Minuts of the last sederunt read.
Petition for Sir David Cunninghame of Milnecraig for changeing the highway about his house, again read and, after debate, the desire of the petition granted under the provisions and at the sight and to the satisfaction of such persons as contained in the deliverance upon the said petition, as follows.
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Her majesties' high commissioner and the estates of parliament, haveing heard the petition of Sir David Cunninghame of Milncraig, humbly shewing unto them that he, having inclosed a considerable quantity of ground to the south of his house of Livingstoun which will require the changeing of the high way, which at present goes straight by his door and is both uneasie to him and bad of it self, a little more than what is allowed by the act of parliament, albeit without any prejudice to travellers, and seeing, in former parliaments, the like incouragement has been given to inclosers and that the new way made by the petitioner is good and sufficient and better than the former, therefore, craveing his grace and honourable estates to authorize and allow him to change the high way as it now goes from east to west straight by his house, to go straight south from the south corner of the east dike of the petitioner's present park along the new park dike and, at the turning of the same, to go west by the south side of Davidstoun, through the kirktoun of Livingstoun to the Lochshott where the former high way comes in, and that no person going or comeing from east to west or from west to east make use of the former way under the penalties contained in the acts of parliament anent planting and incloseing of ground, and that the same may be printed and published, as the said petition bears. Which her majesties' high commissioner and the estates of parliament, haveing on the seventh day of September instant heard and haveing declared they would take the same to their consideration before all other business the first sederunt of parliament after the act for the supply is finished, and haveing accordingly this day fully considered the same and being therewith well and ripely advised, they granted and hereby grant the desire thereof, with this express quality and provision, that the petitioner, before shutting up of the said old high way, make the foresaid new way a sufficient high way in winter as well as summer of twenty foot broad, except where it goes betwixt houses, at the sight and to the satisfaction of the earl of Hopetoun, sherif of the shire, the duke of Hamilton, the marquess of Montrose, the earl of Lauderdale and Lord Torphichen, or any three of them. Extract.
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The lord chancellour acquainted the parliament that the rest of the papers relating to the late plot were now transmitted, and they should be given in to the lord clerk register to the effect any member of parliament may see the same.
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Moved that the act nameing publick ministers for Scotland to be present at forreign treaties wherein the kingdom may be concerned, be again read, which was accordingly done and, after some debate and amendments made upon the act, it was put to the vote, approve the act or delay the further consideration thereof, and carried approve the act.
Overture for an act appointing a fund for defraying the charges and expences of the publick ministers to be named by her majestie to attend the forreign treaties, read, and a first reading marked thereon.
Then the lord chancellour, by order of her majesties' high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Thursday next at ten a clock.