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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92617	Three acts of the Committee of Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland; the first, for providing maintenance for the soldiers to be kept up within that kingdom; and for preventing their taking of free-quarter. The second, for appointing a sub-committee for the managing the affairs of the treasury, comptrolary, collectory and exchequer of that kingdom. The third, for summoning all those who are accessory to the late engagement against England, to compier before the Estates of Parliament of the fourth of January next, 1649.; Acts. 1648-11.	Scotland.; Scotland. Parliament. Committee of Estates.	1648 (1648)	Wing S1349; Thomason E470_21; ESTC R205664	5,978	15

THREE ACTS OF THE Committee of Estates OF The Kingdom of Scotland The first For providing Maintenance for the Soldiers to be kept up within that Kingdom and for preventing their taking of Free-quarter The second For appointing a Sub-Committee for the managing the Affairs of the Treasury Comptrolary Collectory and Exchequer of that Kingdom The third For Summoning all those who are accessory to the late Engagement against England to Compier before the Estates of Parliament the fourth of January next 1649. Edenburgh Printed by Evan Tyler and Reprinted at London by John Field Novemb. 9. 1648. Edinburgh 20 October 1648. THe Committee of Estates considering how necessary it is that some orderly course be taken how the Forces to be kept up within this Kingdom may be entertained by the publike with as little burthen as may be to the Countrey Have therefore thought fit that a proportionable part of the maintenance due by the Shires shall be particularly assigned to each Regiment or Troop for their entertainment And for that end the Committee appoints the maintenance due out of the Shires of _____ to be allowed for entertainment of the Regiment or Troop which should consist of _____ And to the effect that neither the Publike be prejudged by paying more Soldiers then actually they have on foot and that the Soldiers also want none of their due The Committee Ordains That there be a Muster of the several Regiments and Troops and upon attestation from the Muster-Master of their particular numbers that the General Commissary and his Deputies accordingly give out particular assignations upon so much of the maintenance of the Shires aforesaid as will fall due for their entertainment for the space of one moneth and after the expiring of that time the Muster-Master shall take new tryal of the number of the Soldiers and the Collectors shall also try whether they have lifted more nor was assigned and give attestation thereof upon report whereof the General Commissary is to renew Orders for their assignations according to the number attested and where there is more lifted nor was assigned he is to give assignations for no more nor what shall be found then due the whole intromission being compted And the Committee also is to take course for the ease and reparation of the Shires so oppressed and burthened And the General Commissary hath hereby power and direction to renew Orders for assignations every moneth from time to time in maner above expressed until he be discharged by the Committee of Estates And to the end the Soldiers may be the more orderly paid and the Countrey people kept from oppression the Committee appoints the maintenance assigned to any Regiment or Troop to be lifted up in maner after following viz. That the Officer of the Regiment or Troop shall intimate this their Assignment received from the General Commissary unto the Committee of War in the Shire or Shires respectively and unto the Collectors thereof and desire them to advance in moneys or give them surety for the paying to them the first fortnights pay from the time of their entry set down in their locality And that the Committee of War by some of their number or others or by their Collectors will give them Band for to advance unto them the first day of every fortnight thereafter their fortnights means which if the Committee of War by themselves their Collectors or others binde for and perform the Committee of Estates doth absolutely discharge any Officer or Soldier belonging to that Regiment or Troop to take any Free quarter within that shire but seeing they are orderly paid by the Shire they shall orderly pay for whatsoever they take with certification that if upon complaint verified to the Officers he do not make reparation of the wrong and condignly punish the Offender the Officer shall be cashiered with infamy and be obliged to satisfie the party Like as the COMMITTEE Ordains the Officers of that Regiment or Troop having that locality to furnish what assistance shall be craved by the Committee of War or by these who are bound for them that they may exact what is due by any deficient for their relief with allowance of Free quarter to these who are bound to this service so 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 shall refuse to give surety by themselves or their Collectors or by some others in this orderly way to advance a fortnights means from fortnight to fortnight or if giving the security they shall fail in the performance In these cases the Committee of Estates gives power and warrant to the Officers of that Regiment or Troop for to appoint any of themselves or any other they think fit to lift up the maintenance due by the bonds assigned to them and for to have Free-quarter upon all such deficients as will not advance unto them or give them surety for to pay duly their maintenance the first day of every fortnight until they get satisfaction therein but withal absolutely dischargeth them to trouble any or Quarter upon any who thus advanceth or secureth to them what is their due to be payed at the beginning of every fortnight And Ordains this to be published at the Market Cross of Edenburgh and other places needful and also to be Printed THO HENDERSON Edenburgh October 20. 1648. THe Committee of Estates taking into their consideration that by the late agreement at Edenburgh and Stirlin and by their Acts of the 22. of Sep. and the fourth of October last and by their engagement to the Kingdom of England that all those who have been accessory to the late engagement or who have joyned in Arms or Counsel with the Earls of Crawford Lanerick George Monro and were Abetters or Assisters to them should forbear all exercise of their places or trust and that the most part of the Members of the Exchequer or Officers belonging thereto are notoriously known to have been accessory to the said Engagement or hath joyned in Arms or Counsel as is aforesaid and considering that the Government of the Affairs of this Kingdom is now lying upon the Committee as it is now constitute consisting of these who disassented from the Engagement and how great and many prejudices thereunto will fall out if in this interim they did not take care to see the Exchequer and the Kings revenues and customs kept from confusion and dilapidation And that the King be not defrauded of his revenues casualties and customs nor the same perverted or imployed to wrong uses but for the good of the King and Kingdom And withal considering how necessary it is that the Customs be rightly set and that what further is necessary to be done upon the tryal of the true condition of the Affairs of the Exchequer may be timously gone about Therefore the Committee appoints the Lord Chancellor the Lord Marquess of Argyle the Earl of Cassils the Lord Balmirinoth the Lord Burghly the Lord Advocate Lord Toses Scotscraig Libberton the Provost of Edenburgh Sir Iohn