ACT
OF
PARLIAMENT
,
Anent
the
Conyiage
of
Copper
.
At
EDINBVRGH
,
The
Ninteenth
Day
of
July
,
1690
Years
.
THE
KING
and
QUEENS
Majesties
,
with
Consent
of
the
Three
Estates
Conveen'd
in
Parliament
,
Considering
that
at
this
time
it
may
be
fit
to
have
some
small
Money
Conyied
in
Copper
,
for
the
easie
Exchange
and
Support
of
the
Poor
;
and
that
the
Value
allowed
by
the
Twenty
Fourth
Act
of
the
Parliament
1686
to
be
Conyied
out
of
the
Pound
of
Copper
,
viz.
Twenty
Shilling
Scots
out
of
the
Pound
,
is
so
little
that
it
will
not
well
repay
the
Charges
,
Waiste
and
Travail
of
the
Conyiage
:
DO
THEREFORE
Allow
such
a
Quantity
of
Copper
to
be
Conyied,
,
as
the
KING'S
Majesty
shall
Order
,
not
exceeding
Three
Thousand
Stones
of
Copper
in
the
space
of
Six
Years
,
whereof
Two
Parts
in
Two-Penny
Peices
,
and
a
Third
in
Six-Penny-Pieces
,
at
such
a
Rate
as
shall
be
Appointed
by
His
Majesty
,
not
exceeding
Thirty
Shilling
Scots
in
the
Pound
Weight
of
Copper
:
PROVIDING
that
the
said
Quantity
of
Three
Thousand
Stones
be
so
divided
,
as
that
no
more
then
Five
Hundred
Stones
be
Conyied
in
one
Year
.
AND
LIKEWISE
,
that
albeit
this
Alteration
be
now
Dispensed
with
,
and
Allowed
on
good
Considerations
,
yet
after
that
the
said
Number
of
Three
Thousand
Stones
of
Copper
shall
be
Conyied,
,
the
former
Act
past
in
anno
1686
shall
stand
in
its
full
Force
as
to
the
matter
of
Copper
Coyn
in
all
Points
.
And
the
Estates
,
Do
Humbly
Intreat
His
Majesty
may
Recommend
to
His
Privy
Council
,
to
take
exact
Care
for
Overseeing
that
no
more
be
Conyied
at
this
Rate
,
than
the
said
Three
Thousand
Stones
,
in
such
Proportions
as
His
Majesty
shall
Prescribe
,
not
exceeding
Five
Hundred
Stones
in
One
Year
,
as
said
is
.
And
they
STATUTE
and
ORDAIN
,
that
the
exceeding
of
the
foresaid
Quantity
,
shall
be
Punished
as
False
Conyiage
.
Extracted
furth
of
the
Records
of
Parliament
,
by
me
ROBERT
BALFOUR
,
Cls.
Reg.