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Prayers said, the rolls called.
The minuts of the last sederunt read.
Sir Patrick Home and Sir John Swintoun desireing to be admitted commissioners for the shire of Berwick since the contraversie anent their elections was agreed, there was a petition read for Simon Marjorybanks of Dedrigs and severall freeholders in that shyre craveing they might not be received because such agreements could not prejudge the priviledge of the freeholders who had right to choose a new commissioner when their votes came to be found equall in any election, or that any commission became void, as had happened in this case by the laird of Jerviswood's accepting another commission for the shyre of Lanerk, though he had more votes than both these commissioners at his election for the shyre of Berwick. Upon advyseing of which petition, the vote being stated admit both these commissioners or no, it carried that both should be admitted, and they took the oath of alleadgeance and oath of parliament and subscribed the alleadgeance and assurance.
A petition by Mr Rodger Hepburn, craveing he might be allowed to take the oath of alleadgeance and assurance for exerceing his imployment as ane advocate, granted, and he allowed to swear and subscryve the same before the lords of session.
A petition for the disbanded officers relateing to their arrears and subsistance read, and appoynted to be brought in and considered the first sitting of parliament next week.
The former dayes debate was resumed.
Resolved that the parliament will proceed to make such acts as are necessary or fit for secureing our religion, liberty and trade before any act for supplie or any other bussiness whatsoever.†
The draught of an act for securitie of the kingdom was read, and the draughts of the severall acts following were presented and read, viz: an act ratifieing the first act of the first session of the last parliament and of new enacting and declaireing that all acts past in the severall sessions thereof be obeyed as lawes; an act ordaineing that after the decease of her majestie and airs of her body all offices, civill or militarie, in this kingdome formerly conferred by our kings shall ever after be given by the parliament by way of ballot; an act declaireing that after the death of her present majestie, and failzieing airs of her body, no person comeing to the croun of Scotland being at the same tyme king or queen of England shall as king or queen of Scotland have power to make peace or war without consent of parliament; an act allowing the importation of all sorts of wines and other forraigne liquors; an act for secureing the true Protestant religion and presbiterian government. All which were ordered to lye on the table.
The lord chancellor, by order of her majesties high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Tuesday next at ten a clock.
Seafield, cancellar[ius], I.P.D. p[arliamenti]†