Warrant, 21 December 1699, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh The Fourteenth day of September J^aj v^ic nynty nyne

A1699/9/15

A1699/9/15¹

Procedure

Recomendation To the Lord Advocate To draw a proclamation For building of Correction houses

A Proclamation of Councill anent Correction houses For the poor past upon the Thretty First of march J^aj v^ic nynty nyne, but never published because not Filled up as was Recomended to the Lord Advocate To doe, Being Read this day, The Councill Recomends to the Lord Advocate To draw a new proclamation appointing Correction houses to be built, By the Towns and Burghs of Edinburgh, Aberden Perth, Glasgow, Stirling, Air, Dumfreis, Dundee, Inverness and Montrose, Betwixt and the […] day of […] next, and ordaining all vagrant Beggers to repair to the places of their birth, or to the places wherin they have hade their Residence, For this last Three years bygone, And appointing the Sheriffs of Shires and Stewarts of Stewartries To meet with and call together att the meeting of the Shire att Michaelmess next, the Commissioners of Supply within their Bounds, and To see this proclamation putt to punctuall Execution and appointes the Sheriffs and Stewarts in their Respective Bounds To Return their Report to the Councill off their diligence in this matter and that betwixt and the first of December next, under the penalty of […] And ordaines The Three last² Proclamationes of Councill anent the poor, To be Reprinted with this Proclamatione.