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Prayers said. Rolls called.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
The Lord Duffus, who was absent the last session of parliament, took the oath of alleadgeance and subscribed the same with the assureance and took the oath of parliament.
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The laird of Cavers renewed his protestation made the last session of parliament against the calling any other of the barons representing the shire of Roxburgh before him, he being the most ancient baron and returned first in the commission.
Sir James Foulis of Colingtoun, one of the commissioners for the barons of the shire of Edinburgh newly elected in place of Sir James Primrose, now promoted to be viscount of Primrose, took the oath of allegiance and signed the same with the assureance and took the oath of parliament.
John Forbes of Culloden, commissioner elected for the shire of Nairn in place of the deceased Duncan Forbes of Colloden, took the oath of allegiance and subscribed the same with the assureance and took the oath of parliament.
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Act adjourning the summer session to the first of November next, read for the second time and voted and approven, and then touched with the scepter by her majesties' commissioner in the usual manner, of which act the tenor follows.
Our sovereign lady, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament, adjourn the session to the first day of November next and declare all actions depending before the lords of session to be continued to the said day, and her majestie, with consent foresaid, dispenses in the mean time with the sitting of the court of justiciary and all inferior courts as if the parliament were not sitting, and further declares that the time and space betwixt the date hereof and the said first of November next shall not be reckoned in any annual prescriptions, and ordains these presents to be published at the mercat cross of Edinburgh and to be furthwith printed, that the leidges may be certified thereof.
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The double election for the steuartrie of Kirkcudbright called, and a petition from some of the freeholders read, craveing to be heard against both the competeing commissioners and upon the illegality and unwarrantableness of the intimation made by the steuart depute, with the protest taken by Murray of Barnhourie; and the parties and their procurators being heard, it was put to the vote, sustain the intimation or remit, and carried remit and Tuesday come a fourth night appointed for a new election and a warrand granted for the same to the steuart depute there nominatim to conveen the freeholders and barons for that effect in manner following.
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Her majesties' high commissioner and the estates of parliament, considering that the elections made by the freeholders of the steuartry of Kirkcudbright of one to represent them in this present parliament in place of John Murray of Brughtoun, deceased, are now found to have proceeded upon an illegal intimation do, therefore, grant order and warrand to Thomas Alexander in Netherthird, steuart depute of the said steuartry, to call and conveen together the barons and freeholders of the foresaid steuartry, at the ordinary place of their meeting, upon Tuesday the first of August next to the effect they may chose and elect one to represent them in this parliament as their commissioner in place of the said umquhile John Murray, which they are hereby ordered and impowered to do, and ordaine intimation hereof to be made in the usual manner.
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Resolve presented by the duke of Hamilton that this parliament will not proceed to the nomination of a successor untill we have had a previous treaty with England in relation to our commerce and other concerns with that nation, read, and ordered to ly on the table; and after some debate thereon it was agreed that the next diet of parliament they will in the first place reassume the consideration of this resolve.
The lord chancellor, by order of her majesties' high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Munday next at ten a clock.