Procedure

Prayers said. Rolls called.

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Procedure: minutes read; order of business

Minuts of the last sederunt read.

Then it was moved to proceed to private bussines, conform to the minuts of the third of February instant.

Moved also to proceed to the consideration of the tuo overtures mentioned in the minuts of the last sederunt, the one remitting the plantation of kirks etc. to the lords of council and session, and the other for an act and commission for plantation of kirks and valuation of teynds.

And, after debate, the vote was putt, proceed to consider the tuo overtures in order to a first reading, or proceed to private bussines, and it caryed to the overtures.

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Procedure: overture read and marked a first reading

Therafter the tuo overtures were read in the above order, and the vote being putt mark a first reading on the first or second, and it caryed first, and a first reading was marked on the said first overture, remitting the plantation of kirks to the lords of session.

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Procedure: acts read, voted and approved

Then the act of dissolution of the lands of Orknay and Zetland from the crown in favours of the earle of Mortoun, again read and, after reasoning and some amendments, it was putt to the vote, approve of the act or not, and it caryed approve.

Act in favours of the burgh of Aberdeen, again read and, after reasoning thereon and some additions and amendments, it was putt to the vote, approve of the act or not, and it caryed approve.

Act in favours of the toun of Burrowstounness, again read and, after additions and amendments, it was putt to the vote, approve the act or not, and it caryed approve.

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Judicial Proceedings: case for remedy at law called

The action upon a protest for remeid of law [of] Sir Thomas Dalziell of Binns against the Lady Caldwell and her husband being moved, the procurators for either party were ordained to be ready against the next sederunt of parliament for private bussines, the same being then to be taken into consideration previous to all other.

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Procedure: act read, voted and approved

Thereafter the act in favours of the burgh of Kirkaldie, again read and, after some additions and amendments, the vote was putt, approve of the act or not, and it caryed approve.

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Procedure: adjournment

Then the lord chancellor, by order of her majesties' high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Wednesday next at ten of the clock.

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