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Prayers said.
Rolls called.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
Then the parliament proceeded to consider the motion for allowing the commissioners for the treaty of union their expensses, and therupon a resolve was given in these terms: that the charge of the commissioners sent to the treaty of union on the part of the kingdome of Scotland who mett at London in pursuance to her majesties nomination by authority of parliament, and of the allowance to the secretary of the said commission, and to the accomptants appointed by the said commission, are publick debts, and that there be allowed to each nobleman who attended the said treaty at London, the sum of twelve thousand pounds Scots, and to each other of the commissioners attending the sum of sex thousand pounds Scots, and to the secretary of the said commission the sum of four thousand eight hundred pounds Scots, and to each of the three accomptants named by the said commission the sum of two thousand four hundred pounds Scots, and that the said respective sums be paid out of the sum of three hundred ninety eight thousand and eighty five pounds ten shillings sterline mentioned in the fifteenth article of the said treaty of union ratified in this parliament, and that the said sums be ranked and preferred after the sums payable to the proprietors of the Affrican and Indian Company of Scotland pari passu with the first of the publick debts appointed to be paid out of the foresaid sum of three hundred ninty eight thousand and eighty five pounds ten shillings sterline money.
Which being read, upon reasoning thereon, a motion being made for restricting the quotas of the treaters expenses, and some objectiones being also made against allowing the said expenses out of the above fund, the vote was stated approve of the resolve or alter.
And before voteing it was aggreed that the votes be marked, and that a list of the members names as they vote be printed and recorded.
Then the vote was putt approve of the resolve or alter, and it caryed approve.
It was also aggreed that the earle of Ilay (designed in the commission for the treaty Lord Archibald Campbell) be allowed his expensses as a nobleman.
Thereafter it was moved that the commissioners for the treaty 1702 have allowance of their expensses in maner following, viz: each nobleman five hundred pounds sterline, each barron three hundred pounds sterline, and each burrow two hundred pounds sterline.
And, after debate thereupon, the vote was putt grant allowance to the commissioners for the treaty jM vijC and two of their expenses in the above maner, yea or not, and it caryed yea; and the said expence was declared to be a publick debt, and was remitted to the committee for stateing of publick debts to state and rank the same as a publick debt.
Thereafter it was moved that no representative from either shyre or burrow from this kingdome to the parliament of Great Brittain shall have any allowance for their charges and expensses in attending the same.
And, after debate, it being moved to delay the consideration therof till next sederunt of parliament, the vote was putt proceed or delay, and it caryed delay.
The committee appointed to meet to morrow at nine of the clock.
Then the lord chancellor, by order of her majesties high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Monday next at ten a clock.
Seafield, cancellar[ius], I.P.D. p[arliamenti]