The which day the king's majesty and estates of parliament give power and commission to the committee appointed for disbanding of the army to set down and conclude all such orders and instructions as are necessary for the peaceable and quiet disbanding of the army, and to grant all such commissions and make such proclamations only as may be useful for that purpose, which shall be as sufficient as if they were done in plain parliament.
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The which day it is agreed by his majesty and estates of parliament that all members of parliament may come and sit in any committee of parliament, and that albeit they be not named yet they are not excluded from being present except where depositions of parties or witnesses are taken upon oath of secrecy, in which case none to be present but those of that committee. And it is agreed by his majesty and estates that the committees may call any member of parliament to them whom they please.
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The which day the king's majesty and estates of parliament have concluded and ordained that each estate shall meet daily apart by themselves at 7 o'clock in the morning, and shall sit from thence until 9 o'clock. And that the whole estates and body of the parliament shall convene and meet together at 9 o'clock and sit to 12 o'clock. And that the committees shall meet at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and sit until 6 o'clock.
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The which day the estates nominate and appoint [Robert Ker], earl of Roxburghe, [David Carnegie, earl of] Southesk and [John Erskine, earl of] Mar and [Alexander Elphinstone], lord Elphinstone for the nobility; the lairds [Sir George Dundas of] Dundas, [Sir Thomas Myreton of] Cambo, [William Rigg of] Aithernie and [Sir Ludovic Houston of] Houston for the barons; Richard Maxwell for Edinburgh and [Patrick Bell], commissioner for Glasgow, [John Semple of Stainflett, commissioner for] Dumbarton and [Master Robert Barclay, commissioner for] Irvine for the burghs, to revise all articles passed or presented formerly in this parliament since the first calling thereof that those of each estate may give account thereof to their own body. And ordain the body to report their thoughts thereupon to the parliament if there be anything in these acts which they would have altered, added or diminished.