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B05532 A proclamation anent the repairing of high-ways, bridges, and ferries ... Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James VII) 1685 (1685) Wing S1686; ESTC R183402 1,613 1

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I 7 R DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE A PROCLAMATION Anent the Repairing of High-ways Bridges and Ferries Present in Council The Earl of Perth Lord High Chancellor The Duke of Queensberry Lord High Thesaurer The Marquess of Athol Lord Privy Seal The Earl of Drumlanrig The Earl of Mar. The Earl of Southesk The Earl of Tweddale The Earl of Belcarras The L. Yester The L. President of Session The L. Advocat The L. Justice Clerk The L. Castlehill Collonel Dowglas The Laird of Drumelȝier IAMES by the Grace of GOD King of Great-Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith To Macers of Our Privy Council Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting Forasmuch as notwithstanding of the 16. Act of the 1. Session of the 2. Parliament of Our dearest Royal Brother Charles the 2. of ever blessed Memory and a Proclamation of His Privy Council pursueant thereto dated the 14. day of June 1683 for Repairing of High-ways Bridges and Ferries The Commissioners of Excise and Justices of Peace in the respective Shires of this Our Kingdom have been most negligent and remiss in performing of their Duty thereby enjoyned to them to the great Prejudice and Danger of the Leidges And We Considering that the ruine and decay of High-ways Bridges and Ferries so commodious and advantagious to Our Subjects is chiefly occasioned through the default of the Overseers formerly appointed and of the not frequent Meetings of the Commissioners of Excise and Justices of Peace Do therefore with Advice of Our Privy Council hereby Require and Command the Commissioners of Exoise and Justices of Peace in the several Shires of this Kingdom respectively to Meet and Conveen upon the Second Tuesday of October at such a place as shall be appointed by the Sheriffs principal of the several Shires Stewarts of the Stewartries Baillies of Regalities and their Deputs and the Magistrats of Burghs Royal who are hereby appointed Overseers as formerly and thereafter at such Times and Places as shall be by them appointed and then and there to do and perform what is enjoyned to them by the foresaid Act of Parliament and Proclamation of Council and to see the same put in full and vigorous Execution conform to the tenor thereof And to the end the foresaids Overseers who are hereby appointed to conveen the Commissioners of Excise and Justices of Peace for the more effectual prosecution of this so necessar and publick a Work nor they in case they fail to meet being lawfully warned may not go unpunished We with Advice foresaid Do hereby Ordain and Declare That all and every of the saids Commissioners and Justices of Peace who shall not Meet and Conveen at the Diet foresaid and thereafter as they shall be advertised by the saids Overseers that they shall be lyable toties quoties in Ten Merks Scots for each Meetings absence to be exacted and imployed towards the repairing of the High-ways Bridges and Ferries within the several Shires Stewarts Regalities and Burghs respectivè And We hereby Require the foresaids Overseers and Conveeners to cause the same be punctually uplifted and exacted within Fourty Days days after the imposing thereof Certifying them that if they fail herein that they themselves shall be lyable in the said Penalty tho the Persons who incur the same are not hereby to be exempted but their Fines are to be uplifted by the Collector of the place and imployed for the use foresaid for which he is to be accomptable And in case the saids Overseers shall not frequently Conveen the Commissioners of Excise and Justices of Peace to the intent and purport foresaid We Ordain them to be conveened before Our Privy Council and punished therefore as they shall think fit And to the end this Our Royal Will and Pleasure may be made known to all Persons concerned Our Will is and We Charge you strictly and Command that incontinent these Ours Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh and all the other Mercat Crosses of the Head-Burghs of the Shires of this Kingdom and other places needful and there by open Proclamation in Our Royal Name and Authority make Publication of the Premisses that all Persons concerned may have notice thereof and give Obedience thereto accordingly And We Require and Command the Sheriffs of the respective Shires to cause timeously publish this Our Proclamation as they will be answerable at their peril Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the Twenty third day of July 1685. And of Our Reign the first Year Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilij COL MACKENȜIE Cls Sti. Concilij God save the King Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty 1685.