Minuts of the last sederunt read.
The contraverted election of the steuartry of Kirkcudbright betwixt Palgoun and Cumlodden called, and their procurators being heard upon the objections against the legality of the meeting, after some debate thereupon, it was put to the vote, sustain the objections founded upon the want of a due intimation to the barons and freeholders of the steuartry or repell, and carried repell, and haveing proceeded to the other objections the same were repelled without a vote.
Ordered that parties procurators should insist to discuss the mutual objections against either parties electors.
Moved that they should yet have a diet appointed to them for discussing these objections, and accordingly the twenty sixth of this instant appointed for hearing them and diligence, of consent, granted to both parties for recovering all writs which shall be necessary in discussing the said competition.
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Proposal for supplying the nation with money, read and ordered to ly on the table.
Draught of an act dischargeing the importation and wearing of musline, calligo and other forreign linnen, read and ordered to ly upon the table.
Draught of an act dischargeing the importation of victual from Ireland, read and ordered to ly upon the table.
Draught of an act dischargeing the importation of forreigne butter and cheese, read and ordered to ly upon the table.
Ordered that her majesties' solicitors cause print these overtures for information of the members of parliament.
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Recommended to the commission appointed for publick accounts, to whom Doctor Chamberland's proposal was remitted last session of parliament, to bring in the same next sederunt.
Then the lord chancellour, by order of her majesties' high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Thursday next at ten a clock.