Forasmuch as the estates of parliament, now convened in this sixth session of the first triennial parliament, having upon the petition and desire of Sir Adam Hepburn of Humbie, treasurer of the armies, craving that the parliament would appoint some to examine, revise and fit the accounts of his and his deputes' intromissions in Scotland and England, with the instructions thereof and make report thereof and what they find relating thereto, that thereupon the parliament might accordingly allow and approve the same, by their act of 11 November last appointed George [Seton], earl of Winton, John [Carnegie], lord Loure and John [Hamilton], lord Bargany for the noblemen, Sir John Wemyss of Bogie, Sir Alexander Carnegie of Pittarrow and Alexander Brodie of that ilk for the barons, John Kennedy, provost of Ayr, George Gardyne, burgess of Burntisland, and James Peddie, burgess of Montrose, for the burghs (or any five of them, there being one of every estate) to receive, revise, hear, consider, fit and allow the accounts of the said treasurer of the armies and his deputes, their intromissions aforesaid, charge and discharge thereof, with the instructions of the same which are not already fitted and allowed in the last session of this parliament at St Andrews on 2 January 1646, and thereafter to report what they find therein to the parliament, as the aforesaid act bears. And the said auditors having according thereto received in, heard, revised, considered and fitted the accounts of the charge and discharge of the said Sir Adam Hepburn of Humbie, treasurer of the armies, and his deputes, containing his and their intromissions with any monies, victual and other provisions pertaining to the public or to the armies within the kingdoms of Scotland and England, with the said treasurer of the armies and his deputes' disbursements of the same, and the several warrants and instructions of the said accounts, the said auditors made their report in audience of the parliament of the aforesaid accounts and instructions thereof and what they found therein, and then produced in parliament six separate books of the charge and discharge of the aforesaid accounts, whereof two contains the particulars of the charge and discharge of the English accounts of money, the other two contains the charge and discharge of the Scottish accounts, and the third two books bear the charge and discharge of the Scottish accounts of proviant, all and every one of the aforesaid books subscribed by the said auditors above-named; as also produced their report of the aforesaid accounts, charge and discharge thereof, finding the same whole accounts instructed, and that the whole charge of the Scottish accounts in money extends to £2,515,392 19s 7d and that the discharge of the same accounts extends to £2,573,886 13s 5d, and that in these accounts there is resting to the said Sir Adam Hepburn of Humbie, treasurer of the armies, due to be paid to him the sum of £58,493 13s 10d Scots money wherein he is found and instructed overspent; as also finding that the receipts upon the treasurer himself in his money account to be answered and satisfied in the proviant account, and that in the same proviant Scottish account he is overspent in one boll, three firlots and two pecks of meal, and that the said Sir Adam Hepburn of Humbie, treasurer of the armies, has taken no allowance for himself either of fees or charges as treasurer of the armies, as a committee man or any other way, neither in these accounts nor in his former accounts fitted and approved at St Andrews in January 1646. And likewise finding that in the charge and discharge of the said Lord Humbie's English accounts, he is overspent in the sum of £1,926 3s 9d sterling money, as the aforesaid report containing an abstract of the aforesaid whole accounts, charge and discharge thereof, subscribed by the said John, lord Loure as president of the said committee appointed for hearing the said accounts, purports. Which report, being publicly read in audience of the parliament, the same with the aforesaid books above-mentioned was remitted by the parliament to be considered by the several bodies of the estates at their meetings apart; and the same being accordingly done and this day reproduced in parliament and thereafter the aforesaid report of new again publicly read in audience of the estates of parliament and the same with the aforesaid books produced heard and considered by them, the said estates have ratified, approved and allowed and by this act ratify, approve and allow the aforesaid accounts in the whole heads, members and articles respectively of the charge and discharge thereof, as the same stands set down and fitted in the aforesaid books subscribed by the auditors above-named and in their report of the same accounts of the said Sir Adam Hepburn, treasurer of the armies, his accounts of his and his deputes' intromissions and disbursements mentioned in the said account books and report aforesaid. And also the estates find and declare that the said Sir Adam Hepburn of Humbie has carried himself faithfully, honestly, diligently and assiduously in the discharge of his office, charge and trust committed to him, and therefore they do hereby grant full exoneration and discharge to the said Sir Adam Hepburn of Humbie of the aforesaid accounts contained in the said six books produced, subscribed by the auditors, and according thereto and to the report produced in all points, and ordain one of the duplicates of each book to be kept restrained by [Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie], clerk register, to be disposed upon by the parliament as they or their committee shall think fit, and ordain the other duplicate to be delivered to the Lord Humbie. And also the said estates find that there is due and payable by the public to the Lord Humble the aforesaid sum of £58,493 13s 10d Scots money and one boll, three firlots and two pecks of meal wherein he is overspent in the Scottish accounts of money and proviant, and the said other sum of £1,926 3s 9d sterling money wherein he is likewise overspent in the English accounts, extending the same two separate sums in total in Scots money to the sum of £81,607 18s 10d, which sum, with the annualrent thereof from the term of Martinmas [11 November] 1646 instant until the payment of the same, together with the said one boll, three firlots and two pecks of meal, the said estates ordain to be paid to the said Sir Adam Hepburn of Humbie, his heirs, executors or assignees out of the first and readiest of any public monies, and for this effect and in respect of the said Lord Humbie's faithful, assiduous and useful service to the public done and performed by him in the discharge of the aforesaid office and trust, and that by his present and former accounts it is found that he has taken no allowance for himself as said is, therefore the said estates do hereby seriously recommend to the aforesaid committee above-named of his accounts and ordain that committee to think and condescend upon an effectual way for payment to the said Lord Humbie of the sum above-mentioned due to him with annualrent thereof until the payment thereof, and upon a recompense to be given to the said Lord Humbie for his bygone service in the aforesaid charge answerable to his faithful, diligent and useful carriage for the good of the public in the discharge thereof; and ordain the said committee or quorum thereof to report the results of their thoughts and opinion relating thereto to the parliament, that thereafter the parliament may take such course for the said Lord Humbie's satisfaction and payment of the sum above-mentioned and annualrents thereof and for a recompense for his bygone good service as the parliament shall think fit and as is suitable to his bygone faithful service.
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The estates of parliament, taking into their consideration the query underwritten represented to them, namely: Whereas by act of the committee of estates of the [...] day of [...] last all levies of new troops for making up and recruiting of regiments of horse were discharged, yet notwithstanding of the said act the colonels and commanders in chief of the regiments so to have been recruited did still keep up the rutmasters, captains of foot and other under-officers which they had designed for that effect, and did quarter them where the rest of the regiment was quartered in the country; it is inquired if the shires or burghs by the late act of parliament shall be obliged to give pay to officers of horse or foot so designed and who has no troops nor companies. The said estates after full debate in parliament relating thereto find, statute and ordain that there shall be no pay nor quarters given either in shires or burghs to such officers of foot or horse of any new levies, troops or companies discharged by the aforesaid act of the committee of estates nor yet to the officers of foot or horse of any troops or companies which have been appointed to be levied since the battle of Philiphaugh, which was upon 13 September 1645, unless each troop of horse consists and be of the full number of 50 troopers over and above the officers, and each foot company be of the number of 80 soldiers over and above the officers; and the estates discharge all officers of foot or horse and their troopers and soldiers of the said troops and companies not consisting of the full and complete number of 50 for each troop over and above their officers, and 80 for each foot company over and above the officers from all exacting of pay or taking of quarters either for officers, troopers or soldiers of horse or foot of these troops and companies in time coming, and ordain this act to be published and printed.