100
timoniall, given, acknouledged and granted under the hand
of the Conservator or his deputie and secretary, with the
office-seal thereto affixed or appended, shall be held and estee
med in all caseseither civill or criminallals oblidgeing
legall and authentiek to all intents and purposes as any other
given and granted by the magistratts or judges of this toun
in cases belonging to their jurisdiction. And the Conservator
shall within sex weeks aftir the signeing of this contract give
to the magistratts a list of all such personesas are under the
staple-court, as also of those, that shall happen from tyme to
tyme hereaftir to live under the jurisdiction of the staple-court.
5 x). If any question or action civill shall fall out betueen
any of the Scotts nation and any of the inhabitants of this
touneither native or strangerthe plentive or first complener
he being a Scotts man, shall be oblidged first of all to apply
himself to the Conservator or his deputieand being a Dutchman
to the magistrattsthat there may be arbitrators nominat over
the bussines in question. And the said Conservator togither
with the magistratts shall upon either syde yeirlie name three
arbitrators, the present to include the absent, that may freely
cognosce, arbitratt and determine upon the saids differences;
and the sentences and decreits, so past in judgement by them
upon the willing submission of the pairties, shall be holden
als valide to ail intents and purposesas if the same wer past
in judgement befor the magistratts of this toun or Conserva
tors court; and that all such decreits and sentences arbitrall
so given shall with all expedition be putt in execution accor
ding to the priviledges of this toun and lawes of the cuntrie.
And if it should so happenthat the saids arbitrators be equall
in their voices, in that case the saids arbitrators shall choise
ane umpire, that may pronuncee the arbitrall sentence; and if
the saids pairties will not willingly submitt to the said arbi
trall sentence, then the same is to be brought before the ma-
Vg] 1668 art. 34.
