SCHEDULE (F). Form of Execution of Summons or Petition. This summons [or petition] executed [or served] by me [insert name] sheriff-officer, against [or upon] [insert name or names] defender, [or defender, or respondent, or respondents], [state whether personally or otherwise], in presence of [insert name and designation of witness], this at on the o'clock, within C.D. [design him]. You are hereby cited to attend in the Sheriff Court of the county of day of to give evidence for the pursuer [or defender] in the action at the instance of A. [design him], pursuer, against B. [design him], defender, and that under the penalty of forty shillings sterling if you fail to attend. [If a haver, say,] And you are required to bring with you [specify documents required]. Dated this day of E.F., Sheriff-officer. Upon the Execution against Witnesses and Havers. I duly cited C.D. [design on o'clock, within him] to attend in the Sheriff Court of the county of the day of at to give evidence for the pursuer [or defender], in the action at the instance of A. [design him], pursuer, against B. [design him], defender. [If a haver, say,] And I also require him to bring with him [specify documents]. This I did by delivering a just copy of citation to the above effect, signed by me, to the said C.D. personally [or otherwise, as the case may be]. SCHEDULE (I.) E.F., Sheriff-officer. Notice to remove. [Place and date.] You are required to remove from the farm of [insert name by which usually known], at the term of next, as to the houses and grass, and at the separation of the crop from the ground as to the arable land [or as the case may be], in terms of the lease thereof [or in terms of your letter of removal], dated [Address] G.H. [design him.] SCHEDULE (J). E.F., Sheriff-officer. Certificate of Notice to remove. [Place and date.] certify, that I, E.F., sheriff-officer of the county of day of notice to remove, in terms of next [according to the on the this lease [or letter of removal] at terms of the notice], was, in presence of L.M. [design him], subscribing witness, given by me to G.H., the tenant, by delivering such notice to him personally [or by leaving such notice at his ordinary dwelling-house at or by transmitting such notice to him through the postoffice to his known address, as follows: (insert address to which notice sent)]. L.M., witness. SCHEDULE (K). Letter of Removal. E.F., Sheriff-officer. [Place and date.] SIR,-I am to remove from the farm of [insert name by which usually known], at the term of eighteen hundred and as to the house and grass, and at the separation of the crop from the ground as to the arable land [or as the case may be]. [Address.] I am, Your obedient servant, [Signed by the Tenant.] Note. If this letter is not holograph of the granter of it, it L.M., witness. SCHEDULE (L). Herefor it is my will, and I command you, that on sight hereof ye pass, and in Her Majesty's name and authority and mine lawfully summon, warn, and charge the said [accused party] to compear personally before me, or any of my substitutes, in a court to be holden by us, or any of us, at in the hour of cause, at o'clock, forenoon, for the first diet, there to plead guilty or not guilty, and to underlye the law for the crimes above mentioned; and also, if required, upon the for the second diet, at day of o'clock, forenoon, again to plead guilty or not guilty, and to underlye the law as aforesaid; as also, if required for the said second diet alternately, that ye summon an assize hereto, being not fewer than the number of forty-five persons, together with such witnesses as best know the verity of the premises, whose names are hereto subjoined in a list subscribed by the complainer personally, or at their dwelling places, all to compear before me or any of my substitutes, time and place of said second diet of compearance. [And so on to the end of the will now in common use.] 16 & 17 Vict. c. 92.-An ACT to diminish the number of Sheriffs in Scotland, and to unite certain counties in Scotland in so far as regards the jurisdiction of the Sheriff.-20th August 1853. Whereas it is expedient that the number of Sheriffs in Scotland should be diminished, and that provision should be made for uniting certain counties in so far as regards the jurisdiction of the Sheriff: 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, as follows: 1. [Counties specified in schedule to be united, and provision for discharge of the functions of Sheriff of the united counties.]—Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of Sheriff of any counties or county specified in the schedule hereunto annexed, such counties or county and the other counties or county named and included therewith in the said schedule shall be united into one sheriffdom, under the title specified in the said schedule, and the functions of the Sheriff of the counties or county in which the vacancy shall occur shall thereupon devolve on and be discharged by the Sheriff of such other counties or county so included therewith; and such Sheriff shall thereafter be and be denominated the Sheriff of the said united counties and sheriffdom, without the necessity of any new commission being issued in his favour, and shall have and exercise all the jurisdiction, powers, privileges, and authority competent to the Sheriffs of the said counties respectively. 2. [County of Peebles to be united with County of Midlothian.]—Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of Sheriff of the county of Peebles the said county shall be united with the county of Midlothian into one sheriffdom, to be called the sheriffdom of Midlothian and Peebles, and the functions of the Sheriff of the said county of Peebles shall thereupon devolve on and be discharged by the Sheriff of Midlothian, who shall be and shall be denominated the Sheriff of Midlothian and Peebles, without the necessity of any new commission being issued in his favour, in like manner and to the like effect as is herein-before provided. 3. [No separate appointments to be made to the office of Sheriff of counties to be united.]—No separate appointment shall hereafter be made to the office of Sheriff of the said county of Peebles, or of any of the counties specified in the said schedule, but appointment shall only be made to the office of Sheriff of such united counties or sheriffdoms as vacancies shall occur after such union as aforesaid. 4. [Saving rights, privileges, and liabilities of counties.]-Provided always, that, excepting as regards the person by whom the office of Sheriff shall be held and discharged, nothing herein contained shall affect or alter in any way the rights, privileges, or liabilities of the said counties respectively. 5. [Sheriffs of united counties not to be entitled to additional salary.]— Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall give any right to the Sheriff of any such united counties to any additional salary beyond that enjoyed by him as Sheriff of any counties or county prior to any vacancy occurring as aforesaid. SCHEDULE referred to in the foregoing Act. 4. The County of Dum- Dumbarton and Bute. The Sheriff of Dum barton and the County barton and Bute. The Sheriff of Haddington and Berwick. The Sheriff of Roxburgh and Selkirk. The Sheriff of Wigton and Kirkcudbright. 33 & 34 Vict. c. 86.-An ACT to amend and extend the Act sixteenth and seventeeth Victoria, chapter ninety-two, to make further provision for uniting Counties in Scotland in so far as regards the Jurisdiction of the Sheriff; and also to make certain provisions regarding the Duties of Sheriffs and Sheriffs-Substitute in Scotland.-9th August 1870. Whereas it is expedient to amend and extend the Act sixteenth and seventeenth Victoria, chapter ninety-two, and to make further provision for uniting counties in Scotland in so far as regards the jurisdiction of the Sheriff; and also to make certain provisions regarding the duties of Sheriffs and Sheriffs-Substitute in Scotland: 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, as follows: 1. [County of Kincardine to be united to county of Aberdeen.]—The county of Kincardine, the office of Sheriff whereof is now vacant, shall be and is hereby united with the county of Aberdeen into one sheriffdom, to be called the Sheriffdom of Aberdeen and Kincardine, and the functions of the Sheriff of the said county of Kincardine shall devolve on and are hereby devolved on and shall be discharged by the Sheriff of the county of Aberdeen, who shall be and shall be denominated the Sheriff of Aberdeen and Kincardine, without the necessity of any new commission being issued in his favour. 2. [County of Banff to be united with counties of Aberdeen and Kincardine, and counties of Elgin and Nairn to be united with county of Inverness.] Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of Sheriff of Banff, Elgin, and Nairn, the said counties shall be disunited and shall no longer constitute one sheriffdom, and the county of Banff shall be united with the counties of Aberdeen and Kincardine into one sheriffdom to be thereafter called the sheriffdom of Aberdeen, Kincardine, and Banff, and the functions of the Sheriff of the said county of Banff shall thereupon devolve on and be discharged by the Sheriff of Aberdeen and Kincardine, who shall be and shall be denominated the Sheriff of Aberdeen, Kincardine, and Banff, without the necessity of any new commission being issued in his favour; and the counties of Elgin and Nairn shall in like manner be united with the county of Inverness into one sheriffdom, to be called the sheriffdom of Inverness, Elgin, and Nairn, and the functions of the Sheriff of the counties of Elgin and Nairn shall thereupon devolve on and be discharged by the Sheriff of the county of |