6j8 C. 30, Anno decimo tertio Georgii Regis. A. D. 1726. the faid Oaths, and make and fubfcribe the faid Declaration respectively as aforefaid) {hall make Default .in fo doing, within the Times, and according to the Directions in and by this Act limited and appointed, then every -fiich Peifpn fo making Default fhall be liable unto and incur all fuch Difabi_liti.es, Incapacities, Forfeitures and Penalties, as in and by the faid recited Acts or either of them are refpectively provided and inflicted for not receiving the Sacrament, or not talcing and fubferibing the faid Oaths, or not making and fubferibing the faid Declaration. Executing any yjl. And j n ca f e f executing any fuch Office, Place or Imployment after fuch Default, every fuch Per- r^r bl" L>e " *"' ,n and P er f° ns being thereof lawfully convicted in fuch Manner as by the faid Act made jn the twenty- ti.e ' Aits' s-° fifth Y c ar of the Reign of King Charles the Second, or the faid Act made in the firft Year of his Ma>- dr z. c. i. and jefty's Reign is refpectively directed, fhall be liable unto, and incur all fuch Difabilities, Incapacities, For- 1 Geo. 1. c. 13. feitures and Penalties, as in and by the faid refpective Acts are in the like Cafe provided and inflicted. CAP. XXX. ' An Act for encouraging and promoting Fifheries, and other Manufactures and Improvements in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland. ' /|/ HER E AS by the fifteenth Article of the Treaty o{ Union it is provided, that two thoufand Pounds V? per Annum, for the Space of feven Years, fhould be applied towards encouraging and promoting ' the Manufacture of coarfe Wool within thole Shires of Scotland, which produce the Wool, and that the firit ' two thoufand Pounds fhould be paid at Marti nmafs then next, and fo yearly at Martinmafs, during the 5 Geo. 1. c. so. ' Time aforefaid : And Svhereas by an Act paffed in the fifth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Act ' for fettling certain yearly Funds, payable out of the Revenue of Scotland, to fatisfy pubtick Debts in Scotland, ' and other Ufes mentioned in the Treaty of Union ; and to difcharge the Equivalent claimed in behalf «/~Scotland, ' in the Terms of the fame Treaty, and for obviating all future Difputes, Charges and Expences, concerning thole ' Equivalents, It is amongft other Things provided, That yearly and every Year, reckoning the firft Year to ' begin from the Feaft of the Nativity of St. John Baptifl one thoufand feven hundred and nineteen, the full 6 Sum of two thoufand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain fhould be one yearly Fund, payable at the ' four moft ufual Feafts of the Year, that is to fay, the Feaft of St. Michael the Archangel, the Birth of our ' Lord Chrift, the Annunciation of the bleffed Virgin Mary, and the Feaft of the Nativity of St. John Bap- ' tift ; the fit ft Payment thereof to be due and payable at the Feaft of S t. Mid ael the Archmgcl in the Year ' one thoufand feven hundred and nineteen, to be charged upon and paid out of the Monies arifen and to ' arife, from Time to Time, of or for any of the Cuftoms, Duties, Excifes or Revenues that are or fhall be ' under the Management of the Commifiioners of the Cuftoms, and Commiffioners of the Excife in Scotland, ' after the Payments therein directed to be made, and fubject to Redemption by Parliament, upon Payment ^ of the full Sum of forty thoufand Pounds, and of all Arrears of the faid Annuity, if any fuch be, in fuch ' Manner as is more particularly mentioned in the faid Act, to be wholly applied towards the encouraging ' and promoting the Fifheries, and fuch other Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland, as may moftcon- ' duce to the general Good of the united Kingdom, according to the Tenor and true Meaning of the faid fif- ' teenth Article of the faid Treaty oi Union, and to no other Ufe, Intent or Purpofe whatfoever; which faid ' Annuity hath not hitherto been paid or applied to the Purpofes for which the fame was intended : And 1: Gcc.i. c.4. ' whereas by an Aft pafled in the twelfth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Ail for continuing the ' Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, in that Part Jf 'Great Britain called England, and for granting to ' his Majefty certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, ' for the Service of the Tear one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix, It is amongft other Things provided, ' That if the Rate of three Pence per Bufhel, charged upon Malt to be made in Scotland, fhould produce a ' greater Sum than the Sum of twenty thoufand Pounds, clear of all Charges of Management, the Surplu- ' (age fo produced, over and above the faid Sum of twenty thoufand Pounds, fhould be wholly applied to- ' wards the encouraging and promoting the Fifheries, and fuch other Manufactures and Improvements in ' Scotland, as may moft conduce to the general Good of the united Kingdom, and to no other Ufe, In.ent or Purpofe whatfoever, in fuch Manner as fhould thereafter be fettled and directed by Parliament :' To the End therefore that thele feveral Funds and Sums of Money, and any other Fund or Sum of Money, that may arife, grow due, or be provided and become payable for the Advancement and Improvement of Fifhe- ries and Manufactures in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, may be regularly applied for the faid Purpofes; Be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affemblcd, and by the Authority _ . . of the fame, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, by Letters tei-s Patents to Patents under the Great Seal appointed by the Treaty oi Union to be kept in Scotland in Place of the Great fettle* Met!. oi, Seal thereof, to lay down, fettle and tftablifh a particular Plan or Method, and to fix and direct proper and. direa Rules Rules and Regulations, whereby the feveral Funds and Sums of Money aforefaid, already provided and for the Funds grown due, or which hereafter fhall be provided and grown due, for the Improvement and Encouragement P rovemen f tof ra '" ° f F'^T and Manufactures in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, fhall be wholly applied, laid out Fifiieryln Scot- and diftributed, according to the Tenor and true Meaning of the faid fifteenth Article of the Treaty of land. Union, and for the Improvement of Fifheries, and fuch other Manufactures in Scotland as may moft con- duce to the general Good of the united Kingdom, and to no other Ufe, Intent or Purpofe whatfoever; which Plan and Method of Diftribution fhall continue and endure, and be a full Authoricy for applying the Monies in the Manner therein to be directed, till the fame fhall be altered or varied in the Manner herein after expreffed. Crown to audio- JJ. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for his ri*e Commit Majefty, his Heirs and SuccefTors, by Letters Patents under the Seal aforefaid, to appoint, name and au- fionersforma- lhori2 . e
