THe Lords of His Majesties Privy Council Considering, that in obedi­ence to their Act of the Seventeenth day of July last by-past, several Leaders of Horse within the Shires of Fife, Kinross, Edinburgh, Striviling and Clackmannan, and the Magistrats of the respective Burghs within the same, have not sent out their several proportions of the Baggage-Horse, for conveying of Provisions to the Army, through whose de­fault and disobedience, several Leaders, and other persons, have had more than their proportion of Horses prest, and taken from them; And to the end, that such as have not given a just obedience to the Councils Commands, may not go unpunished; And that these who have had more than their proporti­on Prest out, may be Redressed, and that such of the Horses sent out, and their Graith which hath been seized upon, bought up, and detained by others than the true Owners thereof, may be restored. The Lords of Privy Council, Do, in His Majesties Name and Authority, Require and Command the She­riff-Deputs of the Shires above-mentioned, to make a strict Enquiry anent these who have been deficient in sending out their proportion of the Baggage Horse, and to conveen and find them lyable for the penalty contained in the former Act, and to exact and uplift their several Fines to be forth-coming to­wards the relief of others, who have had their Horses Prest out upon the late Expedition; And they Do, in Name and Authority foresaid, Require and Command, all and sundry persons within the Shires above-mentioned, and Towns thereof, who have seized upon, bought up, or found stragling, any Horses, whether Graithed, or not, since the 25 day of July last, that they give an account thereof to the Sheriff-Deputs of the respective Shires, and Magi­strats of the several Burghs, and deliver the same over to them, to be made forth-coming for the use of their Owners, betwixt and the first day of Septem­ber next to come, with Certification to such as shall not give an accompt of, and deliver the saids Horses to the saids Sheriff-Deputs, or Magistrats of Burghs, that they shall be proceeded against, and punished as guilty of Theft. And Ordains these Presents to be Printed, and Published by Macers of Privy Coun­cil, at the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh, and other places needful, that none may pretend Ignorance.