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<HEAD>ACT <HI>Of the Committee of E&s;tates for bringing up of Deficients and Runawayes, and Quartering of them, and for ane account from the Shires of their diligence in execution of former publike Acts.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>April 23. 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THe Committee of E&s;tates, Taking into con&s;ideration The many Acts of Parliament, and Orders &s;ent to the Shires For rai&s;ing and putting out of their Deficients and Runawayes of the former Leavies, And the &s;mall effects that the &s;ame hes wrought hithertils, upon pre|text that there is no allowance &s;etled for the maintenance of the&s;e Souldiers &amp; Runawayes till they be carried to their Colours; Notwith&s;tanding that the &s;ame be provided to be out of the readie&s;t of the Fines of &s;uch as have re&s;et any of them, And out of the Exci&s;e, conform to the Act of Parliament made the 14 <HI>Junii</HI> 1644. And the Act of Parliament made the 18 of <HI>Julii</HI> 1644. Both in the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of this pre&s;ent currant Parliament: Therefore they have ordained, Likeas the Committee of E&s;tates by thir pre&s;ents ordain, That whatever Deficients or Runawayes &s;hall be apprehended within any Shire by the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Shire appointed for that effect, Shall be entertained from the time of their fir&s;t apprehend|ing till they be &s;ent to their Colours, out of the fir&s;t end of the Fines of Deficients and Re&s;etters of Runawayes, at the rate of Four &s;hillings Scots a day the Foot, And Hor&s;men at Fourteen &s;hillings, &s;ua long as they &s;tay within the Shire where they are or &s;hal be apprehended, And four &s;hillings a day thereafter, till they be brought to their Colours and Companies, They Matching 12 Milesilk day at lea&s;t; And the Hor&s;men at Fourteen &s;hillings daily, they March|ing 20 Miles daily: And failing of the fore&s;aids Fines of Deficients and Re&s;etters of Runawayes, That the &s;ame be paid out of the Exci&s;e of the Shire within the which the &s;aids Deficients and Runawayes &s;hall happen to be appre|hended and put out, as &s;aid is: And to that effect ordains the Commi&s;sioners of ilk Shire for uplifting of the &s;aids Fines, and the Collectors of the Exci&s;e <HI>re&s;pectiv&egrave;,</HI> as &s;aid is, To advance to the Committee of Warre within the &s;e|verall Shires the &s;aids &s;ums for entertainment and upbringing of the &s;aids Deficients and Runawayes to their Colours and Companies. And &s;icklike the Committee of E&s;tates ordains, that whatever Deficients or Runawayes &s;hall be apprehended within any Burgh by the Magi&s;trates of the Burghes, who are both Commi&s;sioners within them&s;elves for Deficients and Runawayes, And als Collectors of the Exci&s;e and Fines of the Deficients and Re&s;etters of the Runawayes, Shall be entertained from the time of their fir&s;t apprehending till they be &s;ent to their Colours, out of the fir&s;t end of the Fines of Deficients and Re&s;etters of Runawayes, at the rate of Four &s;hillings Scots a day &s;ua long as they &s;tay within the Burgh where they are or &s;hall be apprehended, and Four &s;hillings a day thereafter till they be brought to their Companies and Colours, They Marching 12 Miles ilk day at lea&s;t, And Hor&s;men as afore&s;aid: And failing of the fore&s;aids Fines of Deficients and Re&s;etters of Runawayes, That the &s;ame be paid out of the Exci&s;e of the Burgh within the which the &s;aid, Runawayes and Deficients &s;hall happen to be apprehended and put out, as &s;aid is. And to that effect, ordains the Magi&s;trates and Commi&s;sioners of ilk Burgh for uplifting of the &s;aids Fines, and the Collectors of the Exci&s;e <HI>re&s;pectiv&egrave;,</HI> as &s;aid is, To advance to the Committee of Warre of the Shires <HI>re&s;pectiv&egrave;,</HI> within the which the &s;aids Burghs lies, The fore&s;aids &s;ums for entertainment and upbringing of the &s;aids Deficients and Runawayes to their Companies and Colours. And to the effect the Committee of E&s;tates may get an account of the diligence of the Shires and Burrows <HI>re&s;pectiv&egrave;,</HI> in putting out of Deficients and Runawayes, and exacting of the penalties of the Re&s;etters, and in putting their Shires and Burghs in a Po&s;ture of Warre, and performing all other publike duties, conforme to the publike Acts given out for that purpo&s;e, They do ordain Me&s;&s;engers of Arms To pa&s;&s;e and charge the Committee of Warre of the &s;everall Shires within this Kingdom, To compeir by one of their number &s;ufficiently in&s;tructed by them, before the Committe of E&s;tates at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> or where it &s;hall happen them to be for the time, upon the <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> day of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> Provided to give an account of the particulars fore&s;aids, And to hear and &s;ee cour&s;e taken thereanent, conforme to the Acts made thereanent, With certification to the Committees of Warre if they fail&yogh;ie therein, The Committee will proceed and Fine them and every one of them, in &s;uch &s;ums as &s;hall be thought fitting, And Letters direct again&s;t them for payment of the &s;aids Fines: And declares that ane Copie hereof being given Judicially to the Conveener or Pre&s;ident of the Committees of Warre <HI>re|&s;pectiv&egrave;</HI> at their Se&s;&s;ion, in pre&s;ence of the&s;e who &s;hall be pre&s;ent, &s;hall be als &s;ufficient again&s;t the whole per&s;ons on the Committees of Warre <HI>re&s;pectiv&egrave;,</HI> as if ane Copie hereof had been given to every one of them in particular.</P>
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