ACT of PARLIAMENT For Repressing the Depredations in the Highlands, September 10. 1690.  
OUR Sovereign Lord and Lady, the King and Queen's Majesties, Considering the several good and laudable Laws made by Their Majesty's Royal Progenitors, for Repressing the Depredations and Robberies, Committed by Sorners, Robbers, and Broken-men in the Highlands, and the Shires next adjacent thereto, which have not hitherto taken full effect: And that the late Meeting of the Estates Did humbly Represent the 'samine to Their Majesties, to be Redressed, and that the said's Robberies and Depredations are much encouraged and increased, by reason of the present Rebellion, chief to the prejudice of such of Their Majesty's Subjects, who are most peaceable, and best affected to Their Majesty's Laws and Government; Wherethrough it is , that not only the former Laws made thereanent should be revived; But likeways a further remedy should be provided thereto, by this present Act: Therefore Their Majesties, with Advice and Consent of the Estates of Parliament, Do hereby, not only Revive, Ratify and Approve the said's whole Laws and Acts made for Repressing Sornings, Robberies and Depredations, in so far as they are not altered or innovat by this present Act: But further, Do Statute, Ordain, and Enact, That where any Sornings, Robberies, or Depredations are committed in the Shires following, viz. The Shires of Argyle, Bute, Dumbriton, Striviling, Clackmannan, Kinross, Perth, Forfar, Kincardine, Aberdene, Bamff, Elgine, Nairn, Inverness, Ross, Cromerty, Sutherland and Caithness, the whole Heretors, Liferenters, and proper Wodsetters within the particular Paroch, where such Depredations, Sornings, and Robberies are committed, and within the whole parochs adjacent to, and marching with the said particular Paroch, shall be liable to refound to the party damnified, through the saids Sornings, Depredations, and Robberies, the loss to be sustained thereby, proportionally according to their valued Rent within the said's parochs, Providing the Damnages sustained be in Horse, Nolt, Sheep, Goats, or other  and Corns allanerly, and no otherways; And the said's Heretors are hereby Authorized and Impowered to exact and uplift from their respective Tenants, and others dwelling on their Lands for their relief, the just and equal half of their ●aids respective proportions, and to divide the 'samine amongst them, as they find just, the said Relief not exceeding the just and equal half of their respective proportions, as said is▪ And it is hereby Statute and Ordained, that the Damnages and losses to be sustained by such Depredations, may, and shall be liquidat by the Commissioners of Supply, within the respective Shires, where the said's whole parochs do lie, or any three of the said's Commissioners, who are hereby Authorized to be a sufficient Quorum, for making this Act effectual, and that upon a Citation of fifteen days, to be executed at the Mercat Crosses of the Head-Burghs of the respective Shires on a Mercat Day, betwixt ten and twelve a Clock in the Forenoon, and whole Paroch Kirks liable by this Act respective, on a Sabbath Day, betwixt ten a Clock in the Forenoon, and two a Clock in the Afternoon, and that providing there be tutus accessus, for making the said's Intimations, Summoning all parties having interest to appear at such places, as the said's Commissioners, or Quorum of them, hereby Authorized, shall appoint, with power to them after Liquidation of the said Damnage, to divide the 'samine among the respective Heretors, according to their respective Valuations within the said's parochs, and to give out Precepts for poinding, and Orders for Quartering, as for Their Majesty's Supply. And it is further Enacted and Ordained, that where a Harship or Depredation shall be carried through any other Lands, the parochs which are hereby liable, shall have proportional Relief from the Heretors and Tenants of these Lands, through which they pass, or re-pass, as if the said's Lands were within the said's parochs where the Damnages is sustained, albeit the Depredators do not rest upon these Lands, unless the Heretors, Tenants and Inhabitants in these Lands, through which the Depredators pass, both raise the Hue and Cry after them, and rise in Arms to concur for recovering the Goods, and Seizing the persons of the said's Depredators, Sorners and Robbers. And it is also hereby Declared, that this present Act is without prejudice of former Acts against Depredations, and that whatsoever Sums shall be paid by any parochs, by virtue of this Act, the Paroch or parochs so paying, shall have relief thereof against these liable, conform to former Laws. As also, it is hereby specially Provided and Declared, that the persons upon whom the Depredations and Robberies shall be committed, shall have no benefit of Relief competent to them, unless they raise the Hue and Cry to their Neighbours, that they may pursue after the saids Depredators, Sorners and Robbers, and so from Paroch to Paroch; and that these Neighbours, who shall not follow the Hue and Cry, may, Besides their being liable conform to this Act, be further punished as Their Majesty's Privy Council shall think fit; And sicklike, it is Provided and Declared, that such Landlords and Heretors, who shall after committing of the Depredations, Reset, Converse, or Intercommune with the Depredators, Sorners or Robbers, shall have neither Action nor Relief competent to them by this present Act; And for the more speedy and punctual execution hereof, Ordains this present Act immediately to be Printed, and Published at the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh, and at the Mercat Crosses of the Head burgh's of the said's whole respective Shires, and whole Paroch Churches therein, to which there is tutus accessus for the present; and that the 'samine shall take effect within forty eight hours after the 'samine be is Published at the respective Mercat Crosses, as said is, notwithstanding of any Law or Act of Parliament, suspending the effect of Laws for a longer time, after Enacting or Publication thereof. It is always hereby Provided and Declared, that this present Act, in so far as the famine does import any Innovation, alteration, or addition to the former Laws against Depredations and Robberies, shall only endure, have strength and effect till the first of January 1692. years. Extracted forth of the Records of Parliament by,  
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