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Oure soverane lord and estates of parliament, considering that during the tyme of the late troubles of this kingdome ther wer some of his majesties rentes, customes and impost wplifted and intrometted with for serveing of the present necessities of the publict effaires of this kingdome by warrand of the late committee of estates and by other publict orderes, and that there were sindrie bygone pensiones and fies, due to diverse of his majesties pensioneres and servantes, satisfied and payed to them, conforme to ther rightes and pensiones by order of the late committee of estates residing at Edinburghe, and his majestie, being gratiouslie pleased to approve and allowe of the foirsaidis intromissiones had and payment made in maner and for the causes abovewrittin, therfore our said soverane lord, with advyce and consent of the saidis estates of parliament, ratifies, approves and dispenss with all such intromissione with his majesties rentes, customes and impost as have bene wplifted, payed and intrometted with preceeding the tuentie nynte day of June lastbypast for the wses and causes foirsaid, togidder with the payment made of the same by publicke order as said is, and declaires that the samen payment made and intromissione had by warrand from the said committee of estates or by other publict orderes preceeding the said tuentie nynte day of June lastbypast are, and shall be, sufficient exoneratione to the payeres of the saidis rentes, customes and impost and to the receiveres of the samene by virtewe of the saidis publict orderes and to all otheres conserned therin. Lykeas the dischairges wpoun the payment therof, by publict order foirsaid, shall be allowed to the payeres of the same in the accomptes of there intromissione with his majesties rentes, customes and impost foirsaid, to be made in his majesties exchekker, wheranent thir presents shall be ane sufficient warrand to all that are concerned therintill and to the lordis and commissioneres of his majesties exchekker to allowe and defray the samen in the saidis accomptes to be made in exchekker by the challmerlanes, intromettoures with and receiveres of his majesties rentes, customes and impost foirsaid, and ordeanes compt to be made of the said intromissione in exchekere.
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Our soverane lord and estates presentlie assembled, wnderstanding hou necessare and convenient it is that all yairne be bought and sold by weight, therfore our soverane lord, with advyse and consent of the saidis estates, ratifies and approves the actes of his majesties counsell ordeaneing the same to be sold by weight in all the heidis, clauses and articles therof, daited at Halyrudhous, the tuente eight of Jullii 1631 yeires, and ordeanes the samene to stand as a lawe and to take effect in all tymecomeing.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, haveing takine to ther consideracion that the registratione of comprysingis heath put the leiges to great, needlesse and wnnecessary chairgis and expenss, and that the same doeth nether ade to the validity of the comprysingis nor to the benefit of the compryseres, and therfore have dischairged, and by the tennour heirof dischairges, all registratione of comprysingis, togidder with all giftes, actes of counsell and others warrandis, consuetud or custome whatsoevir granted or observed theranent, and declaires that the samene giftes, actes of counsell and otheres warrantes, consuetude or custome to be null and of none availl, force nor effecte in all tymecomeing. And sickelyke our soverane lord and estates of parliament, considering that a short record of all comprysingis of landis and annualrentes, heritable bandis, contracts, reversiones and otheres, and legalles therof, viz: of the compryseres names and designationes, the defenderes names, the debt for which the comprysing is wsed, the landis and otheres comprysed, the maisseires and clerkes names, the tymes of the denunciationes and executiones and witness therto, and daite of the comprysingis and of the superioures of the landis comprysed, is very necesar for the leiges, ther informationes, therfore statutes and ordeanes that all compryseres shall be obleidged to bring ther comprysingis to the clerke of the billes within threescore dayes efter the dait of the comprysings, to the effect that the samene may be allowed by the lordis of counsell and sessione; at the which tyme, ordeanes the said clerke to the billes to make a record of the saidis comprysingis in a booke wherin all comprysingis shall be recordit in maner abovewrittin, for the which allowance and recording of the said comprysing in maner abovewrittin the clerke shall have fourtie shillings for the whole record of ilke comprysinge and allowance, and sieklyke, for the extracte of ilke record of the saidis comprysingis that shall be extracted wnder the said clerke his handis, our soverane lord and estates ordeanes the soume of tuentie shillingis for everie extract to be payed to the said clerke of the billes as due pryce competent to him, therfore which soume the said clerke shall not transchend wnder the paines conteyned in the actes of parliament.