Draught
of
an
ACT
concerning
the
Mint
.
OUR
Soveraign
Lord
Considering
,
That
by
the
Act
of
Parliament
1686
,
Intituled
Act
anent
an
humble
Offer
to
His
Majesty
for
an
Imposition
upon
certain
Commodities
for
defraying
the
Expence
of
a
free
Coinage
,
and
other
Matters
relating
to
the
Mint
:
The
forsaid
Expence
of
a
free
Coinage
,
and
several
Matters
relating
to
the
Mint
were
indeed
settled
,
but
neither
so
perfectly
nor
so
fully
as
experience
hath
since
discovered
;
But
that
there
is
still
need
and
place
for
a
farder
Regulation
.
Doth
therefore
with
Advice
and
Consent
of
the
Estates
of
Parliament
,
Statute
and
Ordain
,
that
notwithstanding
it
be
Recommended
by
the
said
Act
to
the
Lords
of
His
Majesties
Privy
Council
,
to
try
by
some
of
their
Number
every
Journal
of
Coyne
by
itself
dictinctly
,
and
that
twice
every
year
.
viz.
In
the
moneth
of
July
and
December
yearly
:
yet
seeing
the
forsaid
distinct
tryal
of
every
Journal
hath
been
found
both
a
Tedious
and
Superfluous
Labour
,
and
is
not
practised
any
where
else
;
It
shal
be
Leisome
for
the
saids
Lords
of
His
Majesties
Privy
Council
to
make
the
said
Tryal
by
such
of
their
Number
as
they
shal
think
fit
,
not
of
every
Journal
of
Coyne
by
itself
distinctly
;
but
by
taking
and
making
Tryal
of
any
one
or
more
single
Journals
as
they
shal
think
fit
:
And
then
to
cause
Melt
down
in
one
Masse
or
Lignat
the
rest
of
the
Journals
to
be
at
that
time
Tried
,
and
to
take
an
Essay
of
the
Mass
so
Melted
down
as
said
is
which
shal
stand
for
the
whole
,
but
Prejudice
always
to
the
saids
Lords
of
Council
,
to
make
distinct
Tryals
of
the
haill
forsaid
Journals
as
they
shal
see
cause
:
As
also
still
Recommending
to
them
the
exact
Tryal
of
all
matters
relating
to
the
Coynage
at
the
for
said
two
times
above
specified
in
manner
mentioned
in
the
said
Act.
And
farder
,
for
the
better
ascertaining
of
the
Fineness
of
the
Coyne
,
His
Majesty
with
Advice
and
Consent
for
said
,
doth
hereby
Ordain
,
that
not
only
the
Principal
or
Counter-warden
be
present
at
the
taking
off
all
Essays
:
but
that
there
be
a
Plate
of
Silver
of
the
true
Standard
fineness
made
by
the
,
Essay-Master
at
the
sight
of
such
as
the
Lords
of
Privy
Council
shal
think
fit
to
Appoint
,
which
Plate
duely
made
and
Marked
,
one
half
thereof
shal
be
put
in
the
hands
of
the
Clerk
of
Exchequer
for
a
Proof
of
the
general
Essay
,
and
the
other
half
in
the
hands
of
the
Principal
or
Counter-warden
:
that
all
the
Pott
and
Pix
Essays
may
be
thereby
Made
and
Examined
.