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Prayers said.
Rolls called.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
Act adjourning the session to the first day of February next to come read a second tyme, and, after reasoning, it was proposed that the adjournment should be to the fourth of February; and likeways proposed that the adjournment should only be to the twenty first of January instant. And, after further reasoning, the vote was putt approve of the act adjourning the session to the twenty first of January or fourth of February, and it caryed approve of the act adjourning the session to the fourth of February next to come.
Thereafter the act was touched with the royall scepter by her majesties high commissioner in the usuall manner.
Then the nynteenth article of union was again read, and, after some reasoning on the first clause of the said article in relation to the court of session or colledge of justice, a motion was made for adding a clause in these termes: and that hereafter none shall be named by the queen or her successors to be ordinary lords of session but such who have served in the colledge of justice as advocats or principall clerks of session for the space of fyve years.
And, after some reasoning, it was also moved that writers to the signet should be added to the advocats and clerks.
And, after further reasoning, the vote was stated approve of the first clause or paragraph of the nynteenth article with the above additionall clause or without it.
But before voteing it was agreed that in case the vote should cary approve of the said first paragraph of the nynteenth article with the additionall clause, it shall be intire to debate whether writers to the signet are to be added or not.
And thereupon the said first paragraph and additionall clause being read over, the vote was putt approve of the said first paragraph with or without the addition, and it caryed with the addition.
And, after debate whether writers to the signet shall be added or not, it was putt to the vote add writers to the signet or not, and it caryed add.
Whereupon it was moved that such of the writers to the signet as have served fyve years in that station shall be understood qualified as well as advocats and clerks, and, after debate thereon, it was moved that the further debate be adjourned till the next sederunt of parliament. And also moved to proceed now to the determination of the tyme for their qualification.
And, after reasoning, the vote was putt proceed or delay, and it caryed delay.
Then the lord chancellor, by order of her majesties high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till to morrow at ten of the clock.
Seafield, cancellar[ius], I.P.D. p[arliamenti]