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The estates of parliament, haveing hard and considered the report of the committie appointed for considdering of the toune of Dumbartan's suplicatioune, and thinking upon meanes for satisfieing the desire thairof anent the provyding of victuall, moneyis and uthir necessars for mantenance of the regiment there, they ordane Mr James Campbell, provest of Dumbartan, with all expedition and convenient diligence to buy and provyde ane thousand bolls of sufficient ait meale and to lay in the samen in Dumbartan for mantenance of the garisone there, quhilk the said Mr James Campbell, present in parliament, undertook to doe at sick pryces as the committie for the moneyis and he sould aggrie. Inrespect wherof, the estates ordanes the committie for the moneyis to caus mak payment to the said Mr James Campbell of the foresaidis pryces to be agried upon betuixt him and them out of the readiest of sick moneyis perteining to the publict as may be maist effectuall for his payment and as the committie sall think fitt, viz: out of the first and readiest of the fynes of anie within the shireffdome of Dumbartan or out of the monethlie mantenance as may be maist effectuall for his payment. And the estats grantis allowance of tuentie four shillingis Scotis per diem to ane man to attend and keip the magazine of the said meale and for receaveing in and giving out and distributing thairof. As also the estates ordanes ane establishment to be made and set doune for the officers pay of the garisone of Dumbartan.