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<HEAD><HI>ACT OF PRIVY COUNCIL,</HI> Anent the Militia and Detatchments thereof, and De&s;erters and Run-aways from the &s;ame; and providing of Hor&s;es, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> in His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> Service.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>Edinburgh, <DATE>the ninth day of                     <HI>October,</HI> 1688.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THE Lords of His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> Privy Council do Ordain, That when His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> Service re|quires any Detatchments to be made in the Militia, for the future, that the re&s;pective Com|manders of the Militia Regiments, make the &s;aid Detatchments proportionally from the per|&s;ons lyable to Outreik the Militia: As likewi&s;e, They do Ordain, that when any mans Arms is taken, and given to another, whom the Officers thinks fitter for the &s;aid Service, they are to give to the owner of the &s;aids Arms, a Note, obliging them to return the &s;ame; And that the &s;aid Militia, and all the Detatchments thereof, may prove effectual for His <HI>Majesties</HI> Service, The &s;aids Lords do hereby Decern and Ordain, any Run-aways, or De&s;erters of His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> Militia, or Detatchments thereof, to be lyable to Corporal Puni&s;hment, according to Law; and that the Ma&s;ter, or any other who &s;hall Re&s;et the &s;aid De&s;erter, or Run-away, &s;hall be puni&s;hed with all rigor, as the &s;aids Lords of the Privy Council &s;hall think fit; And that the Outre<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">kers of the &s;aid De&s;erter, or De&s;erters, upon Intimation by the Officer, &s;hall be forthwith obliged to furni&s;h others in their place; With Certification, that the &s;aids Outreikers &s;hall be lyable to the Pains and Penalties contained in the Acts of Parliament, anent the Deficients of the Militia. And to the end, that the &s;aids De&s;erters, or Run|aways may be known, the re&s;pective Collonels, and other Commanders, are hereby Ordered to cau&s;e P<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">oclaim the Names of &s;uch Run-aways and De&s;erters, at all the Church-Doors of the Shire, that none may pretend Ignorance in <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">etting of them; And for the encouragement of all concerned in the &s;aid Mili<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ia, Ordains the Pay due to the Souldiers, to be given in to the Officers, and by them to be payed to the Souldiers dayly, according to their Service and attendance, as they will be an&s;werable. As likewi&s;e, The &s;aids Lords for preventing any abu&s;es for the future, by pre&s;&s;ing of Hor&s;es for the u&s;e of His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> Forces, or Artillerie, Do Require and Command, That in all time coming, when Hor&s;es are needful for His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> Service, in, and about <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> That the Commanding Officer give in a Note to His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> Privy Council of the number of Hor&s;es, and Furniture needful for the time, and that the &s;aids Hor&s;es be proportionally furni&s;hed, <HI>viz.</HI> The one half by the Town of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and the other by the Shire of <HI>Mid-Lothian;</HI> And for that effect, that an Order be direct to the Provo&s;t of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and another to the Clerk for the Supply of the Shire, who is hereby Ordered to ca&s;t the <HI>Quota</HI> conform to the valuation, and &s;end the &s;everal proportions of the re&s;pective Paroches, to one of the Ju&s;tices of the Peace of the &s;aid Paroch, who is hereby forthwith Ordered to &s;end the &s;aids Hor&s;es and Furniture to the place appointed by the Council: And for that effect, the &s;aids Ju&s;tices are hereby Impowered and Authorized to &s;eize Hor&s;es, and Fine or Impri&s;on the Deficients; And further to prevent abu&s;es in the furni&s;hing of Hor&s;es, the Magi&s;trats of <HI>Edinburgh</HI> are hereby peremptorly Di&s;charged to take, or pre&s;s any Hor&s;es from any per&s;ons, except from their own Inhabitants, and the&s;e living in their Town and Suburbs, and under their Juri&s;diction: And the Lords of Council do hereby expre&s;ly and peremptorly Prohibite and Di&s;charge any Officers, or Souldiers, whether of His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> Standing-Forces, or Mi|litia, to pre&s;s, or &s;eize any Hor&s;es, upon pretence of His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> Service, without expre&s;s Warrand from the Lord High Chancellor, or a Privy Councellour at lea&s;t, as they will be an&s;werable at their highe&s;t peril. And the &s;aids Lords Declare, notwith|&s;tanding of the Speciality fore&s;aid, that this Act is to be extended, as to the whole Shires of the Kingdom, and Ordain the &s;ame to be put in Execution accordingly, every manner of way, as is above-expre&s;&s;ed. And to the end the&s;e Pre&s;ents may be made known, Ordain the &s;ame to be Publi&s;hed at the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> by the Macers of Council, and by Me&s;|&s;engers at Arms, at the whole other Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Head-Burghs of the Shires of this Kingdom, that none may pre|tend ignorance.  Extracted by me</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED> COL: M^cKEN&YOGH;IE Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED><LB>
GOD Save the KING.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to His mo&s;t Sacred <HI>Maje&s;ty, Anno Dom.</HI> 1688.</P>
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