly expressed in the saids proclamations yet the saids Lords of privie Councell are Informed by the Collonells and other officers who are to Command the regiments that ther are Many of the quota’s in sundrie shires not yet fullie outreicked nor delyvered to them And severall men of the said quota’s who have been delyvered rejected and sent back as Insufficient and unfitt for their majesties service For remeid wherof The Lords of their Majesties privie Councell Conforme to the pouer Granted to them by the forsaid act of this Current parliament Doe heirby authorize and ordaine Letters to be direct by the Clerks of privie Counsell under the signet therof att the Instance of Sir James Ogilvie their Majesties Sollicitor Charging the severall Clerks of supplie of the respective shires and burghs uithin this Kingdome to Give up and delyver true full and faithfull Lists of all deficients uithin their respective bounds Bearing the names and designations of the persons Lyable to putt out the said deficient men in the said List subscribed by their hand And if need beis to Conveen the Commissioners for making up therof And to delyver the saids Lists soe subscribed to any messenger whom the saids Clerks or Commissioners shall think fitt to Imploy uithin three dayes nixt after the charge given to them for that effect which messengers are also authorized and ordained to Charge the saids severall Heretors and others to be Contained in the saids Lists To furnish and poutt out good and sufficient Fencible men fitt and able to bear arms wherin they are deficient by the saids Lists And to present and delyver them at the sight of the magistrats of the place to any Commander of any party of their majesties forces nixt adjacent To be Convoyed by them to Collonell Robert Mckay and Collonell Douglas according to the divisione and orders contained in former proclamations And that uithin ten dayes nixt after they be charged for that effect As also that Letters of Horning be direct in manner forsaid to be execute by messengers to be Imployed by the Clerks or Commissioners of Supplie as above For Charging the severall Heretors and others Lyable for men in place of these who have been rejected as Insufficient Conforme to the particular Lists given in by the severall² officers and presented in Councell and Act of Councell follouing therupon of the tuenty fourth of Apryle Last aither to furnish and Delyver good and sufficient men In place of these which have been rejected as Insufficient to the severall officers In manner forsaid To be Conducted In manner above mentioned or otheruise to Give in and delyver recepts if they any have of the saids men rejected as insufficient to be Contained in their Charge under the hand of some officers appointed to receave the Levys bearing the recept therof And that uithin […] dayes nixt after they be charged for that effect And which Letters are ordained to bear a warrand to Charge the saids severall Clerks of supplie to Give ane Certificat under their hands to the party of their getting the severall recepts produced to them And to transmitt the saids principall recepts to the Clerks of privie Councell uithin […] dayes nixt after receaving therof And the severall Charges to be under the paine of rebellione