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The estates of parliament, now convened in the second session of this first triennial parliament by virtue of the last act of the last parliament held by his majesty and three estates in 1641, taking into consideration the contract after-specified, with the general assembly's recommendation to the parliament for ratifying the same contract, have ratified, approved and confirmed and by this act ratify, approve and confirm the contract dated 1 August 1644 made between Mr Henry Calvert, minister at Paisley, on the one part, and Mr Alexander Dunlop, student in divinity, on the other part; and both the said parties, with consent of the moderator and other brethren of the presbytery of Paisley whereby Mr Henry Calvert, first and principal minister at Paisley, with consent of the presbytery of Paisley, has assigned to the said Mr Alexander Dunlop and his successors, second ministers at the kirk of Paisley, five chalders of oat teind meal of the 15 chalders of victual appointed by the decreet of the commissioners for plantation of kirks as a provision for the ministry at the kirk of Paisley in manner mentioned and set down in the said decreet, as the same decreet dated 1 July 1635 bears. Likewise also the said Mr Henry Calvert, being willing that the kirk may be the better planted with a second minister, has likewise added and assigned to the said Mr Alexander Dunlop and his successors, second ministers at Paisley, another chalder of victual out of the said first minister's stipend, making in total six chalders of victual to the second minister at Paisley and his successors, and has, with consent aforesaid, assigned the same six chalders of victual to the said Mr Alexander Dunlop and his successors yearly out of the teinds of the lands of the locality mentioned in the said decreet and contract respectively, whereof four chalders of oat teind meal and two chalders of white teind meal and barley for his whole stipend for serving the cure as second minister and helper or colleague with the said Mr Henry Calvert and for furnishing elements to the communion proportionally yearly at the said kirk; which six chalders of victual the said Mr Alexander Dunlop, for himself and his successors, second ministers at Paisley, with consent of the presbytery thereof, has accepted in full satisfaction to him and his successors, second ministers at the said kirk, for their part of the said stipend and furnishing the elements to the celebration of the communion at the said kirk proportionally and for all further allowance can be craved by them out of the remainder of the stipend aforesaid, manse or glebe pertaining to the said Mr Henry Calvert or his successors as ministers at Paisley. Likewise the said Mr Henry Calvert and Mr Alexander Dunlop have obliged themselves and their successors, first and second ministers at Paisley, proportionally according to the proportion of the aforesaid stipend, namely: the said Mr Henry and his successors to pay three fifths thereof and the said Mr Alexander Dunlop and his successors two fifths thereof yearly in time coming, as the said contract of the date aforesaid more fully purports in all and sundry the heads, articles, clauses, obligations and conditions respectively of the aforesaid contract above-mentioned, and they declare this present ratification of the same contract to be as sufficient, valid and effectual as if the aforesaid contract was word for word and at length inserted herein, for the which the estates dispense.