ACT, Anent the Deficients in the last Levy.  
EDINBURGH, the thirteenth Day of December, 1694.  
THE Lords of Their Majesty's Privy Council, Do hereby Ordain Their Majesty's Solicitor, to transmit to the Sheriffs of the Shires and Stewarts of the Stewartries within this Kingdom, or their Deputs or Clerks, such Lists of the D●ficients of the New Levy, as have come to his hands; and where no Lists shall be sent by the Solicitor, Ordains the saids Sheriffs, and Stewarts and their Deputs, and Clerks of Supply, to make up full and exact Lists of the saids Deficients, and to transmit Doubles thereof to their Majesty's Solicitor, within fifteen Days, after this Act shall come to their hands; And also Ordains the respective Sheriffs, Stewarts of Stewartries, and Bailies of Bailiaries within this Kingdom, and their Deputes, within the said space of fifteen days after this Act comes to their hands, to exact and uplift from the persons liable in putting out any Men of the New Levy; and who have not put out these Men before the first day of November last, the Penalty of two hundred Marks, wherein every such person is liable, conform to the Proclamations and Instructions thereanent. And the said's Lords Do hereby Authorise and Warrant the said Sheriffs, Stewarts, Bailies of Bailliaries and their Deputs, either to call a Party of their Majesty's Forces, from any Commander within the Shire, Stewartrie, or Bailliary: And Ordains the saids Commanders to furnish Parties to them, for poinding of the persons Failyiers and Deficient, as said is, before the said first day of November last, or otherwise to make use of their own Officers, for that end, and Declares that the persons Deficient, as said is, are to be poinded in manner prescribed by the Act of Parliament One thousand six hundred and sixty nine, anent the Militia, and the expense of the poinding is to be exacted from them accordingly. And the said's Lords Do hereby Ordain the said's Sheriffs, Stewarts and Bailies, and their Deputs, to pay, or cause pay in the Penalties to be exacted and uplifed by them, to the Collector of Supply within the Shire, and Ordains the Collector to transmit the one half of these Penalties to the General Receiver of their Majesty's Crown Rents, to be applied towards the perfecting the Geographical Maps of this Kingdom, and the other half to be disposed of by the Commissioners of the Shire, for the public Uses within the same, (the said Collector retaining always the twentieth penny for his pains) with Certification to the said Sheriffs, Stewarts, Bailies and their Deputs and Clerks, and Collectors of Supply respective who shall failyie, in discharge of any part of their Duty specified in this Act, that they shall be liable for the Penalties of these Deficients whom they should have Listed, and poinded, and whose Penalties they should have Collected, and transmitted as above appointed; And that Letters of Horning shall be direct, for charging them for payment thereof simpliciter. And Ordains these Presents to be Printed, and appoints their Majesty's Solicitor to send Printed Copies of the same, to the Sheriffs, Stewarts, Bailies, or their Deputs, or Clerks, with all convenient diligence.  
Extracted by me GILB: ELIOT, Cls. Sti. Concilii.  
GOD Save King William and Queen Mary.   

Edinburgh, Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson, Printer to Their most Excellent Majesties, Anno DOM. 1694.