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Scottish Laws

	These Acts of Parliament specifically concern to Scotland, and therefore cover all aspects of Parliamentary legislation relating to that nation, its cities and its people. To ease your search for specific topics, keywords in each act are highlighted in red. By simply scanning through the chronological list, you should easily be able to narrow in on desired items. Through the reign of George II, acts are listed by the year in which the Parliamentary session ends; from George III on they are by date of passage. Local and Personal Acts, and Private Acts are identified by "Cap." numbers in green.
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Reign of Anne

• [Anno 4, p.131-36]. ... to Repeal several Clauses in the Statute made in the Third and Fourth Years of Her present Majesties Reign, for Securing the Kingdom of England from several Acts lately Passed in the Parliament of Scotland. $35

• [Anno 5, p.283-91]. ... for Ease ... in relation to the Duties upon Salt, and for making the like Allowances upon the Exportation of White Herring, Flesh, Oatmeal, and Grain called Beer, alias Bigg, as are to be made upon Exportation of the like from Scotland. $35

• [Anno 10, p.315-19]. ... to Prevent Abuses in Making Linen-Cloth ... and equal sorting of Yarn, for each Piece made in Scotland, and for Whitening ...$35

Reign of George I

• [Anno 13, p.707-24]. ... for better regulation of the Linen and Hempen Manufactures in ... Scotland. $20
• [Anno 13, P.751-55]. ... for encouraging and promoting Fisheries, and other Manufactures and Improvements in ... Scotland $20

Reign of George II

• [Anno 1, p.643-46]. ... to explain and ammend ... An Act for Sale of such Forfeited Estates in ... Scotland, as remain unsold ... $18
• [Anno 1, p.651-55]. ... to explain Acts ... continuing the Duty of Two Peny Scots on every Pint of Ale and Beer sold in ... Edinburgh, ... [and] securing the Payment ... contributed towards a Charitable Fund for relief of such, as shall suffer by Fire in the said City ... $15

• [Anno 2, p.535-38]. ... obviating any Doubts ... from ... an Act to Explain ... An Act for Sale of ... forfeited Estates. in ... Scotland. $15

• [Anno 4, p.479-87]. ... continuing the Duty of Two Pennies Scots ... upon every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer ... sold within the Town of Dundee ... paying the publick Debts of the said Town, [and] repairing the Harbour ... $18
• [Anno 4, p. 495-502]. ... continuing he Duties granted ... in the Parliament of Scotland [1695] ... for paying off the Debts of the Town of Aberdeen ... $15

• [Anno 7, p.299-304]. ... regulating the Election of Members to serve in the House of Commons, for ... Scotland. $15

• [Anno 9, p.415-22]. ... laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots ... upon every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer ... within the Town of Irvine, ... and for laying a Duty ... upon every Tun, or Ten Horse Loads of Coal, carried to the Harbour of said Town ... $15
• [Anno 9, p.467-71]. ... continuing the duty of Two Pennies Scots ... on every Pint of Ale and Beer ... within the City of Glasgow, ... Gorbells and Port Glasgow ...$15

• [Anno 22, p.299-306]. ... for laying a duty ... upon every Scots Pint of Beer and Ale ... within the Town of Anstruther Easter ... $15
• [Anno 22, p.351-58]. ... for laying a Duty ... upon every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer ... within the Town of Kinghorn ... $15
• [Anno 22, p.483-94]. ... for explainging and amending ... An Act for raising and establishing a Fund for the Provision for the Widows and Children of the Ministers of the Church of Scotland, and of the ... Masters of the Universities of Saint Andrews, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. $22
• [Anno 22, p.627-30]. ... for making an Authentick Roll of Valuation for the Shire of Argyll. $20

• [Anno 23, p.335-58]. ... Repairing the Roads leading from Dunglas Bridge ... to Ravenshaughburn ... $18

• [Anno 24, p.867-68]. ... for the better Preservation of the Game in ... Scotland. $15
• [Anno 24, p.871-91]. ... for repairing the High Roads ... to and from the City of Edinburgh; and from Cramond Bridge to ... Queen's Ferry ... $18
• [Anno 24, p.943-51]. ... levying a Duty ... on every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer ... within the Town of Greenock and Baronies of Easter, and Wester Greenock, and Finnart, ... for repairing the Harbour of the said Town ... $15

• [Anno 26, p.3-11]. ... laying a Duty ... on every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer, ...within the Town of Paisley, ... for improving the Navigation of the River Cart ... $15
• [Anno 26, p.3-14]. ... laying a Duty ... upon every Scots pint of Ale and Beer ... within the Town and Parish of Preston Pans ... for repairing the Harbour ... $15
• [Anno 26, p.3-19]. ... repairing and widening the several Roads ... leading from Tweedcross towards the City of Edinburgh, by Blyth Bridge, La Mancha, and Wheam, [etc.] ... $15
• [Anno 26, p.3-26]. ... repairing Roads from Livingstoun ... to the City of Glasgow ... $15
• [Anno 26, p.3-26]. ... for repairing the Road from North Queen's Ferry ... to the Town of Perth; and also ... [to] Culross; and also ... to Bruntisland and Kirkaldie. $15
• [Anno 26, p.315-27]. ... encouraging and improving the Manufactory of Linen in the Highlands of Scotland (lacks cover). $22
• [Anno 26, p.511-30]. ... erecting several Publick Buildings in the City of Edinburgh ... and also for widening and enlarging the Streets ... $25

• [Anno 27, p.119-30]. ...to explain, amend, and render more effectual ... An Act for repairing several Roads leading into the City of Glasgow. $15
• [Anno 27, p.339-47]. ...for laying a duty... upon every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer ... within the Town of Alloa, ... and also a Duty of Anchorage ..., for repairing the Pier of the said Harbour. $20

• [Anno 28, p.87-91]. ... for continuing the Duty ... on every Pint of Ale and Beer ... within the City of Glasgow ... for the Benefit of the said City ... $15
• [Anno 28, p.247-48]. ... concerning the Offices of Sheriff Depute and Stewart Depute, in ... Scotland. $15
• [Anno 28, p.343-51]. ... enlarging the Term and Powers granted by ... An Act for repairing the High Roads in the County of Edinburgh ... $18

• [Anno 29, p387-95]. ... for erecting, maintaining, and supporting a Light-house on the Island of Little Cumray, in the County of Bute ...; and for rendering the Navigation in the Frith and River of Clyde more safe and commodious. (Pages numbered in ink.) $18

• [Anno 31, p.619-22]. ... to enforce and render more effectual ... An Act for annexing certain forfeited Estates in Scotland to the Crown unalienably ...; and to establish a Method of managing the same, and applying the Rents and Profits thereof, for the better civilizing of the Highlands ... $20

• [Anno 32, p.303-07]. ... for the better Preservation of the Turnpike Roads in ... Scotland. $22

Reign of George III

• [Anno 5, Cap.40]. ... for granting ... a certain Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund ... for the Service of the Year ...; for further appropriating the Supplies granted in the Session ...; for allowing the Receivers General of the Duties on Offices and Employments in Scotland a Reward for their Trouble; and for allowing further Time to ... make and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to Attornies ad Sollicitors. $20
• [Anno 5, Cap.47]. ... for encreasing the Fund for Payment of the Sums of Money directed ... to be applied in Augmentation of the Salaries of the Puisne Judges in the Court of King's Bench, the Judges in the Court of Common Pleas, the Barons of the Cois in the Court of Exchequer at Westminster, and the Justices of Chester, and the Great Sessions for the Counties of Wales ... and of the Judges in the Courts of Session and Exchequer in Scotland ... $25
• [Anno 5, Cap.49]. ... to prevent the Inconveniences arising from the present Method of issuing Notes and Bills by the Banks, Banking Companies, and Bankers, in ... Scotland. $25

• [Anno 8, p.271-86]. ... for making and widening a ... Street from the Salt Market Street, in the City of Glasgow, to St. Andrew's Church; and for enlarging ... the Church-yard ...[for] building a convenient Exchange or Square ... for for improving the Navigation of the River Clyde ... $25

• [Anno 10, Cap 30]. ... rectifying a Mistake in ... An Act for better securing the Duties of Customs upon certain Goods removed from the Out Ports and other Places to London; for regulating the Fees of the Officers of His Majesty's Customs in the Province of Senegambia in Africa; for allowing to the Receivers General ... in Scotland, a proper Compensation for their Trouble and Expences; for the better Preservation of Hollies, Thorns and Quickets ... and of Trees and Underwoods in Forests and Chaces; and for authorising the Exportation of a limited Quantity of an inferior Sort of Barley, called Bigg, from the Port of Kirkwall in the Islands of Orkney. $15

• [Anno 12, Cap.16]. ... for deepening, cleansing, scouring, preserving, and maintaining, the Harbour of Port Glasgow, for enlarging and improving the Quays and Piers, for errecting new Breasts, Jettees, and Piers, and for regulating Ships, Lighters, and other Vessels ... (25 pp.) $20
• [Anno 12, Cap.22]. ... for deepening, cleaning, scouring, preserving, and maintaining, the Harbour of Ayr; for enlarging and improving the Quays and Piers; for erecting Docks, Breasts, Jettees, and Piers; and for regulating Ships, Lighters, and other Vessels ... $20
• [Anno 12, Cap.72]. ... for rendering the Payment of the Creditors of Insolvent Debtors more equal and expeditious, and for regulating the Diligence of the Law by Arrestment and Poinding, and for extending the Privilege of Bills to Promisory Notes, and for limiting Actions upon Bills and Promisory Notes, in ... Scotland. $20
• [Anno 12, Cap.[82]]. ... for Repairing and Widening several Roads leading through the County of Lanerk, and for building a Bridge over the River Clyde at or near a Place called the Howford ... (33 pp.) $18
• [Anno 12, Cap.[83]]. ... to continue and render more effectual an Act ... for repairing the Road from the North Queen's Ferry, through ... Inverkeithing and Kinross, to ... Perth; and also the Road ... to ... Dumfermline, Torryburn, and Culross; and also the Road ... through Inverkeithing, to Bruntisland and Kirkcaldie. $15

• [Anno 36, Cap.54]. ... to amend an Act ... for the more effectual Preservation of the Game in ... Scotland ... $15

• [Anno 39, Cap.34]. ... for repealing Two Acts ... which limit the Time for killing Partridges in England and Scotland; and for amending ... as Act ... as relates to such Limitation within ... England ... $12

• [Anno 39&40, Cap 46]. ... Recovery of Small Debts, and determining Small Causes in ... Scotland. $20

• [Anno 39&40, Cap 57]. ... enabling ... the Court of Exchequer in Scotland to advance to ... the City of Edinburgh, for the Purpose of completing the Improvements of the Harbour of Leith ... $18

• [Anno 39&40, Cap 78]. ... to discharge ... several estates belonging to ... William Carr Earl of Erroll, Lord High Constable of Scotland. $15

• [Anno 48, Cap.94]. ... for repealing so much of an Act made in the Parliament of Scotland ... of Queen Anne ... as relates to the Shooting of Hares. $12

• [Anno 55, Cap 155]. ... to continue ... the Temporary Fourth Part of the Duties payable in Scotland upon Distillers Wash, Spirits, and Licenses ... $12
• [Anno 55, Cap 161]. ... to ammend and regulate the Assessment and Collection of Assessed Taxes, and of the Rates and Duties on Profits arising on Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices, in ... Scotland. $12

• [Anno 56, Cap 30]. ...indemnifying the Commissioners of Excise in Scotland ... in relation to certain Orders issued and Things done relative to certain Acts regarding the Distilleries in Scotland. $15

• [Anno 59, Cap.62]. ... for the Protection of Banks for Savings in Scotland. $25

Reign of George IV

• [Anno 1&2, Cap.100*]. ... to alter and amend Three Acts ... for enabling Commissioners to errect and maintain a new Gaol and other Buildings for ... Edinburgh ...; and to enable the Trustees for Turnpike and other High Roads ... of Edinburgh to advance further sums of Money ... $18
  * Local and Personal Act

• [Anno 3, Cap.30]. ... for reducing, during the Continuance of the present Duty on Malt, the Duty on Malt made from Bear or Bigg only, in Scotland. $18

• [Anno 6, Cap.117*]. ... for amending Three Acts for enlarging the Harbour of Glasgow, and improving the Navigation of the River Clyde to the said City; and for other Purposes ... (repaired hole on p.1/2; 38 pp.) $20
  * Local and Personal Act

Reign of William IV

• [Anno 1, Cap.37]. ... to amend an Act ... to facilitate Criminal Trials in Scotland, and to abridge the Period ... between the pronouncing of Setence and Execution ... [of] Capital Punishment. (With accompanying schedule outlining trials and punishments.) $35

• [Anno 2&3, Cap.68]. ... for the more effectual Prevention of Trespasses ... in pursuit of Game in ... Scotland. $20

• [Anno 4&5, Cap.67*]. ... to to alter and amend ... An Act for enlarging, improving, and maintaining the Port and Harbour of Perth, for improving the Navigation of the River Tay ..., and for other Purposes ... (p.1 worn and dusty; 36 pp.) $20
  * Local and Personal Act

Reign of Victoria

• [Anno 1&2, Cap.55]. ... to to regulate and secure the Debt due by the City of Edinbugh; to confirm an Agreement between the said City and its Creditors; and to effect a Settlement of the Affairs of the said City and the Town of Leith. (36 p.) $20

• [Anno 1&2, Cap.86]. ... to diminish Delay and Expense in Advocations and Suspensions in the Court of Session in Scotland. $10
• [Anno 1&2, Cap.87]. ... to facilitate the Foundation and Endowment of additional Schools in Scotland. $12

• [Anno 1&2, Cap.114]. ... to amend the Law of Scotland in Matters relating to Personal Diligence, Arrestments, and Poindings. $15
• [Anno 1&2, Cap.118]. ... to make certain Alterations in the Duties of the Lords Ordinary, and in the Establishment of Clerks and Officers of the Court of Session and Court of Commissioners for Teinds in Scotland, and to reduce the Fees ... $18
• [Anno 1&2, Cap.119]. ... to regulate the Constitution, Jurisdiction and Forms of Process of Sheriff Courts in Scotland. $18

• [Anno 3&4, Cap.118*]. ... for farther deepening and improving the River Clyde, and enlarging the Harbour of Glasgow, and for constructing a Wet Dock in connexion with the said River and Harbour. (78 pp.) $25
  * Local and Personal Act

• [Anno 8&9, Cap.83]. ... for the Ammendment ... of the Laws relating to the Relief of the Poor in Scotland. (31 p.) $20

• [Anno 11&12, Cap.30]. ... to enable Persons having at present a Right to kill Hares in Scotland to do so ... without being required to take out a Game Certificate. $10

• [Anno 12&13, Cap.23*]. ... to amend and equalize the Rates and Duties leviable at the Port and Harbour of Perth, to authorize the borrowing of an additional Sum of Money, and for other Purposes ... $12
• [Anno 12&13, Cap.30*]. ... for enlarging, and maintaining the Harbour of Kirkcaldy in the County of Fife, for regulating the Petty Customs of the Burgh of Kirkcaldy, and for other Purposes ... $15
  * Local and Personal Act

• [Anno 12&13, Cap.88*]. ... to amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the Acts relating to the Ardrossan Harbour, and to the Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway. (Edgeworn) $15
  * Local and Personal Act

• [Anno 14&15, Cap.27]. ... to amend certain Acts for the Improvement of Prisons and Prison Discipline in Scotland. $18

• [Anno 14&15, Cap.66]. ... for rebuilding the Bridge over the River Ness at ... Inverness ...; and amending the Acts relating to Highland Roads and Bridges. $20
• [Anno 14&15, Cap.87]. ... to regulate certain Proceedings in relation to the Elections of Representative Peers for Scotland. $12
• [Anno 14&15, Cap.91]. ... to authorize the Application of Advances (out of Money ... for the Improvement of Landed Property) to facilitate Emigration from certain distressed Districts of Scotland. $15

• [Anno 17&18, Cap.34]. ... to enable the Courts of Law in England, Ireland, and Scotland to issue Process to comple the Attendance of Witnesses out of their Jurisdiction ... $10

• [Anno 17&18, Cap.59]. ... to allow Verdicts on Trials by Jury in Civil Causes in Scotland to be returned although the Jury may not be unanimous. $12
• [Anno 17&18, Cap.62]. ... to extend the Benefits of Two Acts ... relating to the Constitution, Transmission, and Extinction of Heritable Securities in Scotland. $8
• [Anno 17&18, Cap.64]. ... to amend an Act ... for extending the Public Libraries Act, 1850, to Ireland and Scotland. $15
• [Anno 17&18, Cap.72]. ... to provide for Payment of the Salaries of the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of Chancery in Scotland. $12
• [Anno 17&18, Cap.73]. ... to amend the Acts for the Regulation of Joint Stock Banks in Scotland. $10

• [Anno 17&18, Cap.74]. ... to render Reformatory and Industrial Schools in Scotland more available for the Benefit of Vagrant Children. $20
• [Anno 17&18, Cap.80]. ... to provide for the better Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Scotland. (34 p.) $25

• [Anno 17&18, Cap.91]. ... for the Valuation of Lands and Heritages in Scotland. (22 p.) $20
• [Anno 17&18, Cap.98]. ... to regulate the Salaries of the Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland. $10

• [Anno 17&18, Cap.106]. ... for amending the Laws relating to the Militia, and raising a Volunteer Militia Force in Scotland. (27 p.) $25

• [Anno 18&19, Cap.69 [sic]]. ... to discontinue the taking of Toll on the Turnpike Roads leading from the City of Dublin and on the Turnpike Road from Kinnegad to Athlone, and to provide for the Maintenance ..., and for the Discharge of Debts due thereon ... $18

• [Anno 18&19, Cap.68]. ... to amend the Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead in Scotland. $25
• [Anno 18&19, Cap.69 [sic]]. See 16th July 1855 above

• [Anno 22, Cap.4*]. ... for enlarging, improving, and maintaining the Harbour of the Burgh of Kirkwall in the County of Orkney; and for other Purposes. $15
  * Local and Personal Act

• [Anno 32&33, Cap.114*]. ... for improving and maintaining the Harbour of Dundee, and the Docks and Works connected therewith, and amending the Acts relating to the said Harbour ... $15
  * Local and Personal Act

• [Anno 32&33, Cap.156*]. ... to authorize the construction of a Pier at Portobello in the county of Edinburgh. $12
  * Local and Personal Act

• [Anno 32&33, Cap.158*]. ... to confirm a Provisonal Order under "The General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862," relating to the Burgh of Broughty Ferry. (Marginal tears.) $10
  * Local and Personal Act

• [Anno 33&34, Cap.54*]. ... to authorize ... the Clyde Navigation to construct a Dock or Tidal Basin, Quays, Tramways, and other works at the Harbour of Glasgow; to abandon certain works, and to borrow additional money ... $18
  * Local and Personal Act

• [Anno 24&35, Cap.98*]. ... to confer further powers on the Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners. $10
• [Anno 34&35, Cap.132*]. ... to amend ..."An Act for erecting, maintaining, and supporting a lighthouse on the island of Little Cumray, in ... Bute, at the mouth of the River Clyde ...; and for rendering the navigation in the frith and river of Clyde more safe and commodious." $18
  * Local and Personal Act

• [Anno 42, Cap.42*]. ... to confirm a Provisional Order under the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867, relating to the Burgh of Castle Douglas. $10
  * Local and Personal Act

• [Anno 46&47, Cap.60*]. ... to extend the municipal boundary ... of Aberdeen; to authorize the Town Council to make new streets, execute certain street improvements, and construct a connecting railway to the Glassworks ... $15
  * Local and Personal Act

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