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<P>THREE ACTS OF THE Committee of E&s;tates OF The Kingdom of <HI>Scotland; The fir&s;t,</HI> For providing Maintenance for the Soldiers to be kept up within that Kingdom; and for preventing their taking of Free-quarter.</P>
<P><HI>The &s;econd,</HI> For appointing a Sub-Committee for the managing the Affairs of the Trea&s;ury, Comptrolary, Col|lectory and Exchequer of that Kingdom.</P>
<P><HI>The third,</HI> For Summoning all tho&s;e who are acce&s;&s;ory to the late Engagement again&s;t <HI>England,</HI> to Compier before the E&s;tates of Parliament the fourth of <HI>January</HI> next, 1649.</P>
<P><HI>Edenburgh,</HI> Printed by <HI>Evan Tyler:</HI> and Reprinted at <HI>London</HI> by <HI>John Field,</HI> Novemb. 9. 1648.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>20 <HI>October,</HI> 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>THe Committee of E&s;tates con&s;idering how nece&s;&s;ary it is, that &s;ome orderly cour&s;e be taken how the Forces to be kept up within this Kingdom may be enter|tained by the publike, with as little burthen as may be to the Countrey; Have therefore thought fit, that a proportionable part of the mainte|nance due by the Shires, &s;hall be particularly a&s;signed to each Regiment or, Troop for their entertainment: And for that end, the Committee appoints the maintenance due out of the Shires of <GAP DESC="blank"> to be allowed for entertainment of the Regi|ment or Troop which &s;hould con&s;i&s;t of <GAP DESC="blank"> And to the effect that neither the Publike be pre|judged by paying more Soldiers then actually they have on foot, and that the Soldiers al&s;o want none of their due, The Committee Or|dains, That there be a Mu&s;ter of the &s;everal Re|giments and Troops, and upon atte&s;tation from
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the Mu&s;ter-Ma&s;ter of their particular numbers, that the General Commi&s;&s;ary and his Deputies, accordingly give out particular a&s;signations up|on &s;o much of the maintenance of the Shires a|fore&s;aid, as will fall due for their entertainment for the &s;pace of one moneth, and after the expi|ring of that time, the Mu&s;ter-Ma&s;ter &s;hall take new tryal of the number of the Soldiers; and the Collectors &s;hall al&s;o try whether they have lifted more nor was a&s;signed, and give atte&s;ta|tion thereof; upon report whereof, the General Commi&s;&s;ary is to renew Orders for their a&s;|&s;ignations, according to the number atte&s;ted, and where there is more lifted nor was a&s;sign|ed, he is to give a&s;signations for no more nor what &s;hall be found then due, the whole intro|mi&s;sion being compted: And the Committee al&s;o is to take cour&s;e for the ea&s;e and reparation of the Shires &s;o oppre&s;&s;ed and burthened; And the General Commi&s;&s;ary hath hereby power and direction to renew Orders for a&s;signations every moneth, from time to time in maner above expre&s;&s;ed, until he be di&s;charged by the Committee of E&s;tates: And to the end the Soldiers may be the more orderly paid, and the
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Countrey people kept from oppre&s;sion, the Committee appoints the maintenance a&s;signed to any Regiment or Troop, to be lifted up in maner after following, <HI>viz.</HI> That the Officer of the Regiment or Troop, &s;hall intimate this their A&s;signment received from the General Commi&s;&s;ary, unto the Committee of War in the Shire or Shires re&s;pectively, and unto the Collectors thereof, and de&s;ire them to advance in moneys, or give them &s;urety for the paying to them the fir&s;t fortnights pay, from the time of their entry &s;et down in their locality: And that the Committee of War by &s;ome of their number, or others, or by their Collectors, will give them Band for to advance unto them the fir&s;t day of every fortnight thereafter their fort|nights means, which if the Committee of War by them&s;elves, their Collectors or others binde for and perform, the Committee of E&s;tates doth ab&s;olutely di&s;charge any Officer or Soldier belonging to that Regiment or Troop, to take any Free quarter within that &s;hire, but &s;eeing they are orderly paid by the Shire, they &s;hall orderly pay for what&s;oever they take, with cer|tification, that if upon complaint verified to the
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Officers, he do not make reparation of the wrong, and condignly puni&s;h the Offender, the Officer &s;hall be ca&s;hiered with infamy, and be obliged to &s;atisfie the party: Like as the COMMITTEE Ordains the Officers of that Regiment or Troop having that locality, to furni&s;h what a&s;si&s;tance &s;hall be craved by the Committee of War, or by the&s;e who are bound for them, that they may exact what is due by any deficient for their relief, with allowance of Free quarter to the&s;e who are bound to this &s;er|vice, &s;o imployed by them upon the deficient his Lands until he be payed: But upon the other party, if the Committee of War in the Shires, after this intimation made by the Officers, &s;hall refu&s;e to give &s;urety, by them&s;elves or their Col|lectors, or by &s;ome others in this orderly way, to advance a fortnights means, from fortnight to fortnight, or if giving the &s;ecurity, they &s;hall fail in the performance: In the&s;e ca&s;es the Com|mittee of E&s;tates gives power and warrant to the Officers of that Regiment or Troop, for to appoint any of them&s;elves or any other they think fit, to lift up the maintenance due by the bonds a&s;signed to them, and for to have Free-quarter
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upon all &s;uch deficients as will not ad|vance unto them, or give them &s;urety for to pay duly their maintenance the fir&s;t day of every fortnight, until they get &s;atisfaction therein; but withal, ab&s;olutely di&s;chargeth them to trouble any, or Quarter upon any who thus advanceth or &s;ecureth to them what is their due, to be pay|ed at the beginning of every fortnight: And Ordains this to be publi&s;hed at the Market Cro&s;s of <HI>Edenburgh,</HI> and other places needful, and al&s;o to be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>THO: HENDERSON</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>Edenburgh,</HI> <DATE><HI>October</HI> 20. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>THe Committee of E&s;tates taking into their con&s;ideration, that by the late agreement at <HI>Edenburgh</HI> and <HI>Stirlin,</HI> and by their Acts of the 22. of <HI>Sep.</HI> and the fourth of <HI>October</HI> la&s;t, and by their engagement to the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> that all tho&s;e who have been acce&s;&s;ory to the late engagement, or who have joyned in Arms or Coun&s;el with the Earls of <HI>Crawford, Lanerick,
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George Monro,</HI> and were Abetters or A&s;si&s;ters to them, &s;hould forbear all exerci&s;e of their places or tru&s;t; and that the mo&s;t part of the Members of the Exchequer, or Officers belonging there|to, are notoriou&s;ly known to have been acce&s;&s;ory to the &s;aid Engagement, or hath joyned in Arms or Coun&s;el as is afore&s;aid; and con&s;idering that the Government of the Affairs of this Kingdom is now lying upon the Committee as it is now con&s;titute, con&s;i&s;ting of the&s;e who di&s;a&s;&s;ented from the Engagement, and how great and many prejudices thereunto will fall out, if in this in|terim they did not take care to &s;ee the Exchequer and the Kings revenues and cu&s;toms kept from confu&s;ion and dilapidation; And that the King be not defrauded of his revenues, ca&s;ualties, and cu&s;toms, nor the &s;ame perverted or imployed to wrong u&s;es, but for the good of the King and Kingdom. And withal, con&s;idering how nece&s;&s;a|ry it is that the Cu&s;toms be rightly &s;et, and that what further is nece&s;&s;ary to be done upon the tryal of the true condition of the Affairs of the Exchequer may be timou&s;ly gone about, There|fore the Committee appoints the Lord Chan|cellor, the Lord Marque&s;s of <HI>Argyle,</HI> the Earl
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of <HI>Ca&s;sils,</HI> the Lord <HI>Balmirinoth&punc;</HI> the Lord Burghly, the Lord Advocate, Lord <HI>To&s;es, Scot&s;craig, Lib|berton,</HI> the Provo&s;t of <HI>Edenburgh,</HI> Sir <HI>Iohn Smith, Robert Lochart, George Gairns,</HI> or any &s;even of them, there being one of every E&s;tate, as a Sub-Com|mittee, in their name to meet and u&s;e all po&s;si|ble means to &s;earch and try out the true condi|tion of the Affairs of the Trea&s;ury, Comtrolary, Collectory, and Exchequer, and thereby to learn what hath been gotten in &amp; received, and what hath been disbur&s;ed, and how, &amp; to whom, and for what. And likewi&s;e to know what was owing to the Exchequer on the fir&s;t day of <HI>September</HI> la&s;t, and by whom, And what is owing by the Exchequer, and to whom, and for what, That they may make ane full report of the true condition thereof, with their opinion anent the abu&s;es, and the be&s;t remedies thereof unto the Committee of E&s;tates, that they may take cour&s;e thereanent as they &s;hall &s;ee cau&s;e and ne|ce&s;sity to require. And to this effect the Com|mittee grants their full power and Commi&s;sion to the Sub-Committee afore&s;aid, or any &s;even of them, to call for, and peru&s;e the Records and Books, or Accompts belonging to the Ex|chequer,
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or any Officer thereof; as al&s;o to call and convene before them any Member or Of|ficer of the Exchequer, or any of their Clerks, Receivers, Cu&s;tomers or Collectors, and to call from them ane full Accompt and exact Declara|tion of their knowledge in any of the particulars afore&s;aid, or any other thing relating thereunto, and this under their Hand writ, with their offer to verifie the &s;ame by their Oath, if the Sub-Committee &s;hall finde it nece&s;&s;ary to re|quire the &s;ame; With power likewi&s;e to them to cite and convene before them, and to examine any other per&s;ons whom they &s;hall finde ne|ce&s;&s;ary to be convened and examined for the tryal of the particulars afore&s;aid: Like as the Committee gives them hereby full power and warrant to advi&s;e on the be&s;t way of &s;etting the Cu&s;toms at the be&s;t avail, and to report their opinion to the Committee, that the &s;ame may be timou&s;ly &s;etled; and to the end there may be no confu&s;ion of compts, nor anticipation of payment from them that are owing to the Ex|chequer, for &s;atisfying of Pen&s;ions or Precepts to evil affected per&s;ons in this interim, Therefore the Committee di&s;chargeth the Earl of <HI>Craford-Lind&s;ey,</HI>
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Sir <HI>Iames Carmichael,</HI> Sir <HI>William Lochart, A|dam Blair,</HI> or any other Officer or Receiver of the Exchequer from all intrometting with any of the Kings Rents or Cu&s;toms, &amp; from all giving out any warrants, precepts or payments there|anent, or holding of Exchequers, pa&s;sing of Signators, taking up of moneys from the Cu|&s;tomers, the King or Prince, their tenants or va&s;|&s;als, or any other way medling in the exerci&s;e of their places &s;ince the date of the Agreement at <HI>Edinburgh</HI> and <HI>Sterlin,</HI> unto the time that the Par|liament give warrant thereanent; during which time they are &s;u&s;pended from the exerci&s;e of their places: Like as the Committee di&s;chargeth all Sub-collectors and under Receivers, or any of the Kings Lieges to pay any of the Dues, or Rents, or Cu&s;toms, or Ca&s;ualties of the King into any of the afore&s;aid Officers, or unto any other per&s;on by vertue of their Precept, Warrant or Allowance. And withal, the Com|mittee doth hereby declare, That all Signators Precepts, Di&s;charges, Allowances, or other Warrants what&s;oever, that hath or &s;hall be granted by the per&s;ons afore&s;aid, and all pay|ments made unto them, or to any other by their
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warrant, by any of the Sub-collectors or o|ther Leiges what&s;oever &s;ince the date of the agreement afore&s;aid at <HI>Sterlin</HI> and <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> are null and of none effect either to the receiver or givers; &s;o that both they who have received them, &s;hall be lyable to refound the &s;ame, and the&s;e who have payed them, &s;hall be found lyable to pay the &s;ame over again to &s;uch as &s;hall have warrant from the Committe or Parliament, as al&s;o they &s;hall be lyable to what Cen&s;ure the Committee &s;hall think fit for their di&s;obedience of this publique Order; Like as the Commit|tee appoints the Cu&s;tomers, the Tenants of the Kings Propriety and Principality to come or &s;end to the Sub-committe at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> an Ac|compt of their condition with the Exchequer, and to make payment of what is due to &s;uch as the Committee or Parliament &s;hall appoint. And to the end none may pretend ignorance hereof, The Committee appoints this to be pro|claimed at the Market Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and other places needful, and to be publi&s;hed in Print.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Tho: Hender&s;on.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>27 <HI>October,</HI> 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>VVHereas it is the &s;pecial duty and priviledge of Parliament to &s;ettle and pre&s;erve the Government and Peace of the Kingdom, to keep the Judicatories thereof free from corruption, and pre&s;erve the Union betwixt the Kingdoms; and that the expe|diency and nece&s;&s;ity of frequent meetings of Parliament, for the good of the Kingdom, e&s;pecially in trouble&s;ome times, is known to all; and that now after &s;o many great di&s;tractions and alterations, the Kings Maje&s;ty and the Honorable Hou&s;es of the Parliament of <HI>England</HI> are now upon a Treaty, wherein Religion, the King, and the good and Peace of the Kingdom are &s;o neerly concerned; in all which the intere&s;t of this Kingdom can be be&s;t &s;ettled and &s;ecured by the Wi&s;dom and Authority of the Parliament.</P>
<P>Like as by the late Treaty at <HI>Edinburgh</HI> and <HI>Stirlin</HI> it is agreed on, That all Civil que&s;tions and differences what&s;oever, be referred to the determination of a Parliament to &s;it down before the tenth of <HI>January</HI> next, and in regard of the Clau&s;e contained in the Com|mi&s;&s;ion to the Committee of E&s;tates, giving them power to call a meeting of the E&s;tates of Parliament, the whole per&s;ons of the Committee within the Kingdom being warned; Therefore the Com|mittee of E&s;tates having warned duly by Letters all the&s;e that are now of their number, and being frequently convened, they think fit to call; Like as they do hereby appoint and call a meeting of the E&s;tates of Parliament to &s;it down at <HI>Edinburgh</HI> the fourth of <HI>Ja|nuary</HI> next to come the year of God, 1649. and Ordains the &s;everal Shires and Burghs to &s;end thereto Commi&s;&s;ioners, qualified accord|ing to the Acts of the Two and twentieth of <HI>September</HI> and fourth of <HI>October,</HI> and doth hereby warn all Members of Parliament, Noble|men, Commi&s;&s;ioners of Shires and Burghs, who are free of the faults contained in the fore&s;aid Acts, to meet and convene at <HI>Edin|burgh</HI> in Parliament on the day afore&s;aid, without any other or fur|ther warning, or premonition to be made for that effect, but onely the Proclamation and Publication of this pre&s;ent Act, and that in place of all other Solemnities and Formalities: And whereas the corrupti|on
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of Judicatories of this Kingdom, and Officers of E&s;tate, and other per&s;ons in Publike Tru&s;t, hath been the cau&s;e and fountain from whence our former evils hath proceeded; And whereas by our Solemn acknowledgement agreed on by Church and State, we are bound to God, by our Engagement to <HI>England</HI> we are bound to them, and by the forecited Acts and Publike Declaration, we are obliged before the world to endeavor the Purgation and Reforma|tion of our Judicatories and places of Publique Tru&s;t; And fora&s;|much as the fore&s;aid per&s;ons, and all who are in Publique Tru&s;t, or liable to the judgement and cen&s;ure of Parliament, for their pro|ceeding in their &s;everal Places and Offices; Like as by the Agree|ment at <HI>Edinburgh</HI> and <HI>Sterlin,</HI> all &s;uch as have been employed in Publike Place and Tru&s;t, and have been acce&s;&s;ory to the late un|lawful Engagement, &s;hould forbear the exerci&s;e of their Places in the mean time, and all que&s;tions are referred to the determination of the Parliament: And whereas by the &s;aid Treaty all tho&s;e who have been acce&s;&s;ory to the &s;aid Engagement, or challengeable for their &s;aid acce&s;&s;ion, at the lea&s;t in &s;o far as concerns their Places and Publike Tru&s;t, and the debarring of them from any of the&s;e: Therefore the Committee of E&s;tates doth hereby warn and cite all and every one of the&s;e who exerci&s;ed any Office, Publike Place or Tru&s;t, or who were Members or Clerks of any publike Judicatory of what&s;oever degree, quality or condition &s;oever, in Burgh or Land within this Kingdom, and hath been acce&s;&s;ory to the late Engagement, or are guilty of the faults mentioned in the Printed Acts of the Two and twentieth of <HI>September</HI> and fourth of <HI>October,</HI> to compier before the E&s;tates of Parliament at <HI>Edinburgh</HI> on the fourth day of <HI>January</HI> next, to come in a peaceable way, accom|panied onely with their own Dome&s;tick &s;ervants, to hear and &s;ee the Parliament take &s;uch cour&s;e as they in their Ju&s;tice and Wi&s;|dom &s;hall think fit, for purging of the Judicatories, and for de|claring of their places vacant, and filling them with &s;uch as are able and qualified per&s;ons fitte&s;t for the &s;ervice, and may give mo&s;t contentment, and as hath continued con&s;tant to their Covenant and Cau&s;e in the time of tryal, and for debarring them who are put out from any other Publike Places or Tru&s;t during &s;uch time, and in &s;uch
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maner as the E&s;tates of Parliament &s;hall think fit, with certification to every one of the per&s;ons concerned as is above&s;aid, and warned by this Publike Proclamation (which the Committee of E&s;tates Declares, That they finde it a &s;ufficient intimation in this our ca&s;e of &s;o great and publique a back&s;liding to all per&s;ons con|cerned therein, for the effect afore&s;aid, to be e&s;teemed by them equi|valent to a per&s;onal citation at their dwelling Hou&s;es, upon particu|lar &s;ummons again&s;t every one of them to compier before the E|&s;tates of Parliament, as is afore&s;aid, and compiereth not, that then the E&s;tates will proceed both to determine the general que&s;tion, and the particular concerning their places and tru&s;t, and take what further cour&s;e they &s;hall think fitting for the good of the Kingdom: Like as the Committee of E&s;tates con&s;idering the pre&s;ent di&s;tracti|ons of the times, and that the Parliament &s;o nearly approacheth, they think fit to continue the down &s;itting of the Se&s;&s;ion until the Parliament give Order thereanent, and for the acceleration of Ju|&s;tice to the Lieges, the Committee of E&s;tates Ordains the Clerks of Se&s;&s;ion, to give out Acts and Letters of continuation upon the fir&s;t Summons within the ordinary time of the &s;itting of the Se&s;&s;ion, albeit they &s;it not; And that none may pretend ignorance of what is mentioned in this pre&s;ent Act, the Committee of E&s;tates appoints it to be proclaimed at the Market Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Pier and Shore of <HI>Leith,</HI> and to be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>THO: HENDERSON.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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