A. D. 176T. Anno fecundo Georgii III. C. 17. '609 ' o^ Scotland^ and to be fubjciled to theExpences attending the fame, as required by Law in Lands
- holden of the Crowii ;' lie it therefore enacted by the King's moll Excellent Majelly, by and v/ith
the Advice and Conffnt of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Par- Jiiment airembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That it fnall and maybe lawful to his Majefty, The King miy Empower his Heirs and Succeffors, to authorize and impower the Commiffioners and Truftees for managing ^'""'"^'®"^" ^""^ Tf"- the faid Eftates, named or to be named by his Maielty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, in purfuance of the ?'" ""fTf ^1'"! "? .r.1 -J • rt r • ' t ' r^ • ■ Tt r a r "' lorfeited Eftates, to Act above recited, to receive Keiignations, and grant neu' Charters contaming Precepts or o.-y/^^, receive Re/^gnations and and aifo to grant all other Charters, Precepts oi Clare Conjiat^ and other Writings whatfoever, necef- grant new charters, &c. fary or competent for compleating the Titles of the forefaid Vafi'als, their Heirs, and fingular Suc.-^<^o"^plea':in;rhe^aics cefibrs, in their Lands and other Heretages refpeitively, to be holden Feu or Blench of his Majefty,°^ theVafl:dsj his Heirs and Succeflbrs, in the fmeWay and Manner as the faid Lands and Heretages are now holden, or niay be holden, of his Majefty ; and which Charters, Precepts of i'r//?/;^', and Precepts of and the Charters, &c. fo Clare Con flat ^ to be granted by fuch Comimifiioners and Truftees, are hereby declared to be as valid^""^^.'l^'^'^ ^^^'^^^'^^'^ '* and efredtual to the faid VafTals, their Heirs, and fingular Succeflbrs, for compleating their Infeoft- ^ ^^ * » ments in their Lands and Heretages aforefaid, as if the faid Infeoffments had proceeded upon Char- ters and Precepts under the Seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be kept in Scotland^ in place of the Great Seal, or upon Precepts from Chancery; any Thing in the Law and Pradice of Scotland to the contrary notwichftandin »2: IL And be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That all fuch Charters, Precepts of Serjlne^ and ^^^ are to be entered on 'Precepts o( Clare Cofi,^at, to be granted by the faid Commifiioners and Truftees, fhall, before Deli- ^^'f'^' ^["'^l^eJivcry very thereof to the Vaflals, be duly entered and recorded in a Book to be kept for that Purpofe ; and'° * '* Vaflals, that the faid Vaflals fhall be liable to pay, and be chargeable with the fame Compofltions for their ^o^re to pay the ufual Entries, as are in uk to be paid in theCourtof Excbequtr by his Majefty's otherVaflals, to be applied ^°'^P°'°"^' by the faid CommiHioners and Truftees for the fame Ufes and Purpofss as the other Rents, Profits, (to be applied to the and Cafuakies of the faid annexed Eftates, and fliall further be liable to pay to the Writer, Agent, Purpofes of the Trull) or other Officers of the faid Commiffioners and Truftees, employed in expeding the aforefaid Titles, and moderate Fees for luch moderate Fees as the faid Commiflioners and Truftees fhall afcertain, by a Table to be made by^'^P'-^ding theTnies. them for that Purpofe. IIL Provided always. That it fnall and may be competent to the Vaflals of the faid Eftates, their T'ie"v;'Is'nY make Heirs, and fingular Succeflbrs, or any of them, if they fliall think fit, to make up their Titles to "f J^-^'^,'" 7 ^" 1 • I- (-> ■ T I I r» /- 1 ^1 r> 1 1 <^ (^ 1 • i_ /• cepts from the Cnancery, their rrlpedtive Lands, by rreccpts from the Lhancery^ or Charters under the Ureat bcal,
the lame or charters under the
Way and Manner as is competent to the other Vaflals of the Crown j and that fuch Titles only, and Gnrit Seal ; no orirer, fhal] be deemed and taken to be a Freehold Qiiulification, and to intitle the Vaflals of the which tluil be deemed i faid Eftates to be inrolicd amongft the Freeholders, and to vote in the Eledion of a Member to <crve^_^^-.';^°!^|^^"^'^';['^^^^^^^^^ in Parliament for the County, Shire, or Stewartry where their Lands liej any Thing in this Adt to j,, ^j^g ^Jg^^^oj^ of j^^nj. the contrary notwithftanding. _ b:rs. ' IV. And whereas by the A61 of the twenty-fifih Year of his late Majefty, in part above recited, ciaufe in Aft 25 Geo. 2. ' it is provided, That no Perf.-n fiiall be capable of taking or enjoying, dire£tly or indiredtly, any^^. 4i' ' Lands or Tenements, other than Mines and Fifliings, by virtue of any Leafe orLeafes to be granted
- by the faid Commiffioners of greater annual Rent than twenty Founds at theutmoft : And whereas
- the Reafon for excepting Mines and Fifliings from the above Provifoe, does equally apply to Woods The Commiflloners and
- and Mills;' Be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That it fliall and maybe lawful to the Com-Jj™^
miffioners and Truftees namiCd, or to be named, by his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, for ma-jviins, with theMilJa naging the faid Eftates, to grant Leafes of Woods and of Mills, with the Milln Lands ufuallylet with Lands ofuaiiy let there- the fame, for fuch yearly Rent as can be obtained for the fame, though exceeding twenty Pounds ^th, though the Rent Sterling ; any Thing in the faid Aft to the contrary notwithftanding. "'"^ -° ^- ^^ ^""• ' V. And whereas by an A6t made in the firft Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled, y//; Recital ofClaufes in Aft
- A£l for enabling his Majr/ly to raije the Sum of one million for the Ufes and Purpofes therein meniiojied ; ^ ^'^'^' J" '^' ^'
' a-nd for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Sejfion of Parliament ; and for exempting any ' Annuities or Sums of Money granted or to be granted to the Royal Family^ from Payment of Taxes ; certain
- Aids or Supplies granted tojiis Majefty, are thereby appropriated for and towards the feveral Ufes
' and Purpofes therein exprelled ; and particularly it is thereby enacSled, That out of all or any of the
- Aids or Supplies therein mentioned, there fhall and muy be iffued and applied any Sum or Sums of
- Money not exceeding thirty-eight thoufand five hundred and fifty-three Pounds twelve Shillings
- and one Penny and three Fourths of a Fenny, upon Account, for paying and difcharging the Debts
' and Wadfet Sums, with the neceflary Expences attending the Payment of the fame, claimed and_ ' fuftained upon th^ Lands and Eftate which became forfeited to the Crown by the Attainder of
- Si?noP late Lord Lovat^ or fo much of the faid Debts and Sums as fliall be remjaining unfatisfied,
- according to the feveral Decrees in that Behalf re!pe61ively made by the Lords of Sellion in Scot-
- land^ and purfuant to the KQt of the twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King
' George the Second above recited ; and for the better and more eafy Payment of the faid Debts and«"<^ '" ^^"^l^' ' Wadfett Sums, it is thereby cnaded. That it fliall and may be lawful for the Corhmiffioners of his*^' '^
- Majefty's Treafury, or any three or more of them, to iflTue, or caufe to be iilued, in fuch Propor-
- tions as they fliall think fit, to either or both of the Banks oi Scotland^ Tit Edinburgh, a Sum not
■* exceeding thirty-eight thoufand five hundred and fifty-three Pounds twelve Shillings and one Penny
- three Fourths of a Penny, to be applied in paying and difcharging the faid Debts and Sums, with
- the neceflary Expence attending the Payment of the fame ; a«d the feveral Creditors, whofe Ciaim.s
- have been fuftained upon the faid Lands and Eftates as aforefaid, are thereby direded and required
Voi. VIIL .4 1 'on eo. 2.
