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A58642 The laws and acts of the second Parliament, of our most high and dread soveraign, Charles the Second by the grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith begun at Edinburgh, the 19. of October, 1669. By a noble Earl, John Earl of Lauderdail, Viscount Maitland, Lord Thirlestane, and Bolton, &c. His Majesties Commissioner for holding the same, by vertue of a commission under His Majesties Great Seal of this kingdom: with the special advice and consent of the Estates of Parliament. Extracted from the records of Parliament, be Sir Archibald Primerose of Chester, knight and barronet, clerk to His Majesties Council, Registers and Rolls.; Acts. Scotland.; Primrose, Archibald, Sir, 1616-1679. 1679 (1679) Wing S1272; ESTC R217871 33,600 49

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just and necessar it was that the Orthodox Clergy should be protected from the violence of disaffected and disloyal persons Did therefore with advice of His Privy Council by His Royal Proclamations of the fifteenth of March and thirteenth of June one thousand six hundred and sixty seven command and charge all Heretors Liferenters and others having any real Interest or Rent within the several Paroches of the Kingdom to protect defend and secure the Persons Families and Goods of their Ministers not only in the exercise of the Ministerial Function but in their dwelling Houses or being elsewhere within the Paroch from all injuries affronts and prejudices which they might incur in their Persons or Goods from the violence and invasion of any disaffected disloyal or other wicked person With certification if the actors of such outrages should not be apprehended and brought to tryal by the means and diligence of the Parochioners the Parochioners should be decerned to pay to suffering Ministers for reparation damage and interest such a sum and fine as His Majesties Council should determine as is more fully exprest in the saids Proclamations And the Estates of Parliament having taken to their consideration the proceedings of His Majesties Council herein and finding that the protection of the Orthodox Clergy and the restraining of the insolency of disaffected disloyal and wicked persons at this time did require more nor ordinary means and care from His Majesties Council Have therefore thought fit Likeas His Majesty with advice and consent of His Estates doth hereby Ratifie and Approve the two Proclamations aforesaid and the proceedings of His Majesties Council in prosecution thereof and authorizeth them still to prosecute the same as occasion shal offer until His Majesty in His next Parliament give farther Orders therein And it is Declared that this Act is and shall be but prejudice of any former Laws and Acts of Parliament made against the invaders of Ministers and of the pains therein contained And particularly the twenty seventh Act of the eleventh Parliament of King James the sixth and seventh Act of King Charles the first His Parliament in Anno 1633. Which Acts His Majesty with advice foresaid doth hereby Ratifie and Approve and Declares the same to stand in full force strength and effect in time coming VI. ACT. for the ordering of Suspensions of the Benefices and Stipends of the Clergy November 30. 1669. THe Kings Majesty being careful that the maintainance of the Clergy be duely secured unto them and that they be not withdrawn by unnecessar Law-sutes for recovery thereof Doth therefore with advice and consent of His Estates of Parliament Statute and Ordain That no Supension shall be past in time coming against any Archbishop Bishop Minister of the Gospel or Universities and Colledges of any Charges to be given at their instances for payment of the Rents of their Benefices Stipends or Colledge-rents where they have special Decreets against the Heretors or possessors due and lyable in payment thereof to them except upon production of Discharges or consignation of the sums charged for if the Rent of the Benefice or Stipend consist in money or of one hundred merks Scots for ilk Chalder of Victual where the same consists in Victual and proportionally if the Victual charged for be less then a Chalder without prejudice to the Lords of Session to modifie a greater or less sum for the Chalder of Victual as they shall find cause at the discussing of the Suspension And if any Bill of Suspension of a general Charge shal be presented in time of Session That the ordinary Lord upon the Bills before the passing thereof call for the Chargers at the Bar that they may instruct the ground of the Charge And in case it shall be found by the Lords of the Session at the discussing of the Suspension that either the Charge hath been malitiously given or malitiously suspended That the Lords modifie a fifth part of the sum charged for of expenses of Plea to be payed by the malitious Charger or Suspender VII ACT for Naturalization of Strangers December 8. 1669. OUR Soveraign Lord out of His Innate Bounty and Royal Inclination to favour and protect Strangers and for the encrease and promoving of Trade and Manufactories being garciously pleased and willing to give encouragement to Strangers to repair to and dwell and reside within this Kingdom Hath therefore thought fit Likeas His Majesties with advice and consent of His Estates of Parliament doth hereby Statute Ordain and Declare That all Strangers being of the Protestant Religion either such who having Estates shall think fit to bring the same to this Kingdom to dwell and inhabite within the same or who shall come to set up new Works and Manufactories therein and shall repair to and settle their abode dwelling and residence within this Kingdom shall be and are hereby naturalized as native born Subjects of the Kingdom of Scotland and are to enjoy His Majesties Royal Protection the benefit of the Law and all other Priviledges which a Native doth enjoy al 's freely in all respects as if they themselves had been born within the same and that they shall have liberty and freedom of Trade and freedom to buy and purchase Lands Heretages and other Goods moveable and immoveable and to enjoy the same by succession purchase or donation or any other way and to dispose thereof and transmit them to their Heirs and Successors who are to succeed thereunto And to enjoy all other Liberties Priviledges and Capacities which do belong to and are competent or may and shall belong to any native Subject born within this Kingdom And further His Majesty doth Declare that upon applications to be made unto Him by these Strangers He will grant unto them the free and publick exercise of their Religion in their own Languages and the liberty of having Churches within this His Kingdom It is alwayes hereby provided that no person or persons shall have the benefit of this act until first by Petition to the Lords of His Majesties Privy Council containing an exact designation of their names places of their birth and former residence and that they are of the Protestant Religion it be found by the Council that they are qualified according to this Act and ought to have the benefit thereof And it is hereby Declared that these presents with an Extract of the Act of Council in favours of the saids persons to the effect aforesaid shall be unto them a sufficient Naturalization to all intents and purposes Which Extract shall be given to them freely without payment of any money or composition save only the Fee of nine pounds Scots money to the Clerks of Council and their Servants VIII ACT concerning the Bullion December 8. 1669. OUR Soveraign Lord considering that by divers former Acts of Parliament made by the Kings Majesty and His Royal Ancestors and specially by the thirty seventh Act of the first Session of His Majesties first Parliament it is Statute