[1663/6/22]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]
Our soverane lord, being informed that upon the heigh streits of severall of his majesties' burghs royall, and in the vennells and other passages within the samen, ther be many houses in the publict view of all people resorteing thairto very ruinous and not inhabited these diverse yeers bygone, nor likely to be repaired be any, to the great opprobrie of the saids burghs and common scandall of the kingdome, as being altogether defective of that policie and good order which is and ever hath been so earnestly intendit in the many wholsome and lawdable lawes alreadie made by his majestie and his royall progenitors of most worthy memorie, and finding the burroughs very desireous to have these many dangers and inconveniences prevented and remeided, which the inhabitants of these burghs and the rest of the leidges frequenting the same doe continowally fear from such ruinous buildings; doth therfor, with advice of his estates of parliament, ordeane the provest and baillies of the burgh wher such ruinous houses are to cause wairne and charge all persons, that have or pretends right to the proppertie of such lands and buildings, or any annualrents forth therof, to cause build and repair in a decent way within yeer and day such houses and buildings as have been waste and not inhabited three yeers befor the date of this present act, or shall be waste and not inhabited heirafter by the forsaid space of three yeers, or els to sell the same to others, to be builded within the same space of yeer and day, and to charge all knoune persones personallie or at their duelling places, and by open proclamation at the paroche kirk or mercat croce of the burgh, and all others by open proclamation at the said mercat croce and paroche kirk, and incaice of their absence out of this realme at the croce of Edinburgh and peer and shore of Leith, upon threescore dayes, with certification to them if they failyie the said provest and baillies shall cause the saids lands and tenements to be valued by certane persones to be choisen and sworne by them for that effect, and sell the same to any persone that will buy them and pay the price of the same to these ouners, if they be knoune, and if they be not knoune, to consigne the prices therof in the hands of the provest, one of the baillies or dean of gild of the said burgh, to be furthcoming to these who have interest therto; and if no man will buy them, it shall be lawfull to the said provest and baillies, after appriseing therof, as said is, and payment or consignation of the prices of the same, to cast doun the said ruinous houses and cause build the same of new. And his majestie, with advice forsaid, declares that it shall not be lawfull in tymecomeing to any maner of persone to persew them nor their successours thairfor, nor pretend any right nor interest therto, bot that the said right shall be a perfect security to the builders thairof and their successours.
[1663/6/23]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]
Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, understanding that ther are diverse strong waters, mum beir and other beir for drinking brought into this kingdome from forraigne places which might be more conveniently made within the kingdome, to the benefite of the natives therof; thairfor his majestie, with consent of the saids estates, discharges all inbringing of aquavitae or strong waters, mum beir and other beir for drinking (except black beir called spruce beir) within this kingdome, wnder the paine of escheat therof.
[1663/6/24]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]
Our soverane lord and estates of this present parliament, considering the great hurt susteaned by his majesties' leidges by the fraudulent dealling of pewterers in mixing the finner sort of tin brought from England, France, Flanders and other parts beyond sea with baser and courser mettall of tin and lead, and their exacting greater pryces betuixt the new pewter casten by them and the old which they receave from the leidges; for remeid whairof, it is statute and ordained that the pewterer or founder of tin shall put the mark of the thistle and the deacon's marke with his oune name upon every peace of work that he happens to cast, and that the same shall be of the fynest of the pewter marked with the rose in England, and in caice the same be under the finest of the said pewter of England, that the same shall be confiscat and he punished in his persone at the discretion of the magistrats of the burgh wher he duells, and to that effect that ther be a saymaster appointed by the magistrats of each burgh for tryeing of the same; as likewise, that he shall take, betuixt the pound of old pewter and tin marked with the rose forsaid, and the pund of new casten by him, tuo shilling[s] Scots allenerlie, wnder the paine forsaid.
[1663/6/25]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]
The estates of parliament, haveing taken to consideration ane act past in the second session of parliament entituled, act in favours of the lord lyon, doe find ane unnecessar and heavy burding therby layd upon his majesties' leidges, both in the sumes therby appointed to be payd to the lord lyon and in many other particulars mentioned in the said act; and therfor, his majestie, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, doth heirby rescind and annull the said act past in the second session of parliament entituled, act in favours of the lord lyon, and als the pretendit gift mentioned therin pretendit to be granted be his late majestie, of blessed memorie, to the former lord lyons, bot never past the sealls, and declares the said act and gift therinmentioned voyd and null ab initio as if they had never been.
The lord commissioner continewes the parliament till Tuisday at four hours in the afternoone.