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<HEAD>COMMISSION For Examining Witne&s;&s;es anent the Importation of <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Victual.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> <DATE>the 4th Day of <HI>February,</HI> 1696.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THE LORDS of His Maje&s;ties Privy Council Con&s;idering, That they by their former Commi&s;&s;ions granted by them to <HI>David Crawfurd</HI> of <HI>Drum&s;uie,</HI> and to his Deputs and Servants, and others to be appointed by him, for whom (by the Tenor of the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ions) he is to be an&s;werable, they have given full Power, Authority and Commi&s;&s;ion to &s;eize and apprehend all <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Victual imported into this Kingdom, within the Bounds &s;pecified in the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ions, and to Stave, Sink and De&s;troy the Victual, and to take the Boats, Barks and other Ve&s;&s;els wherein the &s;ame &s;hall be Imported, and di&s;po&s;e thereupon at their Plea&s;ure. And the &s;aids Lords being informed, that the &s;aid <HI>David Crawfurd</HI> of <HI>Drum&s;uie,</HI> and his Deputs, Servants and others Imployed by him, and for whom (conform to the Tenor of the Commi&s;&s;ions) he is an&s;werable as &s;aid is, have been remi&s;s and negligent in exerci&s;ing the Power committed to them by the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ions, and that he or his &s;aids Deputs and Servants, has (con|trair to the Tenor of the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ions, and Bonds given by him and his Cautioners at the granting thereof,) &s;uffered and permitted divers and &s;undry per&s;ons to Import <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Victual into this Kingdom, at lea&s;t have connived at the Importation thereof; Therefore, and to the effect the truth of this Matter may the better appear and be knowen, They hereby give full Power and Commi&s;&s;ion to the per&s;ons afternamed, and ilk ane of them, for their re&s;pective Places and Bounds after-&s;peci|fied, <HI>Viz.</HI> To the Magi&s;trats of <HI>Gla&s;gow</HI> for the Town of <HI>Gla&s;gow</HI> and Suburbs thereof. To the Magi&s;trats of <HI>Renfrew</HI> for the Town and Paroch of <HI>Renfrew.</HI> To the Magi&s;trats of <HI>Dumbartoun</HI> for the Town and Paroch of <HI>Dumbartoun.</HI> To the Baillie of the Regality of <HI>Lenox,  <GAP DESC="blank">  Noble</HI> of <HI>Ferme,</HI> and <HI>Claud Hamilton</HI> of <HI>Barns</HI> for the Paroches of <HI>Cardro&s;s</HI> and <HI>Kirkpatrick.</HI> To Sir <HI>John Campbell</HI> of <HI>Carick</HI> for the I&s;le of <HI>Ro&s;neath.</HI> To <HI>John M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">carter</HI> of <HI>Milntoun</HI> for the Paroch of <HI>Dinnoon.</HI> To the Sheriff-Deput of the Shire of <HI>Argile,</HI> and Magi&s;trats of the Burgh of <HI>Inverrary</HI> for the Town of <HI>Inverrary</HI> and places adjacent thereto. To <HI>John Campbell</HI> of <HI>Kildalin</HI> and the Baillies of <HI>Loch-head</HI> for the Town and adjacent Bounds of <HI>Kintyre.</HI> To Sir <HI>James Stuart</HI> Sheriff of <HI>B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">te,  <GAP DESC="blank">  Bannatine</HI> of <HI>Kaims</HI> and the Magi|&s;trats of <HI>Rothe&s;ay</HI> for the I&s;le of <HI>Bute.</HI> To the Duke of <HI>Hamilton</HI>'s Baillie of <HI>Arran</HI> for the I&s;le of <HI>Arran.</HI> To the Baillie of the Regality of <HI>Gla&s;gow</HI> for the Town and Pa|roch of <HI>Govan.</HI> To the Laird of <HI>Houstoun</HI> younger and the Town of <HI>Gla&s;gows</HI> Baillie at New-Port <HI>Gla&s;gow</HI> for the Town of <HI>Newark</HI> and Paroch of <HI>Kilmacomb.</HI> To the Lairds of <HI>Greenock</HI> and <HI>Crawfurdsburn</HI> for the Paroch of <HI>Greenock.</HI> To the Laird of <HI>Blackhall,</HI> the Laird of <HI>Kellie</HI> younger, and <HI>William Cunninghame</HI> Brother to <HI>Gil|bertfield</HI> for the Paroch of <HI>Innerkip.</HI> To the Lairds of <HI>Kelburn, Bi&s;hoptoun</HI> younger, <HI>Hunter&s;toun, Kellie</HI> elder, and <HI>Auchinnames</HI> for the Paroches of <HI>Largs</HI> and <HI>Cum|rayer.</HI> To the Lairds of <HI>Hunterstoun, A&s;limyard,</HI> and <HI>John Park</HI> of <HI>Littledub</HI> for the Bounds from the <HI>Largs</HI> to <HI>Kilwinning.</HI> To the Magi&s;trats of <HI>Irwine</HI> Sir <HI>William Cun|ninghame</HI> of <HI>Cunninghame-head,</HI> and the Baillie of <HI>Cunninghame</HI> for the Towns and Paroches of <HI>Irwine</HI> and <HI>Kilwinning.</HI> To the Lairds of <HI>Corsbie, Adamtoun</HI> younger, and <HI>William Baillie</HI> of <HI>Muncktoun</HI> for the Bounds from <HI>Irwine</HI> to <HI>Air.</HI> To the Magi&s;trats of <HI>Air William Cunnnghame</HI> of <HI>Brounhill,</HI> and <HI>William Mctaggart</HI> Merchants there for the Town and Paroch of <HI>Air.</HI> To <HI>James Ro&s;s</HI> of <HI>Garvan,</HI> and <HI>John Muir</HI> late Provo&s;t of <HI>Air,</HI> for the Bounds from <HI>Air</HI> to the Town of <HI>Girvan.</HI> To <HI>James Agnew</HI> younger of <HI>Lochnam</HI> and Mr. <HI>William Fullertoun</HI> from the Bounds from the <HI>Mule</HI> of <HI>Galloway to Ballantree.</HI> To the Magi&s;trats of <HI>Strenrawer</HI> for the Town of <HI>Strenrawer;</HI> To call before them and examine, and take the Declarations of all &s;uch per&s;ons living within the re&s;pective Bounds fore&s;aids, as they &s;hall think fit, and to interrogat them upon the Interrogators following, <HI>viz. Primo,</HI> If it con&s;i&s;ts with their knowledge, that <HI>Drum&s;uie</HI> or his Deputs did grant any Licences for importing Victual from <HI>Ireland,</HI> and if they did, that they declare what Compo&s;ition or good Deed he or his Deputs <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters"> take for the granting of the &s;aids Licences. <HI>Secundo,</HI> If <HI>Drum&s;uie</HI> or his Deputs did connive at, and know of the importing of Victual from <HI>Ireland,</HI> and if th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters"> did not Tran&s;act and Agree with the Per&s;ons who did import the &s;ame. <HI>Tertio,</HI> If they did not exact Sums of Money from the Boat-men, and Owners of t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters"> Boats, in which the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Victual was imported, and did deliver back the &s;aids Boats, and if they did not make Tran&s;actions of this Nature for the &s;ame Boat <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2+ letters">|ner than once. <HI>Quarto,</HI> If <HI>Drum&s;uie</HI> and his Deputs, or any of them did know where the Victual imported was, and did not make Sea&s;ure thereof. <HI>Quinto,</HI> T<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters"> they Declare in general what they know concerning the Exactions impo&s;ed by <HI>Drum&s;uie</HI> or his Deputs upon Merchants or others who did import the &s;aid <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> V<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters">|ual. <HI>Sexto,</HI> That they be &s;pecial as to the preci&s;e time, that is, That they conde&s;cend upon the Month and Year, Per&s;ons and Sums, and the Witne&s;&s;es who will prove the matter of Fact conde&s;cended upon. And <HI>La&s;tly,</HI> upon &s;uch other Interrogators as the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any of them &s;hall think fit, to propo&s;e to the per&s;ons who &s;hall appear before them anent <HI>Drum&s;uie</HI> and his Deputs, Servants and others imployed by him, their Malver&s;ation in &s;uffering the Importation of <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> or other Forraign Victual into this Kingdom by Collu&s;ion, or otherways, and what Exactions of Money by way of Compo&s;ition or otherways they have made upon any of His Maje&s;ties Liedges, upon pretence of their having Right to the Boats, Barks or Ve&s;&s;els imployed in importing the &s;aid Victual, or as Fines for the Cau&s;es fore&s;aids, or Tran&s;actions upon that account: <HI>With</HI> POWER to the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners to i&s;&s;ue furth Precepts for citing of the per&s;ons fore&s;aids within their re&s;pective Bounds above-&s;et down, to appear before them upon &s;uch days as they &s;hall appoint betwixt and the fifteenth day of <HI>March</HI> next to come; With Certification to the per&s;ons cited, that if they fail&yogh;ie to appear before the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, or compearing &s;hall refu&s;e to give Information, and declare what they know in the Matters fore&s;aids, that they &s;hall be called and conveened before the Lords of His Maje&s;ties Privy Council, and be puni&s;hed as Controveeners of the Laws and Acts of Parliament made again&s;t the importing of <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> or other Forraign Victual; With Power to the Commi&s;&s;ioners fore&s;aids within their re&s;pective Bounds above-&s;et-down, to put the Refu&s;ers under &s;ufficient Caution to appear before the &s;aids Lords of Privy Council, upon the fir&s;t <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> of the Month of <HI>April</HI> next; With Power likeways to the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners to Elect and Choi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">e their own Clerk within their re&s;pective Bounds, for whom they &s;hall be an&s;werable: And Appoints the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners their Clerk, to draw up the Examinations and Declarations of the per&s;ons fore&s;aids, within their re&s;pective Bounds authentickly in Write, and cau&s;e the Parties &s;ub&s;cribe the &s;ame, and tran&s;mit the &s;ame Sub&s;crived al&s;o by the Commi&s;&s;ioners, and their Clerk in their re&s;pective Bounds to the &s;aids Lords of Privy Council, betwixt and the fir&s;t <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> of <HI>April</HI> next to come. And the &s;aids Lords of privy Council do hereby Declare, that the Examinati|ons or Declarations to be emitted by the per&s;ons fore&s;aids, &s;hall no ways militat, nor be made u&s;e of again&s;t the &s;aids per&s;ons them&s;elves at any time coming: And al|lows thir Pre&s;ents to be Printed, and Appoints His Maje&s;ties Sollicitor to &s;end printed Copies thereof to the &s;everal Commi&s;&s;ioners therein-contained.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Extracted by me</HI> GILB. ELIOT. <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> Printed by the Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to His mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno DOM.</HI> 1696.</P>
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