258 A. D. 1747. • 



the court of feflion and court of jiifticiary at Edinburgh, tlie judges 

 in tlie feveral circuits, and the courts of the feveral Iheriffs and ftewarts 

 of fliires or counties in Scotland, refpedlively ; and that the feveral 

 towns, villages, dillricls, and bounds, which were fubjecl to fuch heri- 

 table offices and jurifdiclions hereby diflblved, and the inhabitants 

 thereof, fhall thenceforth be folely fubjed to the jurifdidion and au- 

 thority of the before -named courts, and to fuch other of the king's 

 courts refpedively, as the faid inhabitants would have been fubjecft to, 

 in cafe fuch hereditary jurifdiclions and offices had never exifted. 

 ' 3dly, That from thenceforth, all fuch heritable jurifdidions in 

 Scotland, not hereby before extinguiflied, granted to, or poflefled by, 

 any fubjecl, either heritably or for life, fliall be hereby refumed, 

 and annexed to the crown ; and that the fheriffs and flewarts fliall 

 from thenceforth be nominated and appointed by his majefty, his 

 heirs, and fuccellbrs. 



' Provided, that no fheriffship or ftewartry in Scotland fliall at any 

 time hereafter be granted to any perfon whatfoever, either heritably 

 or for life, or for any certain term exceeding one year ; and, that no 

 jufliciary, regality, conflabulary, or bailliery, nor any judicature, au- 

 thority, &c. of the like nature fliall, at any time hereafter, be ereded 

 or granted in Scotland. 



' 4thly, Rcafonable pecuniary compenfation fliall be allowed to the 

 poffefTors of all fuch heritable jurifdidions hereby abrogated, and to 

 every clerk thereof; and claims thereof fliall be duely entered and ex- 

 amined for this end, and be laid before the parliament. 

 ' Provided alio, that no baron, or heritor, or proprietor of lands in 

 Scotland, fliall henceforth, in criminal cafes, exercife any jurifdidion 

 whatfoever, other than aflaults and fmaller crimes, for w'hich the pu- 

 nilhnient fliall only be a fine not exceeding 20/flerling ; or by fetting 

 in the flocks, for at nioft three hours in the day-time, or elfe by im- 

 prifonment not exceeding one month. And, in civil caufes, fuch ba- 

 ron, or his baillie, fliall hold no plea, nor judge in any caufe exceed- 

 ing 40/flerling, other than for recovering from the vaffals or tenants 

 of his lands and heritages, their rents, or the dues of their mills. Pri- 

 fons fhall have windows or grates, open to infpedion from without, fo 

 as the prifoner may be vifited and converfed with ; and none to be 

 imprifoned but by warrant, exprefling the caufe of imprifonment. 

 ' Provided, however, that the jurifdidion of f%irs and markets, of 

 coal-works, falt-works, and mines, be, as formerly, referved to their 

 heritors ; but without a power of inferring the lofs of life or demem- 

 bration. Provided alfo, that nothing in this ad fliall extend to prcju- 

 dife the jurifdidion vefted by law in any royal borough in Scotland, 

 or, in cumulative cafes, to burghs of regality and barony.' The reft 

 f this long ad relates to poindings, or feizures, to the regulations and 



