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Funds for the Edinburgh Mint should be administered by the master, not the general. Proposes clarification of two clauses in the Coinage Act [of 1715] to ensure conformity between the Edinburgh and London Mints, and to prevent the Scots making unwarranted expense claims to the detriment of the London Mint.
Some Amendments to the Coinage Act
By the a
under the same Rules as the Mint in England. And therefore
all the Coinage moneys for Scotland should be issued out of the
Exchequer of great Britain to the Master & Worker (not to the
Generall) for the use & service of that Min in general terms &
applied not by the Warrants of the Treasury o
of that Mint to particular uses, those Officers taking care that
no greater summ be applied to Salaries, Repairs
Incidents then the Coinage Act allows. Fo
of the Mint in England setled by the Coinage Acts.
In the Coinage Act of the seventh of the Queen, there is a
Clause for issuing from the Exchequer of great Britain any summ
not exceeding 1200 li to the Mint in Scotland for Salaries & repairing
For preserving this Mint & reducing the Mint in Scotland to
the same Rules, the following amendments to the c
are here proposed.
Fol. 2. lin 12. After the words [duly put in execution] add [with
relation to the Mint or Mints in England,]
The first Amendment is for voiding
in the Coinage Act of the 7th of the Queen. The second is for
setling the Mint of Scotland upon the same Rules as the Mint in
England, as it
that the two Mints may not interfere & obstruct one another.