4© C. 30-32. Anno tertio Georgii II. A. D. 1730. c a p. xxx. An Ac"b to put an end to certain Difputes touching Orders and Decrees made in the Concerning Chan- Court of Chancery. eery refer to 18 Ed. 3. St.$. < XT7HEREAS divers Queftions and Difputes have arifen touching the Authority of the Mafter , E R *. c't. ' W of the Rolls in the High Court of Chancery,' For putting an end to all Difputes concern- 15 11. 6.' c. '4.' ing the fame, be it enacted by the King's mod Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Con- es' i5#.8.r.8. f em - of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this prefent Parliament affembled, and f if Car. l S 'st 1. by the Authority of the fame, That all Orders and Decrees made by trie prefent Mafter of the Rolls mt printed] ' ' or any of his Predeceffors, or hereafter to be made by the faid Mafter of the Rolls, or any of his 1 w. & m. Succeffors, except Orders and Decrees of fuch Nature or Kind as, according to the Courfe of the lAn'rt. c'.i&Vm. f^d Court, ought only to be made by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper or Lords Commiffioners of jzbe'o.'i. 'c.z the Great Seal for the Time being, fhall be deemed and taken to be valid Orders and Decrees of a P' rtn the f a 'd Court of Chancery, fubject neverthelefs to be difcharged, reverfed or altered by the Lord creefmadeby " Chancellor, Lord Keeper or Lords Commiffioners of the Great Seal for the Time being, and fo as no the Mafter of fuch Orders or Decrees be inrolled till the fame are figned by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper or the Roils valid. Lords Commiffioners of the Great Seal. Exception. See farther, 5 Geo, 2. c. 25. 12 Geo, 2. c, 24, 23 Geo, z. c, 25. C A P. XXXI. An Act for the Admiffion and Regulation of Brokers within the City of BriJlol. P R. •*' No Perfon to act as a Broker in Brijlol till licenfed by the Mayor, csV. To enter into Obligation " with Sureties. Brokers Names to be affixed on the Tholfel, &c. Acting as a Broker before Ad- " mittance forfeits ioo/. Brokers to enter all Contracts in a Book; and to wear a Medal of Silver, <£ Not to deal for themfelves in Exchange, 5£& " € A P. XXXII. An Ac~b for enabling the Judges of the Court of Seffion in .Scotland, to make an Adjourn- ment of the faid Court; and for limiting the Time for the Execution of Sentences im- porting Corporal Punifhments in that Part of the Kingdom. e TT7HEREAS the continued Sittings of the Court of Seffion in Scotland from the firft Day of
- W November to the laft Day of February yearly, without any Recefs, has been found inconve-
- nient and burthenfome,' Be it therefore enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with
the Advice and Content of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parlia- The Judges of ment affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That it fhall and may be lawful for the Judges of the Court of the faid Court of Seffion in Scotland, and they are hereby impowered to make an Adjournment of their Sefiion may Seffions on fuch Day, betwixt the fifteenth Day of December and the fifteenth Day of "January yearlv, 'lournment be"- an d for fuch Time as they fhall judge moft convenient, not exceeding the Space of ten Days; any WeenDec. 15, Law, Statute or Ufage to the contrary notwithftanding. and Jan. 15. .« II. And whereas by an Act paffed in the eleventh Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King •' George the Firft, intituled, An Acl for the more effeclual difarming the Highlands in that Part of Great ' Britain called Scotland, and for the better fecuring the Peace and ^uiet of that Part of the Kingdom, it ' is enacted, That from and after the firft Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-five,
- no Sentence or Judgment of any Civil Magiftrate of Court of Judicature, importing a Capital or Cor-
' poral Punifhment, if pronounced in Edinburgh or any other Part of Scotland, to the Southward of the ' Firth or River of Forth, fhould (for the Reafons in the faid Claufe mentioned) be put in Execution ' .within lefs than thirty Days after the Date of fuch Sentence; and if pronounced in any Place to the •' Northward of the faid Firth or River of Forth, fhould be put in Execution in lefs than forty Days after the Date of fuch Sentence : And whereas the Maintenance and fecuring in Gaols all Criminals ■' convicted and adjudged to fuffer any Corporal Punifhment, for fo many Days after Judgment given, c hath been found burthenfome to Burghs, and others his Majefty's Subjects, and a Difcouragement to Time limited ' t * ie apprehending and punifhing Offenders,' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That for Execution of from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and thirty, it fhall and may .Sentences im- be lawful to and for all the faid Magiftrates and Courts of Judicature to put in execution any Judg- Puniflm)ent°lefs ment or Sentence, importing any Corporal Punifhment lefs than Death or Difmembring, if given or pro- chan Death. nounced in any Part of Scotland to the Southward of the Firth or River of Forth, after the elapfing of eight Days, and if given or pronounced in any other Place, to the Northward of the faid Firth or River of Forth, after the elapfing of twelve Days, from and after the Date of fuch Judgment or Sentence refpectively. Court of Tufti- ^- Provided always, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Judges of the Court of Ju- ciary may ftay fticiary or any of them, who are hereby feverally authorized and required upon Application made, execution of an( j a re^fonable Caufe Shewn to him or them, by any Perfon or Perfons, who fhall find themfelves aninferiorCourt a gg r ' eve ^ hy any fuch Sentence or Judgment, given or pronounced by any Court of Regality, or o:her 30 Days. inferior Civil Magiftrate or Court of Judicature, to ftay all Execution of fuch Judgment or Sentence, for S the
