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<OPENER><DATELINE>Air &s;s.</DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD> At a Quarter-Se&s;sion, held at <HI>Air,</HI> <DATE>the 5^t^h day of <HI>February,</HI> 1657.</DATE></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">By his Highne&s;s OLIVER Lord Protector his Ju&s;tices, a&s;signed to keep the Pub|lick-Peace in the Shire of <HI>Air.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_HIS Highne&s;&s;e Ju&s;tices of Peace for the &s;aid Shire, in the pur&s;uance of the Tru&s;t repo&s;ed in them, and for remedy of &s;everal abu&s;es, not formerly rectified, have ordered as followeth:
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<ITEM>I. That the Con&s;tables in their re&s;pective Towns and Pari&s;hes within the &s;aid Shire, &s;hall call for two or three be&s;t knowing and skilful men, in the di&s;cerning of the &s;ufficiency and in&s;ufficiency of Meal, Malt, Fle&s;hes, and Shoes, And to &s;urvey and &s;ight the &s;ame each Mercat-day in time of Mercat, or any other day and place of the &s;elling of the fore&s;aid Commodities; and if any in&s;ufficient Goods be found, to bring the &s;eller thereof before the neare&s;t Ju&s;tice of Peace, to be puni&s;hed as the &s;aid Ju&s;tice &s;hall think fit.</ITEM>
<ITEM>II. That no Veals be killed or &s;old under fifteen dayes old; And if any be found to contravene this Order, the Con&s;tables are autho|rized to bring the killers and &s;ellers thereof before the neare&s;t Ju&s;tice of Peace, to be puni&s;hed in manner fore&s;aid.</ITEM>
<ITEM>III. That the Con&s;tables in their re&s;pective Towns and Paris;hes, with the Surveyors or Vi&s;iters afore&s;aid, are to take notice and make diligent &s;earch of all in&s;ufficient Ale and Beer that is vended and &s;old, and to bring the venders and &s;ellers thereof before the neare&s;t Ju&s;tice of Peace, to be puni&s;hed and fined at his di&s;cretion.</ITEM>
<ITEM>IV. That no White-bread be &s;old by the Bakers and &s;ellers thereof, above twelve penies Scots, at twelve ounces weight, it being good and &s;ufficient Bread, of good and &s;ufficient flower, which is to be &s;urveyed and &s;ighted in manner afore&s;aid; And if it be found above the &s;aid price, or under the &s;aid weight, or made of in&s;ufficient flower, that they &s;hall be convened and puni&s;hed in manner fore&s;aid.</ITEM>
<ITEM>V. That no in&s;ufficient Shoes, made of in&s;ufficient Leather, be &s;old, which is to be &s;urveyed in manner fore&s;aid; And if it be found otherwayes, that the makers and &s;ellers thereof are to be convened and puni&s;hed as &s;aid is.</ITEM>
<ITEM>VI. That all &s;orts of Mea&s;ures and Weights made u&s;e of by Merchants, &s;ellers and buyers, to be conform to the Act of Parliament, which is to be &s;ur|veyed and &s;ighted in manner fore&s;aid; And if found otherwayes, to bring the owners and havers of the &s;ame, before the neare&s;t Ju&s;tice of Peace, to be pu|ni&s;hed as he thinks fit: And in the mean time to take the wrong Mea&s;ures and Weights from them, and to di&s;po&s;e thereof at the &s;aid Ju&s;tice his order: Alwayes this being without prejudice of Mea&s;ures betwixt Ma&s;ters and Tennants for uplifting of their yearly Farms and Rents, as hath been formerly in u&s;e and wount.</ITEM>
<ITEM>VII. That no Smith take any more for working of each pound weight of Plow-Irons, or of any other rough work whereupon the File cometh not, but ten penies Scots, and no more: And the givers and takers of more to be puni&s;hed in manner fore&s;aid.</ITEM>
<ITEM>VIII. That the Weavers are to have for weaving each Ell of Harden or round Linen, under ten heers in the pound (being &s;ufficiently woven) but twelve penies Scots and no more, without bountieth. And for each heer of Yarn above ten heers in the pound, one peny Scots and no more: And the givers and takers of more to be puni&s;hed in manner fore&s;aid. As al&s;o, it is ordered, That the Weavers not only make good and &s;ufficient Cloath upon the re&s;pective prices afore&s;aid; but likewi&s;e that they work it timou&s;ly, and keep their Agreements with all per&s;ons. As al&s;o, That no Weaver refu&s;e to take in Webbs upon the prices here &s;et down, in contempt of the fore&s;aid Order: And who ever &s;hall be found to contravene the &s;ame, &s;hall be puni&s;hed in manner fore|&s;aid. And as for the price for weaving of Woollen-Cloath, Serges, Camlets, Floured-Stuffs, Coverings, and &s;uch like; together with the breadth of the fore&s;aid Linen-Cloath, is to be taken to con&s;ideration at the next Quarter-Se&s;&s;ion.</ITEM>
<ITEM>IX. That the Candle-makers, or &s;ellers thereof, take no more for each pound of good and &s;ufficient Candle, nor four &s;hillings Scots: And the givers and takers of more to be puni&s;hed in manner fore&s;aid.</ITEM>
<ITEM>X. VVhereas there is no particular price of Herds Fees &s;et down in the late printed Acts made anent Fees, &amp;c. Therefore it is ordered, that the Ju&s;tices in their &s;everal Divi&s;ions &s;hall have power to determine therein as they think ju&s;t.</ITEM>
<ITEM>XI. Ordered, That no VVomen be permitted to travel with Men through the Shire, under pretext of Marriage, without having a Certificate of their Marriage, and a Pa&s;&s;e from two or more of his Highne&s;&s;e Ju&s;tices of Peace.</ITEM>
<ITEM>XII. That no Men nor Women that are fit for &s;ervice, or have u&s;ed to &s;erve for Fees or Wages, be permitted to live alone in hou&s;es by them&s;elves, or in the family of others not in actual &s;ervice with them, in any place of this Shire; but that they be cau&s;ed to &s;erve for the Fees that are appointed; and if they refu&s;e, to be puni&s;hed as afore&s;aid.</ITEM>
<ITEM>XIII. That the per&s;ons fore&s;aids, called for by the Con&s;tables to be a&s;&s;i&s;ting to them in &s;urveying the whole particulars above-mentioned, are to make faith for their faithful di&s;charge of their Tru&s;t, as Surveyors or Vi&s;iters, before the neare&s;t Ju&s;tice of Peace in that Divi&s;ion; And if any of them refu&s;e to accept of the Office in manner fore&s;aid, the Con&s;tables are to bring them before the neare&s;t Ju&s;tice of Peace, to be fined and puni&s;hed at his di&s;cretion.</ITEM>
<ITEM>XIV. Whereas there are many &s;trange, &s;trong, &s;turdy and idle Beggars, whereof &s;ome are lame Souldiers, others Vagabonds and idle per&s;ons; as coun|terfeit Aegyptians, and &s;uch like, &s;till haunting and begging within this Shire; through which &s;everal Thefts and Robberies are committed, notwith&s;tanding of &s;everal Acts of Parliament made to the contrary: It is therefore ordered, That all &s;uch per&s;ons &s;hall forthwith be apprehended, and brought before the neare&s;t Ju&s;tice of Peace, to be puni&s;hed conform to the Act of Parliament made there-anent.</ITEM>
<ITEM>XV. Whereas there are &s;everal poor Orphans that have no livelihood, as al&s;o many indigent weak and aged per&s;ons begging through the Shire, not con|fining them&s;elves to their re&s;pective Pari&s;hes where they were born, or have cohabited, contrary to the Act of Parliament made there-anent; It is therefore ordered, That all &s;uch per&s;ons &s;hall forthwith return to their &s;aid re&s;pective Pari&s;hes, and there give up their names to the Con&s;tables, and others autho|rized for that effect within the &s;aid Pari&s;h; And the names &s;o given up, are to be brought in to the Clerk of the Peace betwixt and the next Quarter-Se&s;&s;ion held after the publication hereof, to the effect &s;ome regular cour&s;e may be taken for their maintenance in all time coming; And in the mean time ordains the re&s;pective Pari&s;hes to maintain their re&s;pective Poor until that be done; And if any faile or neglect to give up their names, as &s;aid is, they &s;hall be holden as &s;trangers and vagabonds, and extruded the Shire.</ITEM>
<ITEM>XVI. That if any Pari&s;h wherein any Theft or Robbery is committed, do not an&s;wer the <HI>Hue and Cry</HI> rai&s;ed upon the committing thereof, and follow the Con&s;table in the pur&s;uit till he return, &s;uch Pari&s;h &s;hall be liable for payment of the Goods and Geir robbed and &s;tolen, or &s;o much thereof as the &s;aids Ju&s;tices &s;hall find cau&s;e for.</ITEM>
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<P><HI>ORdered, That the &s;everal Articles concerning the particulars above-mentioned, be forthwith Printed, and Pub|li&s;hed at the Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es, and respective Pari&s;hes within the &s;aid Shire. The &s;everal Con&s;tables of each Town and Pari&s;h are hereby ordered to &s;ee the &s;ame done accordingly.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Mr. WILLIAM CALDWELL, Cl. of the Peace.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> Printed by <HI>Chri&s;topher Higgins,</HI> in <HI>Hart&s;-Clo&s;e,</HI> over again&s;t the <HI>Trone-Church,</HI> 1657.</P>
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