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Prayers said. The rolls called.
The minuts of the last sederunt read.
Petition for Thomas, viscount of Teviot relating to the cloathing money and arrears of his royal regiment of dragouns, read and delayed untill the act for the supply be farder considered.
Petition for Patrick Stiel, vintner, read.
Petition for the magistrats of Lanerk relating to their bridge built over Clyde near that burgh, read.
Petition for Major Alexander Stevenson, read.
The first day the parliament shall sit after the next week appointed for takeing all these petitions and other privat business to consideration.
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A warrand granted for citeing the creditors of the laird of Clackmannan in order to his obtaining protection.
The draught of an act defineing what crimes are bailable given in and read, and ordered to ly on the table.
The act for secureing the Protestant religion and presbiterian government being again read, the first part of it for security of the Protestant religion was unanimously acquiesced in without a vote, and the last part anent presbiterian government being considered there was an exception added of the allowance given to ministers qualified in the terms of the twenty seventh act of the fifth session of King William's parliament, and then the whole act put to the vote and approven.
The act for the tolleration being again read, it was moved that her majesties' letter to the privy council anent the preachers of the episcopal persuasion might be laid before the parliament, and the said letter, being accordingly brought in and read, was immediatly returned to the clerk of the privy council.
The act for security of the kingdom read again and ordered to be marked a first reading, but not to pass untill it be twice read and considered.
The act for ratifieing the act of parliament 1689 turning the meeting of the estates into a parliament read and ordered to be marked a first reading. Then the several acts anent the conferring of offices, the makeing of peace and warr, and the importation of wines etc. were read, and these three acts ordered to be printed.
The lord chancellor, by order of her majesties' high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Munday next at ten a clock.