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The estates of parliament heirby ordeanes that wpoun the sight of these presentes all baillies of burghe and land cause arreist for the publict wse quhatsomevir ships or otheres vesselles that are not loaden as they shall be requyred fra tyme to tyme be any of the merchandes or there doeres in there name that are wndertakeres for the publict or by the commisseres deputes of the armees at such rait as are ordinarie for the lyke voyage, they getting sufficient surtie for payment of ther fraughts from the fraughteres; and if any maisteres of shippes, marineres or owneres refuiss or postpones, that the baillies shall presently apprehend them and put them in firmance in the nixt preasoun quher they are requyred there to abyde the censure of parliament or there committies [...], there shipps takine for the publict use and quhat farder punishment shall be thought fitt; and the publict, incaise the ships be takine be piracie, to refound ther loises they shall susteine therby.
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The estates of parliament, presentlie conveend by vertue of the last act of the last parliament haldine be his matie and thrie estates in anno 1641, findes and declaires that the electione of any that shall be chosine commissioneres out of the nomber of the barrones or burrowes in all tymecomeing in ony commissioun that shall be granted in parliament or conventioune of estates for quhatsomevir bussines or effaires shall be chosine by the parliament out of ane list to be set doune by the commissioners of parliament for ilke ane of the saides tuo estates respective, and if ony of the other tuo estates shall desyre to add any to that list, they are ather to name them of any of the present memberes of parliament or other wayes that they shall be such as are capable to be commissioners for each estate respective, and [not] be admitted to be of the list without consent of the present commissioners of that bodie to whose list they are cravit to be addit, and that the bodie get tuentie four houres advysement according to the order of the house before they give ansuere anent the qualificatione, sufficiencie and expediency of that persoune that shall be addit, except he be ane present member of parliament for the tyme who shall be craved to be addit. As also it shall be lawfull to any of the thrie estates to add to the list of the other tuo.