Edinburgh, 9. November 1648.  
THE Committee of Estates taking into their consideration that the putting of disaffected and Malignant persons in places of trust or power in the several Shires and Burghs of the Kingdom, And the exercising of that Power to the prejudice of the cause and disturbance of the Peace; Hath occasioned all those present evils unto this Kingdom, And considering that by their former Acts of the 22. of Sept. and fourth of Octob. last, all persons who had been employed in any public place or trust, and had been accessary to the late Engagement, or who have subscribed the Bond, or sworn, or subscribed any Oath or Declaration for prosecuting thereof, should forbear the exercise of their places, And be excluded from sitting in counsels, Committees or other public judicatories as Members or Clerks, Therefore the Committee doth hereby Statute and Ordain, That all Sheiriffs, bailiffs of Regalities, Stuarts of Stuartries and their deputies, Magistrates of Burghs, bailiffs of Burghs of baronies, or any other public judge, Minister or Officer either in Burgh or Landward, All Shireff Clerks, Clerks of Stuartries Regalities, Burghs or of Committees of war who have been accessary to the late Engagement, and are culpable of the crimes contained in the said Acts, shall forbear all exercise of their places or trust until the next ensuing Parliament, and that further order be taken thereanent, And that all persons guilty as aforesaid be discharged from exercising any public place or trust, Without prejudice always to such Lords of Regalities, Stewarts of Stuartries, and others who have power to make their bailiffs, Deputies, or Clerks, and are free of the crimes aforesaid, to substitute others well-affected and qualified bailiffs Deputies, and Clerks in the places of these vacant as aforesaid, But where the persons having Power of making Deputies and Clerks are culpable of the same faults and crimes, for which their Deputies and Clerks are hereby ordained to be removed, In that case the Committees of war of the several Shires are to Represent the same to the Committee of Estates, who will take such further Course for appointing others in the places so vacant as they shall think fit, and Ordains these presents to be published at the Mercat cross of Edinburgh, and also to be Printed.  
THO. HENDERSON.   

Printed by EVAN tiler, Printer to the Kings most Excellent majesty 1648.