ACT
OF
PARLIAMENT
In
Favours
of
John
Adair
and
Captain
Slazer
.
At
Edinburgh
,
The
Sixteen
Day
of
July
,
One
Thousand
Six
Hundred
and
Ninty
Five
Years
.
OUR
SOVERAIGN
LORD
with
Consent
of
the
Estates
conveened
in
Parliament
,
Considering
the
great
use
and
necessity
of
Exact
MAPS
,
and
Descriptions
of
the
Coasts
and
Ifles
of
SCOTLAND
,
and
that
both
Northern
and
Western
Islands
:
And
likways
considering
how
much
the
finishing
the
Ancient
and
present
State
of
the
said
Kingdom
,
and
the
most
considerable
Prospects
thereof
tend
to
the
Advantage
,
Honour
and
Reputation
of
SCOTLAND
.
And
seing
,
That
John
Adair
Geographer
has
finished
several
MAPS
of
those
Coasts
and
is
willing
to
make
up
what
remains
:
As
also
,
Captain
John
Slazer
hath
made
ane
considerable
progress
in
describing
the
Ancient
and
present
State
of
Scotland
,
and
in
making
up
in
Copper
Plates
the
most
considerable
Prospects
of
the
Kings
Castles
,
Palaces
and
several
Burghs
,
and
of
the
considerablest
Houses
belonging
to
the
Noblemen
,
and
Gentlemen
:
And
the
said
John
Adair
and
Captain
Slazer
having
been
at
great
Expences
in
pursuing
the
saids
works
,
and
that
they
must
be
yet
at
greated
for
the
finishing
thereof
:
Therefore
HIS
MAJESTY
with
Advice
foresaid
,
does
Stature
and
Ordain
,
That
Sixteen
shilling
Scots
be
Exacted
for
every
Tun
of
Forraign
Ships
which
come
in
to
any
Harbour
or
Road
within
this
Kingdom
ilk
Voyage
,
and
four
Shilling
on
every
Tun
of
Scots
Ships
,
above
twelve
Tun
Burden
once
ilk
year
for
the
space
of
five
Years
to
be
applyed
by
the
Privy
Council
for
compleating
the
said
MAPS
and
Prospects
of
Scotland
:
And
Ordains
the
same
to
be
Collected
by
the
Collectors
of
the
Kings
Customs
,
and
to
be
payed
in
to
the
Kings
Cash-keeper
Termly
,
to
be
disposed
of
as
the
saids
Lords
of
Privy
Council
shall
find
necessary
and
useful
for
Reimbursing
what
is
already
expended
on
the
saids
Works
,
and
what
shall
be
yet
requisite
for
bringing
the
same
to
perfection
,
with
Power
to
the
Lords
of
Council
,
to
stop
the
said
Imposition
in
whole
or
in
part
when
they
find
a
sufficient
Fond
collected
for
perfiting
the
said
MAPS
,
Prospects
and
Descriptions
of
Scotland
.
And
lastly
.
HIS
MAJESTY
with
Advice
foresaid
,
Ordains
this
Imposition
to
commense
,
and
to
be
exacted
from
the
first
of
August
next
,
One
Thousand
Six
hundred
and
Ninty
Five
Years
:
And
Declares
,
that
the
saids
Collectors
shall
be
Lyable
for
the
said
Impositions
on
Forraign
and
Scots
Ships
as
said
is
,
in
so
far
as
the
same
shall
not
be
punctually
exacted
by
them
:
And
Ordains
the
saids
Collectors
to
deliver
in
to
the
Lords
of
Privy
Council
Subscribed
Lists
of
the
saids
Ships
with
their
respective
Butdens
as
the
ground
of
their
Charge
,
and
appoints
the
same
Execution
to
pass
hereupon
at
the
Cash
keepers
instance
against
the
saids
Collectors
,
as
is
usual
for
HIS
MAJESTIES
other
Customs
.
As
likewayes
all
Execution
at
the
saids
Collectors
instance
against
these
Lyable
in
payment
of
this
Imposition
as
is
usual
for
the
Kings
Customs
.
Extracted
forth
of
the
Records
of
Parliament
by
George
Viscount
of
Tarbat
Lord
Macleod
and
Castle
haven
&c.
Clark
to
the
Parliament
,
and
to
His
Majesties
Councils
Registers
and
Rolls
;
Sic
Subscribitur
Tarbat
Cls.
Register
.