Section 1 Stipends modified before the passing of this Act, not to be again modified for 15 years.

From and after the passing of this Act it shall not be competent to the said lords of council and session as commissioners aforesaid, except as after specified, to augment or modify any stipend which shall have been augmented or modified prior to the passing of this Act, until the expiration of fifteen years from and after the date of the last final decreet of modification of such stipend.