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io8 C. 20 — 2 2, Anno vicelimo primo Georgii II. >A, D. 174S. ^ CmcMini Vin. Provided always, and be it enacSed, That in fuch Cafes where the Teftimony of Witneffes fliall Pannelmnyin- ]ig|; pc reduced iiito Writing, the Counfel on both Sides, and the Pannel, may interrogate the WitntiTts to-r.'fute the ^^ ^^^^ upon pcrtincHt and legal Qiiftioiis ; and that immediately before the Aflize or Jury fliall bein- Jud5ee I'um vp clofed, the Evidcuce Ihali be fummoned up by the Judges, before whom ilich Trial fliall be had, or one of tlifiEvideiue. them. His M.ijeftv's IX. .' d it is hereby further enacted. That the feveral Forts erected or hereafter to be erei5i:ed by his Fori:< ikclarcd Majelly, his Hciis <ir Succclfors, within the laid Shires of Dind'artaia, Ste't-tirj^, Perth, Kiiun'-dint; Mcrrlrer, lawful p.iioBs. Invrrihj's, Nairn, Comartle, Argyll, Forfar, Bainjf, Sutherland, C-.iithmfs, Elgine and Rc/s, and the Shire or Stewartry of Orhhy, or any of them, fliall be, and they are hereby declared to be lawful Prifons, for the TheOffiersto Com.mitment and fafe Cuilody of Offenders ; and the feveral and refpeflive Officers, commanding for the rorcive, .tc. time being in any fuch Fort or Forts, are hereby impowered and required to obey and execute all legal Or- Pnioncrscnrn- Jers and XVarrants, that &all be to them direfled for the receiving and detaining, or releafme and libera- nitted by War- . r> ,- t-> ,- ■ i i ■ /^i /-• n i i i /->• -i ^ /r ^.t rant from the '^'^S ^"Y '"-'"'fon or Fcrlons committed to their Charge or Cuftody by the Civil Magiltrate. Magiftrate. X. And it is hereby further enabled, That no Sheriff Depute or Stewart Dei)ute, or Subftitute to any Regulations re- Sheriff Depute or Stewart Depute, of any County, Shire or Stewartiy in Scotland, after the twenty-fifth lating to Sheriffs Day of Dt-av.'.'/tT in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and forty-eight, fhall be Steward, aiid Stewarts Chamberlain or Commiffioner to any Subjeft whatfoever, or Collector of the Cefs, or fhall exercife or zck ^^"sub'rt "^ '■'^^ Employment, Service or Office of fuch Steward, Chamberlain, Commiffioner or Colleftor ; and if any fuch Sheriff Depute or Stewart Depute, or Subllitute to any Sheriff Depute or Stewart Depute, Ihall ac- cept or take upon him any fuch Employment, Service or Office, or exercife the fame, or adl therein, he fliall from thenceforth forfeit his Office or Employment of Sheriff Depute, Stewart Depute or Subflitute, and be ipfofaffo difabled to hold, enjoy or exercife the fame. Sheriffs and XL And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That no fuch Sheriff Depute or Stewart De- EteuMrts Depute p^j.^ ^^,,jj ^^ capable of being eleffeed, or of fitting or voting as a Member of the Houfe of Commons. i'ein^Membrrr ' -^^^- -^"'^ whereas his Majefty has thought lit, for the more eafy Adminiftration of Juftice, to ap- of Pjpiiameut, ' point one Sheriff Depute only for the Shires of Fife and Ri/ircfs, one only for the Shires of i'i'<7v'//7j- and ' Clachmanna:!, one only for the Shires of Argyll s.nA Bute, one only for the Shires of Elgin and Nairn, one P.efidenceof ' only for the Shires of 5/.'/.i-;7(7,*7/^ and Ci7;V/)«(y}, and one only for the Shires of ivs/'} and Cr^/Tz^r/iV ;' Beit Shenffs Dcfuie, e,-,;nfi;e[] |jy the Authority aforcfaidj That the Sheriff Deputes appointed for the faid Shires, fliall not be obliged to refide four Months in each of the faid Shires, but that their Refidence within the two Shires, confidered as one Di!tri(ft in that Refpeft,' fliall be deemed fufficient to all Intents and Purpofes.' till a nevr Divi- XIII. And be it further enacSed, That until a new Diitribiition and Divifion of the Circuits in Scotland fionof thcCir- fl-i;ill bc made, in purfuance of the Aft of the twentieth Year of his prefent Majelfy's Reign (intituled, cuits, according ' •— ~ •• .,>.«. t ^^ *ic^- -,-,._. .it-, .-^-, t^.. To 20 Geo. 2. c. 43. by the King' i Courts andyudges there; and for obliging all Pei'fons a£iing as Prscuratsrs, JFriters cr Agents in ThtTudgesap- ?/v' Z.t:o //J Scotland, to take the Oaths ; and for rendering the Union of the ivjo Kingdoms more complete) the pointed lor Judges appointed to hold the Circuit Courts at Dnmfreis v.ndjedht'.rgh, fliall likewife be appointed to hold D.arnficis an 1 the Circuit Court at y/.-V, v'hich fliall be,- and be deemed to be within the Limits of the Circuit, commonly Jotib.irgli (hall f.^^^ 'fj-,^ Southern Circuit, until iuch new Diviiion and Diftribution of the Circuits in ScoilandihAl be made aiiu hold r'le r /- ■ j Circmt Court- asavorefaid. : , , 81 Air. Tliis ^cl, fofjr asit rdaust! ibe ^ifarmhgihtlH'igHtisds ^f Si^t!j!.J, is revived aii^ amiiiisediy ^ids, 2, :, ;6. AnJ fe; si Gci, z, r. 4S. CAP. XX. An Act: for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Acl paff.d in the thirteenth Year of the R((!gn i^f his late Majeirv King George the Firlf, for repairing the feveral Roads leasling from Bir;/:i!:gha.-/i., tlirongli the Town of /.vwtytf.vrv, to a Place called High Eidht, and to Great Bridge ; arid from" thence to the ILivi of Gihhet Lane, ne.vt adjoining to the Townlhip of Bilfon; and from Great Bridge, through /)v//Vj> to King-Szuinjlrd, and to the further End of Brittel Lane, in the Counties of IFaitvick, Staffh'd &ai H'or- cejler. PR. The AiSl 13 Geo. i. e. 14. continued for 21 Years, G A P. XXL An Aft for erefl;ing:Workhoufes, for the better employing and maintaining the Poor within the Burgh of Bury Si:i;!t Ednuauh, in the County of Suffolk ; and for the better repairing and paving the Streets and Highways there. PR. • ■ . : . C A P. XXII. An A£l: for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an .A(fl paffed in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty Ring Gecrge the Firil, intituled. An Acl for repairing the Roads leading from the Toicn ef Bromfgrove /» the Toivn cf Dudley, in the County of VYorcefter, and from the faid 1 own of Biomfgrovc tj the Town of Birmingham, in the County of W.orwick ; fo far as the faid Aci relates to repairing the Roads leading from the Town of Birmingham io the Town of Bromfgrove, in the County of /f'irce/Ier ; and for making the fame more effeiifual. PR. . 1 . Thp Aft 13 Ceo. I. c. 15. continued for,?'t .Ypars, C A P.