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<HEAD><HI>ACT Explanatory,</HI> Of the Proclamation of the 27 <HI>July</HI> la&s;t, for Collecting and Inbringing of the Pole 1695: With Additional in|&s;tructions to the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Shires there anent.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>Edinburgh, <DATE>Augu&s;t 8. 1695.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THE Lords of His Maje&s;ties Privy Council, in pur&s;uance of the Proclamation of the twenty &s;eventh of <HI>July</HI> la&s;t, for Collecting and Inbringing the Pole-money 1695, and for farder Explana|tion thereof, Do in the fir&s;t place Ordain, that the Commi&s;&s;io|ners of Shires that &s;hal happen not to meet on the &s;econd <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> of this Moneth, conform to the Act of Parlialiament, do meet by the Call of the Sheriff, (who is hereby required to give timeous Adverti&s;ement for that end) on the fir&s;t <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> of <HI>September</HI> next, for dividing them&s;elves, or appointing other Heretors into the &s;everal Pari&s;hes, to the Effect &s;pecified in the &s;aid Act. And that the Magi&s;trats of Burghs, who &s;hal happen not to meet the third <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> of this In&s;tant, conform to the &s;aid Act, do meet the &s;aid fir&s;t <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> of <HI>Septem|ber. Secondly,</HI> Where the Sub-commi&s;&s;ioners for the Pari&s;hes are Ordered by the Proclamation, to choo&s;e a fit and re&s;pon&s;al Per&s;on, to be both Clerk and Collector of the Pole of that Pari&s;h, they are hereby farder required, to take &s;ufficient Caution of the fore&s;aid Per&s;on, nominat to be Clerk and Collector, <HI>Third|ly,</HI> The &s;aid Sub-commi&s;&s;ioners for the Pari&s;hes, are hereby farder Impow|red, if they &s;hal find it needful, to Call, and cau&s;e all Heretors, or Tutors and Curators, or Chamberlanes of Minors and Ab&s;ents, to give up, upon Oath, to the be&s;t of their knowledge, the Names of all Per&s;ons, with their Degrees and Cla&s;&s;es, living and re&s;iding within their Bounds. <HI>Fourthly,</HI> That the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of the Shires &s;et down and pre&s;cribe to the Sub-collectors for Pari&s;h|es, &s;uch a Method and Schem, for taking up the fore&s;aids Li&s;ts of Per&s;ons, with their Qualities and Degrees within every Pari&s;h, as may be mo&s;t clear and di&s;tinct for the effectual Ingathering of the &s;aid Pole, and for comptrolling the &s;aids Li&s;ts. And <HI>Fifthly,</HI> That in place of the penalty of ten Pounds <HI>Scots</HI> impo&s;ed on every Heretor who &s;hal not attend, and do duty in manner pre|&s;cribed in the &s;aid Proclamation, the Certification be, and is hereby appoin|ted to be as they will be an&s;werable at their highe&s;t perril: With power to the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, when mett to Enact them&s;elves, of con&s;ent in &s;uch Penalties as they &s;hal judge meet, for their punctual attending, and careful per|forming of what is required of them by the fore&s;aid roclamation. And Or|dains thir pre&s;ents to be printed and publi&s;hed at the Mercat Cro&s;s of <HI>Edin|burgh,</HI> and other places needful.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. <HI>GILB. ELIOT,</HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printe<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> to His mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, 1695.</P>
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