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Prayers said, rolls called.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
Act continueing the commission for auditing the accompts of the publick fonds read for the second tyme, and the farder consideration thereof delayed till the nixt dyet of parliament.
Ordered that Sir William Menzeis signe the accompt given in by him last dyet of parliament.
The accompt of the pole money the yeir 1693 read.
Petition Katharein Hamilton, relict of Captain Alexander Dunbar, craving payment of arrears due to her husband, with a declaration and consent subscrived by seaverall officers in her favours, read, and, after reasoning thereon, it was put to the vote grant the desire thereof for three hundred pound sterling in pairt of the arrears craved or remitt to the commissione, and carried grant the desire thereof for three hundred pound sterling.
The first observation sustained. The second observation sustained, and the ballance therein mentioned allowed to the laird of Jerviswood. As to the third observation, after reasoning thereon, it was put to the vote whither to prefer the accompts stated due to the countrey or to the officers for their arrears to the ballance of the said accompt, and carried prefer the officers for their arrears. And the parliament recommended to the commission to be named to inquire into the undue transactions made anent the accounts due to the countrey and to report.
The parliament recommends to the commission to be named to consider the arrears due to the garrisons of the castles of Edinburgh, Stirling and Dunnotter, to the effect that what was payed out by the seaverall officers for subsisting their garrisons may be reimbursed to them.
The fourth observation delayed till the nixt dyet of parliament.
Agried that the parliament discuss the accompts previous to all other bussiness.
Ordered that the queen's advocat and solicitor revise the ratifications and fairs to be past this session of parliament.
The lord chancellour, by order of the lord high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till to morrow at ten of the clock.
Seafield, cancellar[ius], I.P.D. p[arliamenti]