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Prayers said, rolls called.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
Petition for Sir Andrew Kennedy against Sir Alexander Cuming of Coulter read, and remitted to the lords of session to determine the poynt of right and possession of the petitioner's office as entire to be discust summarly.
Act in favors of Mistress Jean Ramsay again read.
A resolve offered that the parliament dureing this session will not grant any new cess or any other imposition whatsomever upon the kingdom or any part therof, read.
Moved that before the resolve take effect, the petition given in for the town of Dundee and other royall burrows be read. And, after debeat, it was agreed to proceed to the consideration of the act in favors of Mistress Jean Ramsay before approveing the resolve, and then it was put to the vote agree to the resolve now read or read and consider the petitions presented by the town of Dundee and the other royall burrows, and carried agree to the resolve.
Then the parliament proceeded to the consideration of the act in favors of Mistress Jean Ramsay, appoynting a moneth's cess to be payed at the terms mentioned in the act for payment of the cloathing money and arrears due to the deceast Lieutenant General George Ramsay, her father; and, after some amendments made upon the act, it was put to the vote approve the act or not, and carried approve.
Petition for the merchants in Edinburgh in relation to passes from her majestie dureing the tyme of war for carrieing on their trade read, and recommended to her majesties high commissioner to represent to her majestie as their humble request that passes be granted by her majestie to the subjects of this kingdome tradeing to France and Spain, and that her majestie may be pleased to give such orders as shall protect them in their said trade as well against her majesties ships of war and privateers as those of her allies.
Ordered that next sederunt the report of the commissione for publict accounts be receaved, and that the article relateing to the Lord Belhaven and his partners, their tack of excyse, be first under consideration. Thereafter to consider the article relateing to Broomhall's debursements for the army, and then Ferguslie's case with relation to the pole money.
Petition for the earle of Home read, craveing that some tyme be allowed to him to enter air to his predecessors last infeft cum beneficio inventarii, and the creditors allowed to see and answer the same against the next sederunt of parliament.
Petition for Sir Thomas Kennedy of Kirkhill and partners of the tack of excyse betuixt the year 1691 and the year 1696 read, craveing their damnages sustained by breaking their tack by act of parliament and other supervenient laws to their prejudice be considered, and the petitioners recommended to her majestie in such terms as contained in the delyverance upon the said petition.
Petition for Collonell James Campbell read, craveing payment of the arrears due to him mentioned in his petition, and the petitioner recommended to the lords of thesaury, conforme to the delyverance upon his petition.
Petition for Sarah Dalrymple, daughter to [...] Dalrymple, read, craveing the previledge of a japanning manufactory. Answers to the said petition by Mr Le Blanc and Mr Scott, glass makers, also read, and, after some debeat, the petition and answers ordered to ly upon the table.
Overture for ane act for ease of the leidges as to the prices of fleshes in Edinburgh read, and a first reading ordered to be marked theron. And agreed that the representation for the skinners be under consideration when the act comes to receave a second reading.
Petition for Captain Thomas Hay read, and the Lady Semple, Collonell John Buchan and others ordained to be cited in the terms of the act of parliament.
Petition for the Lady Brediesholme against James Muirhead of Brediesholme read, and, after debeat, it was put to the vote whither the said James Murehead should see and answer the said petition or be cited in the ordinar form, and carried that he should be cited.
Petition for Captain Charles Campbell read, craveing payment of his arrears and a sist of personal execution against him for some tyme; and that part of the petition as to a personal sist of execution ordained to be seen and answered by his creditors against the next sederunt, and recommended to the lords of thesaury for a certain sum conform to the delyverance upon his petition.
Acts of ratification in favors of severall persons read, and several protestations taken against some of the saids acts. As also several warrands for fairs read, and a protestation taken against the fair of Balwhiddro granted to the laird of Touchaddam; and extracting of the saids fairs superceeded till next sederunt, and all objections against the saids fairs made betwixt and that tyme to be received.
Then the lord chancellor, by order of her majesties high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Tuesday nixt at ten a cloak.
Seafield, cancellar[ius], I.P.D. p[arliamenti]