SCHEDULE (I.)

SCHEDULE (K.)

Table of Fees payable under this Act.

I. IN THE COURT OF SESSION.

(1.) To the Collector of the Fee Fund:
Original Petitions for Sequestration, or any other
Writ or Step by which a Process of Sequestration
is originated

All other Papers, being Steps of Procedure, and not
Productions, each

£ s. d.

0 10 0

026

(2.) To the Keeper of the General Minute Book: For entering the first Deliverance, and Deliverance awarding Sequestration, Adjudication, and Discharge, and Approval of Composition, each For entering any other Deliverance or Intimation (3.) To the Extractors:

026

010

For every Extract made of the Proceedings or of the Deliverance of the Lord Ordinary or Inner House, per Sheet

II. TO THE KEEPERS OF THE RECOrds.

For entering any Schedule

For entering on the Margin of any Record the Recall
of Sequestration or Discharge in favour of the
Bankrupt
For Access to and Liberty to make Excerpts of
Proceedings under this Act from any Register or
Record appointed herein to be kept, or in which
Entries are herein appointed to be made, a Fee of
One Shilling for each Year of the Record inspected,
but not exceeding in all for any One Record
For Extracts or certified Copies therefrom, per Sheet
For collating and certifying Excerpts therefrom, per
Sheet

On

III.-SHERIff Court.

(1.) To the Sheriff Clerk:

every Deliverance pronounced by the Sheriff, declaring the Election of an Interim Factor or a Trustee, appointing Diets of Examination, granting a Discharge to the Bankrupt, approving of Composition, or exonerating the Trustee

For every other Deliverance, not being merely an
Order for Papers or Revisals

010

010

010

0 10 0 010

006

026

For every Transmission to or by him of the Proceedings

For entering the First Deliverance, and the Deliverance awarding Sequestration, in the Register, each (if separate)

For entering the Name and Designation of the Interim Factor in the Register

For entering the Name and Designation of the Trustee and Commissioner in the Register

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(2.) To the Sheriff:

Attending any Meeting of Creditors or Examination, for each such Meeting or Diet of Examination, not being on the same Day

SCHEDULE (L.)

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Table of Prices payable for Advertisements in the London or
Edinburgh Gazette.

An Act to improve Prisons and Prison Discipline in Scotland.

WH

[17th August 1839.]

HEREAS an Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed
in the Year One thousand four hundred and eighty-seven,

.intituled Of the Keiping of arreisted Trespassoures: And whereas 1487, c. 101. another Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed in the Year

One thousand five hundred and ninety-seven, intituled Prison 1597, c. 277. Houses suld be bigged within all Burrowes, whereby it is statute

and ordained, that there should be a sufficient Prison made in every Royal Burgh within the Realm, and supported out of the Common Good of the Burgh, or otherwise at the Expence of the Burgh, for the sure Keeping of all Transgressors, as well Civil as Criminal, who should be presented by the Sheriff of the Shire or Stewarts and Bailies of Regality within which the Burghs are situate, as also all other Persons presented to Ward by the Magis? trates Authority within Burgh: And whereas another Act of the • Scottish

1617, c. 8.

1696, c. 32.

11 G. 1. c. 26.

20 G. 2. o. 43.

59 G. 3. c. 61.

6 G. 4. c. 62.

10 G. 4. c. 54.

'Scottish Parliament was passed in the Year One thousand six
hundred and seventeen, intituled Anent the Justices for keeping
of the King's Majesty's Peace, and their Constables: And whereas
another Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed in the Year
'One thousand six hundred and ninety-six, intituled An Act anent
the Aliment of poor Prisoners: And whereas an Act was passed
in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George
the Second, intituled An Act for more effectual disarming the
"Highlands, and for the better securing the Peace and Quiet of that
Part of the Kingdom, whereby the Assessment, Collection, and
'Management of the Money termed the Rogue Money is autho-
rized in the several Shires and Stewartries for defraying the
'Charges of apprehending of Criminals, subsisting them in Prison
' until Prosecution, and of prosecuting such Criminals for their
'several Offences by due Course of Law: And whereas an Act
was passed in the Twentieth Year of the Reign of His Majesty
King George the Second, intituled An Act for taking away and
abolishing the Heritable Jurisdictions in that Part of Great Britain
'called Scotland, and for other Purposes therein mentioned, whereby
' certain Regulations were made relative to Prisons used by Barons
or Heritors of Lands having Criminal Jurisdiction not thereby
'taken away: And whereas an Act was passed in the Fifty-ninth
Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, inti-
'tuled An Act to enable Counties and Stewartries in Scotland and
'to give Aid to Royal Burghs situated therein, for the Purpose of
improving, enlarging, or rebuilding their Gaols, or to improve,
enlarge, or rebuild Common Gaols of Counties or Stewartries
'which are not the Gaols of Royal Burghs: And whereas an Act
was passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King
George the Fourth, intituled An Act to amend an Act of the
'Scottish Parliament relative to the Aliment of poor Prisoners:
And whereas another Act was passed in the Tenth Year of the
Reign of His said Majesty, intituled An Act for directing Reports
to be made respecting Gaols in Scotland; and in conformity to
the Provisions of the said Act certain Reports have been made,
which have been laid before Parliament: And whereas various
Local Acts have also from Time to Time been passed, whereby
and by virtue of the before-recited Act of the Fifty-ninth Year
of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third Assessments
have been authorized to be levied in various Burghs, and also
' in various Counties in aid of the Burghs situated therein, for the
building and Management of Prisons, Bridewells, and other
Places of Confinement, and the Maintenance of Prisoners, and
the Expences of obtaining such Local Acts: And whereas His
late Majesty King William the Fourth, by His Royal Commission
' dated the Fifteenth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and
thirty-three, directed Letters Patent to be forthwith made and
'passed under the Scal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be
kept and made use of in place of the Great Seal of Scotland,
authorizing and appointing certain Commissioners to make a
general Inquiry into the State and Condition of the several Cities,
Burghs, and Towns of Scotland; and the said Commissioners
have presented a Report dated the Fifth Day of August One
thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, wherein they report,
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amongst other things, as to the Management of Gaols, which Report has been laid before Parliament: And whereas by an Act 'passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act for effecting greater Uniformity of 5&6 W.4. c. 38. 'Practice in the Government of the several Prisons in England and

• Wales, and for appointing Inspectors of Prisons in Great Britain, 'One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State is empowered to appoint Inspectors of Prisons in any Part of the Kingdom of • Great Britain, who should make, and transmit to One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, yearly Reports of the State of every Prison visited by him, Copies of which Reports 'should be laid before Parliament: And whereas by virtue of the said last recited Act an Inspector of Prisons has been ap'pointed to act in Scotland, who presented a First Report dated the Third Day of February One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, a Second Report dated the Twenty-fifth Day of Feb<ruary One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and a Third Report dated the Thirteenth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, all of which Reports have been laid 'before Parliament: And whereas the Prisons in Scotland are in 'general insecure and incommodious, and incapable of admitting of the Adoption of a good System of Prison Discipline therein: 'And whereas it is expedient to train the Prisoners in good and 'industrious Habits by effecting their complete Separation from 'vicious Society, and by affording them Religious and Moral Instruction, and employing them in useful Labour: And whereas the Burden of providing and maintaining Prisons, and of sup'plying Aliment to Prisoners therein, has been imposed on Burghs by ancient Laws and Usages; but the Funds thereof are now inadequate for these Purposes, and it is inexpedient that the Burghs should continue liable to the Burdens and 'Obligations wherewith they are chargeable in respect of Prisons and Prisoners: And whereas the Aid given by Counties 'to Burghs for the aforesaid Purposes is varying and uncer'tain, and in many Cases cannot be obtained efficiently or without great Difficulty and Expence: And whereas it is ex'pedient, with a view to the Adoption of efficient Means for the Punishment and Repression of Crime and Reformation of Criminals, that Provision should be made for the Erection and • Maintenance of more secure and convenient Prisons, and for the ⚫ better Management thereof, and the Establishment of a wellregulated System of Prison Discipline therein, by the Appoint'ment of a Board of Directors of Prisons acting on a uniform System, and invested with Power to erect and maintain proper Prisons, and to regulate 'the Discipline and Management of all Prisons, in Scotland, and for raising the necessary Funds by means of a general Assessment on Property within the several Counties and Burghs in manner herein-after provided:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That a General Board of Directors shall be and the same is hereby established for carrying into effect the Purposes of this Act; and the said Board shall consist of the Persons

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following;

General Board of Directors of Prisons established.