FIFTENTH "PARLIAMENT. XIX. of "December. i S97 . 357 That the partie quha prefentis the famin letter to be regiftred : take inftrumentes of die faide refufal, and pre- fent the famin letter thereafter to the nixt Schireffe , Stewarde, or Baillie, or to the Gierke of Regifter, and his deputes, to be depute be him : To the effect the famin may be regiftred in the buikes of Councell : Quhilk regiftration , fall be als fufrkient , as gif the famin letters were regiftred in the Schireffe , Stewarde, or Baillies buikes , quhair the faidis perfones dwellis. %66. It is not leafum to fay Deare , Raes, Hares, wilde-fonles , or "Domes. OUR SOVERAINE LORDE, and Eftaiies of this prefent Parliament , ratifies , apprievis, and confirmis the acles , lawes , and conftitutiones , maid be his Hienefle , and his Predecefibures of vvorthie memorie of before, againft the fchutting and flaying of Deare , Raes, Hares, wilde-foules, and Dow es , with hagbuttes , hand-gunnes , Croce-bowes , and Piftolettes , and taking of them with girnes and nettes : And ordainis the fame to be put to dew execution in all time hereafter , with this addition, that it fall be leafum to everie Schireffe, Steward, Baillie, andBarronne, within his awinboundes, to flay all lying dog;jes , quhilkis the fowlers ufis , for flauchter of the faid wilde-fowles , and tak and apprehend the faidis Fowlers themfelves , andputtheminftockes, and deteine them therein , forthefpaceof48.houreSi as oft als they be apprehended. 267. Auld uulawes , ar valued and amplified. OUR SOVERAINE LORDE, and Efiaites forefaidis : Confidderand the great contempt done be the maift part of the Lieges of this Realm , quha ar charged to pas upon affifes , or to do ony uther thing upon fmall pecunial paines of un-lawes: Quhilkis paines be fa fmall, that they refpecF not the famin, bot difobeyis our Soveraine Lordis authoritie : Therefore it is ftatute and ordained, be our Soveraine Lord i and the three Eftaites , that quhcn-ioever ony perfon contraveenis ony Law , ftatute, or acre of Parliament*, maid ot before , conteinand ane fpecial pecunial paine and unlaw -. That he fall pay for ilk twelve pennies of unlaw of auld, ten ihillinges, of prefent current money of tliis Realme: Andforilktwentiefliillingesof auld , ten poundes of prefent money : And fwa foorth proportionate : And this ordinance to be underftand of pecunial paines and unlawes , conteined in the Lawes of this Realme , maid and conftitute before the firft day ot March, inthezeirofGod, i5"42. 268. Strang beggers , vagaboundes, and Egyptians Jiild be punijhed. OUR Soveraine Lorde , and Eftaites of Parliament, ratifies and apprievis the a&es of Parliament maid of before , againft ftrang and idle beggers , vagaboundes, and cJE^yptians, with this addition , That ftarKe beggers and their bairnes , bee imployed in commoun warkes : And their fervice mentioned in the acl of Parliament, inthezeirof GOD, anethoufand, five hundreth , feventie nine zeires , to bee prorogate, indunng their life-times : And in place of feveral commiifions in Landward to be granted be the King, for exe- cution Oi the faid act , the power thereof to be granted to die particular Seffion of the Kirk. O 269. The paines of Law-burromes fuld be fayed be him quha for his difobedience is denunced re be II: The cautioner may be per fe wed, or the principal I. UR SOVERAINE LORDE, and Fftaites of Parliament, ftatutis and ordainis, that the paines of contravention , fall be payed be the principal partie , that is charged to finde Law-burrowes* albeit hee paffe to the home , and finde not caution : And gif he finde caution , that baith he as principal, and als his cautioner, fall be fubjed to the payment thereof , at the option of the perfewer, as in alluthec pecunial obligations. 270. The paine of the generall bancle , is divided betuixt the King andthepartie. OUR SOVERAINE LORDE, and Eftaites of Parliament, ftatutis and ordainis, that the paines of contravention of die general bande, fall be divided betuixt the King and the partis, in all I time cumming. 271. The SchirejfeClerk.es , field bringtheir buikes to the Checker: They fuld be marked. OUR SOVERAINE LORD, and Eftaites of this prefent Parliament, finding that the fecuritie ofallbyeing and felling of landes, andofallefcheittes, depends upon the regiftration ofinhibitiones, interdiftiones , and horninges refpettive ; the credite quhairof allanerlie perteinis to the Schireffe Clerkes, quha lies bene oftimes improven before the Seffion: Therefore ftatutis and ordainis, that their buikes be marked be the Clerk of Regifter, in fik forme and maner , as udier Notares buikes : And that die authen- i ticke copies be reported zeirlie, to remaine in the Kingis Regifter, quhair-anent they lall be anfwerable
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