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<HEAD>ACT OF PARLIAMENT, Anent the Con&yogh;iage of Copper.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>At <HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> <DATE>The Ninteenth Day of <HI>July,</HI> 1690 <HI>Years.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>THE KING and QUEENS Maje&s;ties, with Con&s;ent of the Three E&s;tates Conveen'd in Parliament, Con&s;idering that at this time it may be fit to have &s;ome &s;mall Money Con&yogh;ied in Copper, for the ea&s;ie Exchange and Support of the Poor; and that the Value allowed by the Twenty Fourth Act of the Parliament 1686 to be Con&yogh;ied out of the Pound of Copper, <HI>viz.</HI> Twenty Shil|ling <HI>Scots</HI> out of the Pound, is &s;o little that it will not well repay the Charges, VVai&s;te and Travail of the Con&yogh;iage: DO THERE|FORE Allow &s;uch a Quantity of Copper to be Con&yogh;ied, as the KING'S Maje&s;ty &s;hall Order, not exceeding Three Thou&s;and Stones of Copper in the &s;pace of Six Years, whereof Two Parts in Two-Penny Peices, and a Third in Six-Penny-Pieces, at &s;uch a Rate as &s;hall be Ap|pointed by His Maje&s;ty, not exceeding Thirty Shilling <HI>Scots</HI> in the Pound VVeight of Copper: PROVIDING that the &s;aid Quan|tity of Three Thou&s;and Stones be &s;o divided, as that no more then Five Hundred Stones be Con&yogh;ied in one Year. AND LIKEVVISE, that albeit this Alteration be now Di&s;pen&s;ed with, and Allowed on good Con&s;iderations, yet after that the &s;aid Number of Three Thou&s;and Stones of Copper &s;hall be Con&yogh;ied, the former Act pa&s;t in <HI>anno</HI> 1686 &s;hall &s;tand in its full Force as to the matter of Copper Coyn in all Points. And the E&s;tates, Do Humbly Intreat His Maje&s;ty may Recommend to His Privy Council, to take exact Care for Over&s;eeing that no more be Con&yogh;ied at this Rate, than the &s;aid Three Thou&s;and Stones, in &s;uch Proportions as His Maje&s;ty &s;hall Pre&s;cribe, not exceeding Five Hundred Stones in One Year, as &s;aid is. And they STATUTE and OR|DAIN, that the exceeding of the fore&s;aid Quantity, &s;hall be Puni&s;h|ed as Fal&s;e Con&yogh;iage.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Extracted furth of the Records of Parliament, by me<HI>ROBERT BALFOUR,</HI> Cls. Reg.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to Their mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ties, Anno DOM. 1691.</P>
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