ACT ANENT THE INbringing of Money.  
At Edinburgh 〈◊〉 fifteenth day of Iuly16●● years: These of the Committee 〈…〉, poinding, and caption be execute against collectors▪ valuers, and others who doth not their duty or make payment of their tenth part in manner after specified, viz.  
2. Against the collectors for not making Count, ●eakoning, and payment of what they have received, and giveth not in the names and roll of these who have not paid.  
3. Against the Valuers for not valuing, conform to the said act of Parliament which is either upon the Valuers oaths, or upon the Heri●ours oaths, or upon the heritors declaration, under their hands, with certification: What they conceal shall be confiscate; And for not delivery of the said's valuations.  
4. Against the not payers of the said tenth part, by apprehending their persons, poinding their own proper goods, or poinding their ground.  
5. And because after all ordinary means are used, to make men pay what is due, yet such is the unwillingness and delaying of some, to the evil example of others, that money cometh not in to serve the present time. Therefore it is thought fit for maintenance of the army presently on foot, for preservation of the Religion, and liberties of this kingdom: That all those who have any moneys, and shall len the same for the public use in manner after specified, viz. These within the sheriffdom of Edinburgh, Hadingtoun, and Linlithgow, within four days after intimation: These of the sheriffdom of air, Stirling, Lanerke, Renfrew, Fyffe, Angus, Perth, Bervicke, Roxburgh, Peibles, and Selkirke, within six days after intimation made thereof. And siclike, these of the sheriffdom of Aberdene, Bamfe, Murray, and innerness, within ten days after intimation: Such money as shall be so lent, shall be free of any common burden, by detention of any part of their annuelrent, but shall have their full annuelrent free of any burden or detention.  
6. Secondly, They shall have full annuelrent from the lenning thereof, as the same shal● be received within the said spaces respective foresaid to the term of Whitsonday nexto-come as for a whole year, notwithst●●ding a good part of the term is past.  
7. Thirdly, They shall have such security, as they shall please, design, or crave themse●ves; So that what persons they shall crave to bind for what sum they len, shall give their personal bands for the same: And these persons who shall bind to them, shall have the whole presbytery or shire bound for their relief: And the presbytery or shire shall have the Estate bound to relieve or repay them.  
8. And siclike, If it be tried that any have moneys, and will not len the same; It is ordained that the act of Parliament be put to execution against them, especially in that point: That all these who can be tried to have money, and will not len the same as said is: The delators and finders out, to have the one half, and the other half to be confiscate for the public.  
9 And sicklike, It is appointed, That all the silver-work, and gold-work in Scotland, as well to Burgh as Land wart, as well pertaining to noblemen, Barons, and Burgesses, as others of whatsoever degree and quali●●e they be of, be given in to the Committee at Edinburgh, or these they shall appoint to receive the same upon such security for rep●yment as the said Committee and they shall agree at the prices following. And for this effect, The Committee of war within each S●yrefdome, and the magistrates within Burgh, with concurrence of the ministry (who must exhort and give warning out of the Pu●pits to the Paroshioners) are appointed to call before them any such persons as hath any silver or gold work, that inventar may ●e made of the weight & spaces thereof, and security given for the same, with declaration always. Like as it is hereby declare●, That these who have any Silver or Gold work, which they crave rather to keep for their own use, than deliver the same ●o be coined, shall have power to redeem the same at the prices following, viz. fifty six shillings for the unce of Scots silve● work, fifty eight shillings for every unce of English silver work; And thirty four pounds six shillings eight pennies for ●very unce of gold: The same being either produced before the Committee at Edinburgh, or before the Committee of war in each S●yrefdome, or before the Magistrates of every Burgh, and inventar made thereof, or else declared by the parties under their hands, and money presently paid at the rates and prices foresaid; For the which money security shall be given for repayment thereof, a●d free of any burden, as said is.  
And incase any hath double gilt work, or curious wrought work, and can not get m●ney to redeem them, It is hereby declared, that the said gilt and curious work being delivered to the said Committee, shall ●ot be melted, or disponed upon before the term of Whitsonday next: Betwixt an which time the owner thereof shall have po●er to redeem the same at the prices foresaid, he paying always the annuelrent thereof, so long as the same shall lie unredeem●●. And the said silver or gold work to be all given in, either to the Committee of Estate, or to the Committee of war within each ●hyrefdome, or presbytery, or to the Magistrates of each Burgh, within eight days after intimation shall be made thereof, ●●●her at the several Market crosses, or by towke of Drum, or by advertisement from the Ministers out of the Pulpits: With certi●●cation, That these who shall not give in or redeemed the said silver 〈◊〉 gilt work, within the said space, the same shall be con 〈…〉 i 〈…〉 〈…〉nt for the public use.   

Printed at Edinburgh by James Bryson, 1640.