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For Counties in Scotland.
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XVI. And be it further enacted, That no Person to be appointed as aforesaid shall be capable of acting as a Commissioner in Execution of this Act, for any Shire or Stewartry in Scotland, who is not enseost in Superiority or property, or possessed as Proprietor or Life Renter of Lands in Scotland, to the Extent of One hundred and fifty Pounds Scots per annum, valued Rent; or unless such Person shall be possessed of Personal Estate of the Value of Three thousand Pounds; or of Personal Estate or an Interest therein producing an annual Income of One hundred and twenty Pounds Sterling; or be enseost or possessed as aforesaid of Lands and Personal Estate or an Interest therein being together of the annual Value of One hundred and twenty Pounds Sterling, estimating in every, such. Case One hundred Pounds Personal Estate as equivalent to Four Pounds per Annum, and an Interest from. Personal Estate of Four Pounds per Annum, as equivalent to One hundred Pounds Personal Estate; or unless shall be the eldest Son of some Person who shall be enseost or possessed of a like Estate, of Twice the Value or more, as is required as the Qualification of a Commissioner in Right of his own Estate for such Shire or Stewartry.
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