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Petition for Alexander Campbell of Finab craveing that he may not be prejudged of the two thousand, four hundred pounds allowed him last session of parliament by any preference granted this session, and that he may have the same execution against Sir William and his cautioners as is craved in the former petition; and the same likewayes remitted to the lords of thesaury to assigne to the petitioner Sir William Meinzies tack, with all action that may be competent thereon for the said two thousand, four hundred pounds, in manner at length following.
Her majesties' high commissioner and the estates of parliament, haveing heard the petition of Collonell Alexander Campbell of Finab, humbly shewing unto them that last session of parliament Sir William Meinzies was appointed to pay the petitioner two hundred pounds sterling out of the first and readiest of the five thousand pounds sterling which he was decerned in as a part of the tack duty due by him out of the inland excise for which, upon the petitioner's application to the committy of parliament, he obtained also their decreet decerning Sir William to pay to him the said sum, which has hitherto proven ineffectuall, because such diligence by quartering etc. and otherwayes was not then decerned to pass against his cautioners as against himself. And therefore, craveing his grace and the honourable estates to grant the petitioner such a deliverance on his said petition for his payment primo loco as is ordained in favors of the earl of Crauford for his payment of what's decerned to him out of the said fund against the said Sir William and his cautioners, and to ordain such dilligence to the petitioner as is granted to him by the deliverance on his petition presented by him this day for payment of the foresaid sum due to him, as the said petition bears. And her majesties' high commissioner and the said estates of parliament, haveing this day fully considered the foresaid petition and being therewith well and ripely advised, they recommended and hereby recommend to the lords of thesaury to assigne to the petitioner the tack duty and tack it self against Sir William Meinzies and others thereby bound for payment of his debt abovementioned, with quartering and all other diligence competent to the thesaury for makeing the same effectual.