cure it, or fhould be oblig'd to defer the Exhibiting or Delivering it, beyond the aforefaid time, it is agreed, that the Treaty fhall, however, continue in Force, nor fhall its Validity be deem'd to be diminifhed on that Account.

Numb. XII.

The Articles of the UNION as they Pass'd with Amendments in the Parliament of Scotland, and Ratify'd by the Touch of the Royal Scepter at Edinburgh, January 16. 1707. By James Duke of Queensberry, Her Majefty's High Commif fioner for that Kingdom.

Note, that the Amendments are all in Italick, that they may better appear to the Reader's View.

I.THAT the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, fhall, upon the First Day of May next enfuing the Date hereof, and for ever after, be united into One Kingdom, by the Name of GreatBritain, and that the Enfigns Armorial of the faid United Kingdom, be fuch as her Majefty fhall appoint; and the Croffes of St. Andrew and St. George be conjoin'd in fuch manner as her Majefty fhall think fit, and used in all Flags, Banners, Standards, and Enfigns, both at Sea and Land.

II. That the Succeffion to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom of Great Brittain, and of the Dominions thereunto belonging, after her moft facred Majefty, and in Default of Iffue of her Majefty, Be, Remain,and Continue to the moft Excellent Princess Sophia, Electorefs and Dutchefs Dowager of Hannover, and the Heirs of her Body, being Proteftants, upon whom the Crown of England is fettled. by an Act of Parliament made in England in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majelty King William the Third Entituled, An Act for the further Limita tion of the Crown, and better fecuring the Rights and

Liberties

Liberties of the Subject. And that all Papifts, and
Perfons marrying Papifts, fhall be Excluded from,
and for ever incapable to Inherit, Poffefs, or Enjoy
the Imperial Crown of Great Britain, and the
Dominions thereunto belonging,
or any Part
thereof. And in every fuch Cafe, the Crown and
Government fhall from Time to Time, Defcend
ro, and be Enjoyed by fuch Perfon, being a Prote-
ftant, as fhould have Inherited and Enjoyed the
fame. In cafe fuch Papifts, or Perfon marrying a
Papist was naturally dead, according to the Provifi-
on for the Defcent of the Crown of England, made
by another Act of Parliament in England, in the
First Year of the Reign of their late Majefties King
William and Queen Mary, Entituled, An Act declas
ring the Rights and Liberties of the Subjects, and fett-
ling the Succeffion of the Crown.

III. That the United Kingdom of Great Britain be reprefented by one and the fame Parliament, to be filed the Parliament of Great Britain."

IV. That all the Subjects of the United Kingdom of Great Britain fhall, from, and after the Union, have full Freedom and Intercourfe of Trade, and Navigation, to, and from any Port or Place within the faid United Kingdom, and the Dominions and Plantations thereunto belonging; and that there be a Communication of all other Rights, Privileges, Advantages which do, or may belong to the Subjects of either Kingdom, except where it is otherwise exprefly agreed in thefe Articles.

V. That all Ships or Veffels, belonging to her Majefty's Subjects of Scotland, at the Time of Ratifying the Treaty of Union of the Two Kingdoms, in the Parliament of Scotland, though Foreign Built, be deem'd, and pafs as Ships of the Build of Great Britain; the. Owner, or where there are more Owners, one or more of the Owners, within Twelve Months after the first of May next, making Oath, that at the Time of Ratifying the Treaty of Union in the Parliament of Scotland, the fame did, in whole or in part, belong to Him or Them, or to fome other Subject or Subjects of Scotland, to be particularly Named, with the Place of their refpective Abodes; and that the fame doth then, at the Time of the faid Depofition, wholly belong to Him, or Them, and that no Foreigner, Directly

Directly, or Indirectly, hath any Share, Part, or In tereft therein. Which Oath fhall be made before the chief Officer or Officers of the Cuftoms,in the Port next to the Abode of the faid Owner or Owners: And the faid Officer or Officers fhall be impowered to Admini ftrate the faid Oath: And the Oath being to adminiftrated,fhall be Attefted by the Officer or Officers, who Adminiftrated the fame. And being Regiftred by the faid Officer or Officers, fhall be delivered to the Mafter of the Ship for Security of her Navigation; and a Duplicate thereof fhall be tranfmitted by the faid Ofcer or Officers, to the Chief Officer or Officers of the Cultoms in the Port of Edinburgh, to be there enter'd in a Register, and from thence to be fent to the Port of Londen, to be there enter'd in the General Regifter of all Trading Ships belonging to Great Britain.

VI. That all Parts of the United Kingdom, for ever, from and after the Union, fhall have the fame Allowances, Encouragements and Draw-backs, and be under the fame Prohibitions, Reftrictions and Regulations of Trade, and liable to the fame Cuftoms, and Duties, and Import and Export. And that the Allowances, Encouragements, and Drawbacks, Prohibitions, Restrictions, and Regulations of Trade, and the Customs and Duties on Import and Export fettled in England, when the Union commences, fhall, from, and after the Union, take place throughout the whole United Kingdom: Excepting and Referving the Duties upon Export and Import, of fuch particular Commodities, from which any Perfons, the Subjects of either Kingdom, are Specially Liberated and Exempted by their Private "Rights, which after the Union, are to remain Safe and Entire to them in all Refpects, as before the fame. And that from, and after the Union, no Scots Cattle carried into England, fhall be liable to any other Duties, either on the Publick or Private Accompts than thefe Duties, to which the Cattle of England are, or fhall be liable within the faid Kingdom. And feeing by the Laws of England, there are Rewards granted upon the Exportation of certain kinds of Grain, wherein Oats Grinded or Ungrinded, are not Expreffed, that from and after the Union, when Oats fhall be fold at Fifteen Shil ling Sterling per Quarter, or under, there shall be paid Two Shilling and Six Pence Sterling for every Quarter of the Oatmeal Exported, in the Terms of the Law, where

by, and so long as Rewards are granted for Exportation N
of other Grains; and that the Beer of Scotland have the
Lame Rewards as Barley: And in respect the Importation
of Vitual into Scotland, from any Place beyond-Sea,
would prove a difcouragement to Tillage, Therefore that
the Prohibition, as now in Force by the Law of Scotland,
against Importation of Victual from Ireland, or any other
Place beyond Sea into Scotland, do, after the Union,
i emain in the fame Force as now it is, until more Proper
and Effectual Ways be provided by the Parliament of
Great-Britain, for difcouraging the Importation of the
faid Victual from beyond-Sea.

VII. That all Parts of the United Kingdom be for
ever, from, and after the Union, liable to the fame
Excifes upon all Excifable Liquors, Excepting only
that the Thirty four Gallons, English Barrel of Beer or
Ale, amounting to twelve Gallons Scots prefent Mea-
fure, fold in Scotland by the Brewer at nine shillings
Six pence Sterling, excluding all Duties, and Retailed,
including Duties, and the Retailers Profit at Two pence
the Scots Pint, or eight part of the Scots Gallon, be not
after the Union liable on account of the prefent Excise
upon Excifable Liquors in England to any higher Impo-
fition than two Shillings Sterling upon the forefaid Thirty
four Gallons, English Barrel being twelve Gallons the pre-
fent Scots meafure. And that the Excife fettled in Eng-
land on all other Liquors, when the Union commences,
take place throughout the whole United Kingdom.

VIII. That from and after the Union, all Foreign Salt which shall be imported into Scotland, fhalt be charg❜d at the Importation there, with the fame Duties as the like Salt is now charg'd with being imported into England, and to be levied and fecured in the fame manner. But in regard the Duties of great Quantities of Foreign Salt imported may be very heavy upon the Merchants Importers, that therefore all Foreign Salt imported into Scotland, fhall be celler'd and lock'd up under the Cuftody of the Merchant Importer, and the Officers employ'd for Levying the Duties upon Salt; and that the Merchant may have what Quantities thereof his Occafions may require, not under a Weigh or Forty Bufbels at a time, giving Security for the Duty of what Quantities he receives payable in fix Months. But Scot land fhall, for the fpace of Seven Years, from the faid Union, be exempted from paying in Scotland

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for Salt made there, the Duty or Excife now pay. able for Salt made in England; but from the Expiration of the faid Seven Years, fhall be fubject and liable to the fame Duties for Salt made in England, to be levied and fecured in the fame manner, and with proportional Drawbacks and Allowances as in England, with this Exception, That Scotland fall, after the faid Seven Years, remain exempted from the Duty of two Shillings and Four Pence the Bufhel on bom: Salt, impofed by an Act made in England in the ninth and tenth Years of King William the Third of England; and if the Parliament of Great-Britain fall at, or before the Expiring of the faid Seven Years, fubftitute any other Fund in place of the faid two Shillings and four Pence of Excife upon the Bushel of bome Salt, Scotland shall, after the faid feven Years, bear proportion of the faid Fund, and have an Equivalent in the Terms of this Treaty. And that during the faid feven Years, there fhall be pay'd in England for all Salt made in Scotland, and imported from thence into England, the fame Duties upon the Importation as fhall be payable for Salt made in England, to be levied and fecured in the fame manner as the Duties on Foreign Salt are to be levied and fecured in England. And that after the faid feven Years, bow long the faid Duty of two Shillings four Pence a Bufbel upon Salt is continued in England, the faid two Shillings four Pence a Bufhei fhall be payable for all Salt made in Scotland and imported into England to be levied and fecured in the fame manner; and that during the Continuance of the Duty of Two Shillings Four Pence a Bushel upon Salt made in England,no Salt whatsoever be brought from Scotland to England by Land in any manner, under the Penalty of forfeiting the Salt and the Cattle and Carriages made ufe of in bringing the fame, and paying twenty Shillings for every Bufhel of fuch Salt, and proportionably for a greates or leffer quantity, for which the Carrier as well as the Owner fhall be liable, jointly and feverally, and the Perfons bringing or carrying the fame, to be imprifoned by any one Juftice of the Peace, by the fpace of fix Months without Bail, and until the Pe. nalty be paid. And for establishing an Equality in Trade, that all Flefh exported from Scotland to England, and put on Board in Scotland, to be exported