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<HEAD>At the <HI>General-Se&s;sions</HI> of the PEACE, held at St. <HI>John&s;tone</HI> the fir&s;t Tue&s;day of <HI>May,</HI> 1656. By his Highne&s;&s;e the Lord Protectors JUSTICES of PEACE for PERTH-SHIRE.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Ju&s;tices of his Highne&s;&s;e Peace for the &s;aid Shire, in pur&s;uance of that Tru&s;t repo&s;ed in them for on carrying, pre&s;erving and main|taining the Peace there, do judge it their duty to make the Acts and Re&s;olutions of this and the former Se&s;&s;ions known to all the Shire, that &s;uch as tran&s;gre&s;&s;e, and commonly plead ignorance, may be inexcu&s;able. And becau&s;e provoking Sins undetected and puni&s;hed will undoubtedly prove a continual trouble of our Peace. Therefore it is Ordained,</P>
<P>That the Clerks of the Kirk-Se&s;&s;ions of ilk Paroch within the Shire, in all time coming, a&s;well as &s;ince the fir&s;t of <HI>January,</HI> 1651. give a true Extract to the Clerk of the Peace, of the Names of all Per&s;ons in the Paroch convict of Bla&s;phemy, Ince&s;t, Adultery, For|nication, Swearing or Cur&s;ing, Breach of the Sabbath, Reproaching or mocking of Piety, Drunkenne&s;&s;e, Tipling or &s;uch like Crimes, That every Tran&s;gre&s;&s;or &s;ince that time, who hath not been cen&s;ured conform to the In&s;tructions by the Judicatories competent, may be puni&s;hed, and &s;uch wickedne&s;&s;e; &s;uppre&s;t and cru&s;ht for the future.</P>
<P>That the Over&s;eers (who are to be the mo&s;t pious and under&s;tanding men in the Paroch) and Con&s;tables, give up to the Clerk of the Peace a Li&s;t of every Alehou&s;e-keeper who &s;ell Ale or Strong waters, &amp;c. at unlawful times, or who keep not good order in their hou&s;es, or who harbour or entertain lewd, profane, or idle men or women, &s;turdy Beggars, Tinkers, Gam&s;ters, or ma&s;terle&s;s people; that all &s;uch Ale-&s;ellers, &amp;c. may be puni&s;hed as the cau&s;e requires.</P>
<P>That all per&s;ons who are not in pre&s;ent &s;ervice with a Ma&s;ter, or who are not Land-labourers, or who have not a Trade, Calling, or Revenue to maintain them; be reputed Vagabonds, and their Names &s;ent by the Over&s;eers and Con&s;tables in ilk Paroch, to the next Ju&s;tice, or to the Clerk of the Peace, that they may be pre&s;ently puni&s;hed as &s;uch.</P>
<P>That no Hou&s;ekeeper what&s;oever, recept, harbour, give or &s;end entertainment to any Vagabond, Thief, <HI>Gyp&s;ie,</HI> unknown and &s;u&s;pect per&s;on, under the pains and penalties contained in the Acts of Parliament anent Re&s;etters.</P>
<P>That if any Paroch wherein a Robbery is committed, do not an&s;wer the <HI>Hue and Cry</HI> rai&s;ed on committing thereof, and follow the Con&s;table on the pur&s;uit till he return, &s;uch Paroch &s;hall be liable in payment of the Robbery.</P>
<P>That all Over&s;eers take &s;trict care not only to put all &s;uch Beggars or poor people who belong not to the Paroch, and want a &s;ufficient Pa&s;&s;e or Te&s;timonial out of the Paroch, But al&s;o to keep all &s;uch out, by &s;ending &s;uch as return, to Pri&s;on; and pre&s;enting tho&s;e who either harbour or give them any enter|tainment, that they may be puni&s;hed therefore.</P>
<P>That no per&s;on make any Linnen-Cloath to &s;ell under an Ell in breadth, if the price of the Ell be above ten &s;hillings; And under three quarters in breadth, if the price of the Ell be under ten &s;hillings: And that no per&s;on bleitch any Linnen with Lime, under the pain of forfeiting all the Cloath of le&s;&s;e breadth, or &s;o bleitch't: The one half whereof to any who after Mid&s;ummer 1656. di&s;covers the &s;ame.</P>
<P>That no per&s;on take Salmond, or their Fry, with an Angle-wand in another mans Waters, without the owners leave, under &s;ix pound Scots ilk fault.</P>
<P>That as the General-Se&s;&s;ions for the Peace are to be kept the fir&s;t Tue&s;dayes of <HI>February, May, Augu&s;t,</HI> and the la&s;t Tue&s;day of <HI>October</HI> yearly; So, &s;pecial Se&s;&s;ions are to be kept in ilk Sub-divi&s;ion of the Shire, The fir&s;t Tue&s;dayes of <HI>March, June, September</HI> and <HI>December</HI> yearly, where all differences betwixt Ma&s;ters and Servants, and &s;uch other things as may be judged out of the General-Se&s;&s;ions will be determined; And every Ma&s;ter who re&s;ts any Fee to his Servant, will at the General Se&s;&s;ions be compelled to pay the &s;ame, if the Servant &s;ue therefore.</P>
<P>That during the &s;car&s;ity of Money and cheapne&s;&s;e of Victual, no per&s;on give or take more Fee or Wages then what is after-&s;pecified, To wit, A common able Man-&s;ervant, nine Merks Scots termly, with a pair of double-&s;oal'd Shoes, two Ells of Scots Grays, and three Ell of Hardin, as his Bounteth; or in &s;tead therof, one pound four &s;hillings for the &s;hoes, one pound four &s;hillings for the Hardin, and one pound &s;ixteen &s;hilling for the Grays.</P>
<P>A common able Lad-&s;ervant, four Merk and a half termly, with the like Bounteth, or Money proportionably therefore.</P>
<P>A common able Woman-&s;ervant, four Merk and a half termly, with a pair of double-&s;oal'd Shoes, three ell of Plaiding, three ell of Hardin, and one ell of Linnen, as her Bounteth; or in &s;tead thereof one pound for her Shoes, one pound &s;even &s;hillings for the Plaiding, one pound four &s;hillings for the Harden, and twelve &s;hillings for the Linnen.</P>
<P>A common able La&s;&s;e-&s;ervant is to have two Merk and fourty penies termly, with the like Bounteth, or Money proportionably therefore.</P>
<P>The Harve&s;t-fee of the able Man &s;hearer is not to exceed &s;ix pound, or &s;ix &s;hillings ilk dayes work: And the able Woman-&s;hearer four pound, or four &s;hil|lings for ilk dayes work.</P>
<P>That all Servants give their Ma&s;ters a quarters warning before their removal; And that no Servant pane out of, or come in to any Paroch, without a Te&s;timonial under the Mini&s;ter and Over&s;eers hands of the Paroch where they la&s;t dwelt, under the pain of being puni&s;hed as Vagabonds, be&s;ides fining their Re&s;etters.</P>
<P>That no Servant leave his Ma&s;ter at the <HI>Whit&s;undayes</HI> Term, if his Ma&s;ter be willing to keep him till the <HI>Mertima&s;&s;e</HI> following upon the former Terms conditions, unle&s;&s;e &s;uch Servant &s;how lawful cau&s;e for his departure, to &s;ome unintere&s;ted Ju&s;tice in that Divi&s;ion where he dwelleth.</P>
<P>Shomakers are not to exceed two &s;hillings &s;ix penies the Inch of mea&s;ure for the pair of double-&s;ol'd Shoes from eight Inches upward; And two &s;hil|lings the Inch from eight Inches downward: And for the pair of &s;ingle-&s;oal'd Shoes, one &s;hilling &s;ix penies the Inch above eight Inches of mea&s;ure; and one &s;hilling four penies the Inch from eight Inches downward: Providing alwayes the Leather be well tann'd, and the Shoes &s;ufficient Mercat ware.</P>
<P>Weavers are to weave ilk Ell of Linnen, for one peny half-peny out of ilk twelvepence that the Ell of green Linnen is worth: Plaiding for an half-peny the Ell, with a peck of Meal to the &s;tone: Grays and Secking for twelve penies the Ell: Tycking and Dornock Napery for two &s;hillings the Ell; And Dornock Table-Cloath for four &s;hillings the Ell.</P>
<P>Wackers are to take for the ell of Ho&s;en, one &s;hilling four penies only: And for ilk ell of Grays or Plaiding, four penies the ell only, and no more.</P>
<P>Ma&s;ons, Slaters, and Wrights, are not to exceed a Merk Scots without, and half a Merk with meat, for the dayes work, from <HI>March</HI> fir&s;t to <HI>October</HI> fir&s;t; And thereafter to abate in their dayes Hire proportionably, except they work with Candle-light.</P>
<P>Taylors and Shoe-makers are not to exceed four &s;hillings a day and their meat, when they work abroad for daily hire.</P>
<P>Malt-makers are not to take above one peck of Malt for making the Boll of Beer in Malt.</P>
<P>Makers of Peny-Bridals are not to exceed eight &s;hillings a-piece for the ordinary of ilk Man and ilk Woman, at Dinner or Supper.</P>
<P>That as thir Rates, Fees and Prices, &amp;c. are not intended in the prejudice of tho&s;e Ma&s;ters who u&s;ually hire their Servants, and have their Work wrought cheaper; &s;o all other per&s;ons are to conform them&s;elves to the fore&s;aid Prices, under the pain of paying a Terms Fee, or ten dayes Hire, the one half to the Di&s;coverer, and the other half to Pri&s;oners and the Poor in the Paroch.</P>
<P>That the Con&s;tables at ilk general Se&s;&s;ions faithfully pre&s;ent all Contraveeners of any of the above-written Acts; All Fore&s;tallers or Regraters; All keep|ers of, or &s;ellers with fal&s;e Weights, Mets or Mea&s;ures; And all other Mi&s;demeanors that &s;hall come to their knowledge betwixt the Se&s;&s;ions.</P>
<P>That whatever per&s;on a&s;&s;i&s;ts not the Paroch-Con&s;tables in executing their Offices; And whatever Con&s;table, Over&s;eer, or other per&s;on a&s;&s;i&s;ts not, and gives obedience to the High-Con&s;table of ilk of their Sub-divi&s;ions, in the execution of any Orders of Se&s;&s;ion directed to him, &s;hall be impri&s;oned and fined as the Ju&s;tices think fit.</P>
<P>That all Over&s;eers give notice to the next Ju&s;tice in that Divi&s;ion where he dwelleth, before the fir&s;t of <HI>June</HI> yearly, of &s;uch Highwayes or Bridges within the Paroch as are out of repair, or fit to be made, that the &s;ame may be mended and made that &s;ummer, as the &s;pecial Se&s;&s;ions the fir&s;t Tue&s;day of <HI>June</HI> &s;hall direct, under the pain of &s;ix pound Scots for ilk failye.</P>
<P>That any per&s;on who &s;hall inform again&s;t the Breakers of any of the above-written Acts, and make it appear that the per&s;on or per&s;ons informed again&s;t, are guilty, &s;hall be &s;ufficiently rewarded for ilk Di&s;covery: And if it be made appear that any Con&s;table or Over&s;eer &s;hall connive at, or compound with any Tran&s;gre&s;&s;or of the fore&s;aid Acts, &s;uch Con&s;tables and Over&s;eers &s;hall be forthwith impri&s;oned, and fined, as the Ju&s;tices think meet.</P>
<P>That as the Dues of the Clerk of the Peace here, are not to exceed tho&s;e of the Clerks of the Peace of <HI>Mid-lowthian</HI> and <HI>Fi&s;e-&s;hires:</HI> So the Dues of the Ju&s;tices Clerks here are only: For all the Recognizances written in one Action, twelve &s;hillings Scots, payable by the party &s;uccumber: For all Warrants or Summons to compear anent one Action, &s;ix &s;hillings only, payable by the party afore&s;aid: For writing ilk Witne&s;&s;es Depo&s;ition, two &s;hillings, payable by the party afore&s;aid: For every Ab&s;olvitor before a particular Ju&s;tice, &s;ix &s;hillings: And for every Mittimus, eight &s;hillings Scots.</P>
<P>That Corre&s;pondence be kept with our neighbour Shires, for the joynt oncarrying of the Work of the Peace, and puni&s;hing all Contraveeners of the Acts and Ordinances made in any of the &s;aid Shires.</P>
<P>That the Con&s;tables cau&s;e read thir Pre&s;ents at every Paroch Kirk in the Shire, after the fir&s;t Sermon; and thereafter affix and &s;et up the &s;ame on the mo&s;t patent Door thereof.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Extracted out of the Regi&s;ters for the Peace of</HI> Perth-&s;hire. By ROBERT ANDREWS, <HI>Clerk of the Peace.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> Printed by <HI>Christopher Higgins,</HI> in <HI>Hart&s;</HI>-Clo&s;e, over again&s;t the Trone-Church, 1656.</P>
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