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Prayers said, rolls called and the absent members marked.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
Act for an additionall representation of commissioners of barrons to the parliament read, and, after reasoning, it was put to the vote mark a first reading thereon or lye on the table, and carried mark a first reading, which was ordered accordingly and the draught ordered to be printed.
Act for secureing free voteing in parliament read, and a first reading ordered to be marked thereon and that it be printed.
Petition Liuetennant Collonell Alexander Campbell of Fanab, craveing payment of arrears due to him, read, and ordered that two hundred pound sterling be payed him out of the first and readiest of the tack duty due by Sir William Meinzies on the accompt of his saids arrears and good service in Caledonia.
Petition the earle of Crawfoord, craveing relief of his ingagements for the publict for cloathing his regiment and payment of arrears due to him, read, and ordered that Sir William Meinzies, out of the first and readiest of the sums due by him, pay to the petitioner what he is ingadged in for cloathing as shall be instructed before the thesaury or commissione to be named for auditing the publict accompts.
Petition the duke of Atholl and the officers of his late regiment, petition marquis of Louthian and the officers of the regiment of dragouns under his command, petition viscount of Teviot, petition Liuetennant Generall Ramsay and the officers of her majesties regiment of foot guards, petition Collonell George McGill, petition Sir William Douglas, petition Liuetennant Collonell John Hepburne, craveing relief of their ingadgements for the publict for cloathing their regiments and payment of the arrears due to them, petition Captain Slezer, craveing relief for cloathing the artillery company, all read, and the severall petitions to be considered when the accompts comes in.
Petition Mr Charles Campbell, craveing payment of arrears due to him, read, and ordered that ane hundred pound sterling be payed him to accompt.
Petition Captain Robert Taylor, craveing that a sum of money advanced by him for supplying the garrison of Cambusmoir may be repaid him with interest, read, and remitted to the commission to be named for auditing the accompts to inquire thereanent and to report.
Petition the Lord Bargany, craveing a decreit of the commission of parliament anent the pole to be suspended, read, and Sir John Cochran appoynted to see and ansuer again the nixt dyet of parliament, but the parliament refused to sist execution in the mean time.
Petition Sir William Meinzies, craveing detention of a sum of money for cloaths furnished by him to the duke of Athole, then earle of Tullibarden, his regiment, read.
Petition Frances, countes douager of Seaforth, craveing ane aliment, read, and, after reasoning, it was put to the vote grant the desyre of the petition, yea or no, and carried in the affirmative, and fyve hundred pound sterling granted to her of yearlie aliment out of the estate of Seaforth dureing the dependence of the proces before the lords of session.
Moved that the parliament proceed to the accompts of the publict fonds, likewayes moved that they proceed to the act anent the wool. And, after reasoning thereon, it was put to the vote proceed to the wool act or to the accompts nixt dyet of the parliament, and carried first to the wool act and then to the accompts, previous to all other busines.
Moved that the act and commission for plantation of kirks and valuation of teinds be read in order to have a first reading marked thereon, and, after reasoning, it was put to the vote proceed or delay, and carried delay.
The lord chancellour, by order of the lord high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Tuesday next at ten a clock.
Seafield, cancellar[ius], I.P.D. p[arliamenti]