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</FIGURE>ACT Anent Drovers.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE><HI>Septemb.</HI> 3. 1674.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_FOra&s;much, as the Lords of His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> Privy Council, incon&s;ideration of the frequent Thefts and Robberies committed by Drovers, or other Per&s;ons, imployed by them to drive Hor&s;es and Kine from the High-lands for &s;ale; did by an Act of the <HI>9th</HI> of <HI>March,</HI> 1671. or|dain the &s;aids Drovers to have Certificats and Pa&s;&s;es, that they are Per&s;ons of good behavi|our: and will be an&s;werable to the Laws; under the hand either of the Sheriff of the Shire, Stewart of the Stewartry, Lord or Baily of the Regality, or Magi|&s;trats of Burghs Royal, or any two Ju&s;tices of Peace. Notwith&s;tan|ding <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 letters">eof, the &s;aids Drovers, without any regard of the &s;aid Act, trav<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">rough the Countrey with divers Vagabounds and loo&s;e Per&s;ons <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">panies, who in their going or returning, commit &s;everal <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ules. Therefore, the &s;aids Lords, do hereby ordain the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> Dro<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 letters"> to have Pa&s;&s;es from the Sheriffs, and others fore&s;aids, con|taining <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">eir Na<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> and all the&s;e in their Company, for whom they are to be an<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">able <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">charging them to travel without the &s;ame: Ordain|ing hereby all Sheriffs, Stewarts, Bailies of Regalities, and others in A <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> to apprehend and impri&s;on any Drovers who &s;hall travel with|o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">a&s;&s;es, containing the Names of their Servants and others imploy|ed <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> them; Ay and while they find Caution, that the&s;e Per&s;ons &s;hall <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> no Theft, Robberies, or other Crimes contrary to the Laws: And that they &s;hall pre&s;ent them to Ju&s;tice, as they &s;hall be called. And <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> the&s;e pre&s;ents to be printed and publi&s;hed: That all Per&s;ons con|cern<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">g may have notice thereof.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Al. Gib&s;on</HI> Cl. S^t^i^. Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>EDINBURGH,</HI> Printed by <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty.</P>
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