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Thereafter a petition and draft of an act in favour of the burgh of Dundee for an imposition of 2d Scots upon the pint of all ale and beer brewed and vended within the bounds, and for the ends therein mentioned, both read and a first reading ordered to be marked on the act.
As also a petition of the magistrates, town council and community of the burgh of Aberdeen, and a draft of an act in their favour for continuing an imposition on wine and ale etc. granted to them by a former act, and a first reading ordered to be marked on the act.
As also the following drafts of acts were given and read, namely act in favour of the burgh of Kirkcaldy; act in favour of the town of Bo'ness; act in favour of the burgh of Dysart; act in favour of the burgh of Burntisland; act in favour of the burgh of St Andrews; act in favour of the burgh of Kinghorn; and act in favour of the burgh of Elgin, all for an imposition of 2d Scots upon the pint of all ale and beer to be brewed and vended, within the respective bounds and for the ends therein-mentioned, and a first reading ordered to be marked on each of the said acts.