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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, considering notwithstanding the actes of the generall assembly ratified in this present parliament, June 1640, aganes the prophaneing of the Lordis day by goeing of salt panes, sallmond fishing, kills, mylnes and hyreing of servantes one the said day, yit the saidis abuses are not leste offe bot rather encreased, therfore our soverane lord and estates foirsaidis, for the bettir restraint of the saidis abuses and prophanationes, doe agane inhibit and dischairge all goeing of salt panes or mylnes and all working of workes therintill wpon the Lordes day, and all hyreing and conditioneing of sheereres one the said day, and that wnder the paines and penalties falloweing to be payed to the particular sessiones of every paroche wherin the abuses before specified are committed, to be imployed to pious uses, viz: the soume of tuentie pundis for ilke day foirsaid workeing in maner foirsaid of ilke salt pane, of ilke dayes fishing of sallmond and of ilke mylne, to be payed by the heritoures and possessores therof for the tyme and the maisteres to be ansuerable for ther servantes, and the soume of ten pundis for ilke shearer and fisher of salmond one the Lordis day, the one halfe to be payed be the hyreres and conduceres, the other halfe by the persones hyred toties quoties; and ordeanes the magistrates of the toune to keepe the transgressoures in waird whill they pay the said penalties for the which the magistrates shall be ansuerable to thair sessiones. And further, our said soverane lord and estates doe heerby inhibit and dischairge all markettes, useing of merchandyce, carying of loades upoun the Lordes day, and all other prophanationes or abuses therof whatsoevir, and that wnder the same paine of ten pundes to be payed by everie transgressor to ther sessiouns respective for the uses foirsaid toties quoties. And ordeanes the saides penalties respective abovespecified to be exacted by and attour the confiscatioun of the salt, corne, merchandyce, loades and other goodes whatsoevir imployed, used, gained or mad and wrought in the prophaneing and abusing of the said Lordes day, which paine is also heerby ordeaned. If the transgressores be not able to pay the penalties foirsaidis, ordeanes them to be punished exemplary in ther bodyes according to the merit of ther fault toties quoties.
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Forsameikle as his majestie, with the advyse and approbatione of the estates of parliament, hes nou nominat and elected the fyfteene ordinar and four extraordinar lordis of the sessione and senate of the colledge of justice, for administracion of justice to all his majesties leiges of this his majesties ancient and native kingdome conforme to the fundacion and erectione of that soverane judicatorie, therfor his majestie and estates of parliament commandis and ordeanes the saidis lordes, ordinare and extraordinar, of the said sessione and senate of the colledge of justice now nominat and elected as said is, with the whole officeres and memberes of that judicatorie, to conveene and sit doune in sessioune at Edinburgh the fourt day of Januari nixtocome for administrcion of justice to all the lieges at the tymes and according to accustomed order of that judicatorie. And for the bettir notificatione heirof to the saidis lordis and memberes of the colledge of justice and all otheres his hines leiges whom it consernes ordeanes publict proclamatione to be made heirof by the lyoun or his brethren, the herauldis, at the mercat croce of Edinburgh be sound of trumpets; quhairanent thir presentes, subscryved be the president of the parliament, at command of the king and parliament, shall be ane sufficient warrand.
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The quhilk day the kingis majestie and estates of parliament ratifies and approves the act of the committie of estates of parliament, granted be the committie upoun the tuentie sevinth of Maii 1641 yeeres, with consent of the nobilitie and commissioneres of shyres and burroues then conveened, in favours of the burrowes anent ther releese of the payment of ane hundreth and tuentie thousand gilderes wndertane be the burrowes to be payed and advanced be theme to the factoures at Campheir, in the quhilke it is declaired that incaise they be not repayed of the foirsaid soume by the meanes and courses prescryved be the said committie, that in that caise they shall be repayed thairof be a pairt of the 300,000 lib. sterling of the brotherlie assistance from England, as the said act of committie of the dait foirsaid more fullie proportes, in the haill heidis, articles, clauss and conditiones of the samene act, and declairs this present generall ratificatione therof to be alse valied and sufficient as if the said act were ad longum insert heirintill; quhairanent his majestie and estates dispenss for evir.