54-3 C. 8, Anno vicefimo feptimo Georgii II. A. D. 1754. ' iW/VW/'yl'JC, ? T> E it remembered. That on the _ Day of - in the Year-ofhis ' toivit. 5 J3 Majefty's Reign, yf. £. was conviflred before me (or us) ofhisMajc%'s ' Jufticcs of the Peace for the faid County of or for the Riding (or Divifion) of the ' faid County of or for the City, Liberty or Town of in the faid County ' of (as the Ca!c fliall be) of purloining, embtzilling, fecreting, felling, pawning, ex- ' changing, or unlawfully difpofing of, or of buying, receiving or taking to pawn (as the Cafe fhuU hap- ' pen to b'e) ' {{'ptcify'ing the refpeiStive Goods, Materials or tftecfts) the Property of C D. of ' in the County of ' Given under my Hand and Seal (or our Hands and Seals) ' the Day and Year aforefaid.' net to be 10- Which faid Form and Conviction (ball not be liable to be removed by Certiorari into his Majeflry's Court niovtd by Cer- of King's Bench; and the laid Juflice or Juftices before whom fuch Conviction fhall be had, fhall caufc I'nd'w be tianf ^^ far.ie, drawn up in the Form aforefaid, to be fairly written upon Parchment, and tranfmitted to the mitted to ti'iT ' next General or Quarter-Seffions of the_ Peace, to be held for the County, Riding, Divifion, City, next Quarter- Xown or Liberty wherein fuch Conviction was had, to be filed and kept amongft the Records of the Siiiioiis^ &c. flud General or Quarter-SelTions ; and in cafe any Perfon or Perfons fo convift.d fhall appeal from the Judgment of the faid Juftice or Juftices to the faid General or Quarter-Seffion, the Juilices in fuch (je- neral or Qiiarter-Seffions are hereby required upon receiving the faid Con'iction, drawn up in the Form aforefaid, to proceed to the Hearing and Determination of the Matter of the faid Appeal, according to the Directions of this Act ; any Law or Ufage to the contrary notv/ithftanding. Juftice upon V. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforeiaid, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for Complaint on jjny One Juftice of the Peace of any County, Riding, Divifion, City, Liberty, Town or Place, and he ?'^'w*°.-"f" ^ hereby required, upon Complaint to him made upon Oath of any Offence committed againft this Aft sDiueliendi"? °' within the fame County, Riding, Divifion, City, Liberty, Town or Place, to iffue his Warrant for any Offender, apprehending and bringing before him, or before any other Juftice or Juftices of the Peace of the fame County, Riding, Divifion, City, Liberty, Town or Plaee,_the Perfon or Perfons charged with fuch and to hear ap.d Ofl-'ence ; and the Juftice or Juftices before whom fuch Perlbn or Perfons fhall be brought, is and are determine tile hereby authorized and required to hear and determine the Matter of every fuch Complaint, and to proceed Matter, j^ Conviilioa and Judgment thereupon, CAP. VIII. An Ad for improving and enlarging the Harbour of Leilh, and to impower the Truflees therein mentioned to purchafe Lands for that Purpofe ; and for erefling Docks and other Conveniencies on the Sides thereof. P R, 'HE RE AS the Harbour oi Leith, lying in the Frith o^ Forth, in that Part of Gre.it Britain called Scotland, is too fmall, and not convenient for the Reception of Shipping: And whereas the en- ' larging and deepening the faid Harbour, and the eredling Conveniencies for building, rep.-iring, loading, ' unloading and laying up of Ships and Vefl'els, and the building convenient Warehoufes, Wharfs and ' Quays adjoining thereto, for the more commodious loading, unloading and Reception of Goods, would ' be of great life not only to the City of Edinburgh, but to the Publick in general, h}' increafing Tr.ide ^ and Navigation, and advancing the Revenue of his Majcfty's Cuftoms : And whereas the Lord Provoft,. ' Magiftrates and Town Council of ^f-Z/Vi^z^r^A, being fenfible of the Advantages that will arife to that '■ City, and to the Publick in general, by carrying the faid Works into Execution, have agreed to contri-- ' bute the Sum of two thoufand Pounds Sterling for completing the fame; and divers other Perfons are- '.willing to contribute a further Sum for that Purpofe; but that it is not poffible effectually to carry the " faid Works into Execution without the Authority of Parliament;' May it therefore pleafe your Alajcfty,. that it may b^e enacted, ^c. Heretors and Merchants appointed Commifiioners. Seven impowered to aft. Other Freeholders to be- chofen in the Room of fuch as fhall die, ^'c. and fo of the Merchants, feff. Heretors and Merchants negleiSting to fill up Vacancies, the acting CommiiEoners to ele(5t. CommiiTioners impowered to demo- lifli the old Bridge, and erect a Draw-bridge, &'/:. No Goods to be landed or fliipped but at fuch Places- as purfuant to 6 Ann. c. 26. Spaces for publick Qiiays to be referved on each Side of the River. The Manfe and Garden of the Minifter, &c. oi Nvrth Leith not to be damaged. Accounts, Uc^ to be openi to Lifpedion of any Member, Isc. At the Expiration of this A;5t, the Books to be delivered to the. Town Council., City of £'rf7,vZ'z//-|-/j impovvered to contribute 20CO 1. Comraiiuoners to receive other Subicriptions. Purchafes after the Expiration of this A61, the fame to veft in -.he Provoft, Magiftrates. and Council of the City. The Rights and Privileges of the prefent Harbour,^'(:. to extend to the new Additions. The City to exercife the fame Jirifdldtion over the new, as over the prefent Karbour, £?V. fo as not to interfere with the Powers gra;ited to the CommiiTioners. Proprietors refufing or difabled to make a Sale of Grounds, the Commillioners to appoint the Valuation to be fettled by a Jury, which is to be paid within 30 Days, and the Piemiircs to be converted to veft in the Commilfioners, is'c. and Deeds thereof to be granted upon the Certificate of eight of the Jury, ^c. The Minifter and Kirk Seffion, and Pleretors of North Leith, impowered to difpofe of their Property in fuch Ground as fliall be neccfiary to be taken into the Works ; the Money to be applied in Purchafe of other Grounds. Continuance of this ASt to the third Tuefday in June J7S9-> fo f ■ r as relates to the making of Purchafes^ and iji other Matters to u Dec. 1770, ^cJ" CAP.
