# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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751

Cap. 46. GEORGII III. REGIS.

agree with the ſaid Arthur Forbes, his Heirs or Aſſigns, But in caſe the
in reſpect to the Amount of ſuch Compenſation, then, Parties cannot agree, the Ba-
and in that Caſe, it ſhall and may be lawful to and for the rons of the
Barons of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, upon any Exchequer in *Scotland*, upon
Application to be made to the ſaid Court after the Firſt Application to be made after
Day of January, One thouſand ſeven hundred and eighty- *Jan.* 1, 1785,
five, by Motion on the Behalf of His Majeſty, His Heirs may direct to be tried, by a
and Succeſſors, or by any Motion or Petition by or on Special Jury, at the Bar of
Behalf of the ſaid Arthur Forbes, his Heirs or Aſſigns, their Court, &c. the A-
to award and direct to be tried at the Bar of the ſaid mount of the Compenſation
Court, by a Special Jury of the City and County of which ought to be made by
Edinburgh, to be impannelled and ſworn for that eſpecial the Crown in Diſcharge of
Purpoſe, or to award any Special Commiſſion forth of the ſaid Ex-
the ſaid Court of Exchequer for making an Inqueſt, by a emption;
Jury of lawful Men of the ſame City and County to
be impannelled and ſworn, the Quantum or Amount of
the Compenſation or Satisfaction which ought to be
made and paid by the Crown, in Lieu and Diſcharge of
the ſaid Leaſe, Sett, or Exemption, Regard being had
to its Circumſtances, Duration, and Extent, as proved
before the ſaid Inqueſt; and that, from and after the And after
Payment to the ſaid Arthur Forbes, his Heirs or Aſſigns, Payment thereof, the
of the ſaid Compenſation to be paid as aforeſaid, the ſaid *Arthur*
ſaid Arthur Forbes, or thoſe claiming under him, and *Forbes*, his
the Heritors, Proprietors, Occupiers, and Inhabitants Heirs, *&c.* ſhall pay ſuch
of the ſaid Lands ſhall, at all Times thereafter, pay ſuch Duties of Ex-
and the ſame Duties of Exciſe now exiſting, and here= ciſe as other Perſons in
after to be impoſed, as any other Perſon or Perſons, *Scotland.*
within that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, are
and ſhall be liable to pay; and that all Acts of Parliament
now in being, or hereafter to be made, for raiſing, levy=
ing, and ſecuring the Duties of Exciſe in other Parts of
Scotland, and for puniſhing Frauds and Abuſes in rela=
tion thereto, ſhall from thenceforth be in full Force and
Effect, with reſpect to the ſaid Arthur Forbes, his Heirs
and Aſſigns, or the Heritors, Proprietors, Occupiers,
and Inhabitants of the ſaid Lands of Ferintoſh.

LIV. And whereas, by an Act made in the Nineteenth
Year of the Reign of His preſent Majeſty, intituled, Recital of 19
An Act for granting to His Majeſty additional Duties upon Geo. III. Cap.
the