Act, 28 December 1693, Edinburgh

Edinburgh the Twentie day of June J^aj vj^c nyntie thrie years

D1693/6/16

D1693/6/16¹

Act

Act For Revalueing of the shyre of Cromartie.

The Lords of their Majesties privy Councill Haveing Considered ane act and Remitt of the estates of parliament Remitting to their Lordships to consider the petition insert in the said act Craveing a Rectificatione or revaluatione of the former valuationes within the shyre of Cromartie They heirby Allow all the heritors of the said shyre duely qualified by takeing the oath of alledgance and assurance to meet at […] and reveiw the former valuationes of the said shyre and to rectifie and revalue not only for themselves bot for the haill heritors concerned as they shall find cause, And the saids Lords Doe heirby Nominat and Appoint Mr Kenneth Mckenzie of Cromartie to be conveener of the above heritors and valuators with power to him to appoint the first dyet of their meetting, And to the saids heritors and valuators to Choise their oun precess and to meet at such dyets and places as they themselves shall appoint and incaice they faill to meet at the said dyet and place which shall be appointed by them Then the saids Lords authorizes the said Kenneth Mckenzie to appoint other dyet or place And to call and conveen the saids heritors and valuators to meet theron, And authorizes and Impowers the Saids valuators to call all parties haveing intrest and to take all maner of probation by witnesses wryt or oath of partie as they shall find require And to exped the said revaluatione and all dilligence and to setle and give out rolls therof subscryved with their hands and their Clerk as the Just valuatione of the said shyre and rule of payment Accordingly in all time comeing, And that all Collectors of the supply, or of any other publict burdein payable out of the said shyre by valuation may exact and uplift the same by the forsaid new valuation and roll therof to be established as said is And when once established and no otherwayes Provyding allwayes the said valuators keep up the old totall of the said shyre and no wayes diminish the same in this new valuation or revaluation and appoints, And appoints² any five of the forsaid valuators to be quorum certifieing such as shall not Compeir to give their oathes when requyred they shall be holden as confest, And Declaires the forsaid roll of valuatione to stand good against them whither they Compeir or not, And authorizes the said valuators to appoint Committies of their oun number who shall make report to them one or two of the Commissioners to the parliament for the said shyre being allwayes of the saids Committies, And generally to doe all and everie thing Requisit and usuall in such caices. And the saids Lords Doe heirby Declare that all payments of Cess and other publict burdeins which shall be made medio tempore within the said shyre are to be conforme to the old valuatione untill this new valuatione or revaluatione be perfyted and Compleitted.