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Prayers said, rolls called.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
Petition for Patrick, lord Kinnaird, craving a sist of personall execution against him and of real diligence against his estate for some time, read, and the same ordered to be under consideration the first day for private business.
Act for a supply to be granted to her majestie for mantainance of the standing forces, forts, garrisons and friggots, presented by the earle of Glasgow, lord thesaurer depute, read, and craved the same might have a first reading.
Moved that there being ane address last session of parliament for transmitting the papers relateing to the late plot, the parliament may be satisfied what answer is given to the said address. Upon which motion, her majesties commissioner declared he had received a letter from her majesty relating thereto and that he would signifie her majesties pleasure therein to the parliament the third sederunt next week, whereupon the said sederunt was appointed for inquireing into that plot.
Moved that the act of supply shall have now a first reading, but, before a second reading be given to it, that the parliament will come to a conclusion in the affair of the treatie and such branches of trade as shall be necessary to consider in relation to the clauses in the English act.
Also moved that there be ane addition to the former motion in thir terms: that the parliament will likewayes pass such acts as shall regulate the ballance of trade to the advantage of the nation before a second reading. And, after some reasoning, it was put to the vote add or not, and carried in the negative.
Then a first reading marked on the act for a supply.
Ordered that the charge and discharge of funds from August 1704 to July 1705 be printed.
Agreed that the parliament nixt sederunt proceed to the consideration of the act for a treatie with England previous to all other business.
Then the lord chancellour, by order of her majesties high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till to morrow at ten a clock.
Seafield, cancellar[ius], I.P.D. p[arliamenti]