Procedure: order of business; acts touched with the sceptre

Aggreed that the parliament will next sederunt take into their consideration the severall reports of the committee anent the coyne, the accompts of the Affrican and Indian Company, and anent publick debts, and that the petition for Collonell Patrick Ogilvie of Carnes, Sir John Schaw of Greenock and Sir Archibald Campbell of Clunies, be likewayes taken into consideration the first sederunt for private bussiness previous to all other.

Thereafter the act anent plantation of kirks and valuation of teynds and the above act dischargeing musters and rendezvouzes etc. were both touched with the royall scepter by her majesties' high commissioner in the usuall manner.

  1. NAS. PA6/36, f.77/253 (note parallel folio system). Back