Act, 27 December 1694, Edinburgh

Edinburgh the twentie Eight day of Juny J^aj vj^c nyntie four years

D1694/6/15

D1694/6/15¹

Act

Act In Favors of the shire of Edinburgh

Anent a Petitione given in to the Lords of ther majesties privy Councill be the Commissioners of Supply and Justices of peace in the shire of Edinburgh Shewing That wher the petitioners have made in ther care to see to the reparation and upholding of the bridges and Cassyes within the shire Conforme to the trust Committed to them But the repair about the City of Edinburgh being So great the high wayes and bridges needs frequent repairatione and requyres more Expences then can be affoorded, and unles the saids Lords hade allowed a small pettie custome of six penies on ilk loaded Cart and two penies on ilk Loaded horss passing throw the high wayes Which the petitioners have Imployed upon repairatione therof. The highwayes hade been altogither unpassible, notwithstanding that ther was severall soumes laid on of Consent with the Cess of the shyre for the helping of the high wayes and bridges, and the forsaid Custome being to expyre in Jully nixt, The petitioners after a full meeting did think it ther dutie to make ther address to the saids Lords to continue the said small Custome of six penies and two penies respective on loads and Carts passing the highwayes To the end the samen with the bridges may be repaired and keeped in good caice by the litle thing that it produces, Which is but small and insignificant Espeally seing that ther is no other way but the said Custome and the vaccant stipends have being denyed by the saids Lords albeit the petitioners have applyed for that effect upon the act of parliament anno J^aj vj^c Eightie five And Therfore humbly Craveing the saids Lords to Continue the forsaid pettie Custome and grant ane act therfore in the petitioners favors for the space of seven years or so many years as the saids Lords thinks fitt and which shall be Carefully manadged and Imployed by the petitioners for the end forsaid as the said petitione at more length bears Which petition being read in presence of the saids Lords upon the twentie one day of June instant They allowed the magistrats of Edinburgh and others concerned to see and answer the same, and in the mean time Recomended to a Comittie of their oun number To Call for and meet with the petitioners and the magistrats of Edinburgh and to take tryall what part of the high wayes about Edinburgh doe belong to the shire and what to the toune, and to redd marches betwixt the shire and toune as to the bounds to be repaired by each partie Conforme wherto the Committie haveing accordingly mett and haveing Called for the heritors and the toune They Returned their report in the termes Following viz That the Committie haveing heard the Commissioners of supply and the magistrats of Edinburgh anent the marches of the high wayes to be repaired be either partie They of Consent of both parties Finds that as to the wayes beyond the west port, The shire is to repair what is be west the Bryriebank Which is the way leading for wrights houses to the way leading to the Colt bridge which Is the only way in difference betwixt the parties all the otherwayes being all ready adjusted betwixt them And that all the wayes leading to the toune of Edinburgh Is to be repaired by the product of the pettie Custome of these wayes in the first place, And the supperplus of these Customes if any be Is to be Imployed for repairing the rest of the highwayes and bridges within the shire And It is Farder the oppinion of the Committie That the Custome petitioned for be Continued for seven year or such other space as the Lords of privy Councill shall think fitt, Comenceing from the first of Jully nixt, and in testimony of the Consent both of the shire and toune of Edinburgh The Lord Hatton as Impowered by the shire and baillie William Mainzies as Impowered by the toune have with the Comittie subscryved this report as the said Report subscryved by the Committie and alse by the Lord Hattoune and Baillie Meinzies at more length bears And the saids Lords haveing this day Considered the forsaid petition with the above report They heirby approve therof and appoynted the same to be ingrossed heirin And the saids Lords Continues the said Imposition of six pennies on ilk Loaded Cart, and two penies on ilk Loaded horss passing throw the above high wayes for the space of thrie years yet to runn Commenceing frae the first day of Jully nixt to be Imployed for the repaireing the said high wayes And Recomends to such of the Commissioners of supply within the shire of Edinburgh as are members of the privy Councill with the Earles of Linlithgow and Annandale added to them To Consider how the above Impositione has been Imployed as to bygones and to see the same Imployed as above appointed in time comeing.