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Anent the petition given in to the king's majestie and estates of parliament be the principall and masters of the universitie of Glasgow, mentioning that whair it hes pleased the king's majestie, out of his princely favour and bounty and for promoveing of pietie and learning in the said university, to declare his royall pleasure that the burdens and debts of the said university, amounting to about tuentie thousand merks Scots, and what is neidfull for compleiting the fabrick and building within the samen, might be payed and allowed to the said university and that furth of the vacant stipends, as in the said recommendation at lenth is contained, and therfor, craveing that the king's majestie, for the subsistence of the said university and his majesties' better service therin throwgh the increase of piety and learning, might allot such a proportion of the vacant stipends within the dyocie of Glasgow as the king's majestie should think convenient, for defraying the burding of debt contracted therin, and compleiting of the new building, as the said petition in it selff bears. Which petition and recommendation, being this day red in open parliament, and the king's majestie being therwith well and ryply advised, doth, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament, modifie sex hundreth pund[s] sterling and appoints the samen to be payed to the university of Glasgow out of the first and readiest of the vacand stipends of the dyocie of Glasgow for the yeer 1663, with this declaration: that what the university shall receave of the said sume, be vertew of this warrand, the same shall be allowed unto them in the first end of anything shall fall due to them be vertew of ane other act past for releiff of universities upon the [...] day of [...] 166[...] yeers, and ordaines letters to be direct heirupon, in forme as effeirs.
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Our soveraigne lord, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament, takeing to consideration the bill and supplication given in by the justices of peace of the shirreffdome of Midlothian anent the decayed and ruinous condition of the bridge of Saughtounhall, within the paroche of St Cuthberts and shirreffdome of Midlothian, and how necessar it is the samen be of new built and enlarged for the good of his majesties' leidges, and als considering that the same is ane heigh mercat way to and fra Glasgow, Irwing, Air and severall other burghs within this kingdome; thairfor our soveraigne lord, with advice and consent forsaid, statutes and ordaines ane imposition of tuo pennies Scots upon each foot person carieing burden; four pennies upon each cairt;† four pennies upon each soum of sheip; tuo pennies upon each soum of lambs and sex pennies for each horse goeing to the mercat, of all persones, bestiall, loads and others forsaids, that shall happen to croce the water of Leith at that place therof called the Sklaitfoord, or at any other place betuixt the Sklaitfoord and the Coudbridge foord, the Coudbridge foord being excluded, and passing to and fra the samen wayes, to be uptaken, gathered and collected at the eist end of the new dyke perteaning to Patrick Broun, flesher in Edinburgh, or at any other place or places betuixt the said dyke and the said water, after the [...] day of October instant, which is heirby appointed to be the first day of collection, and to endure for the space of fiftein yeers next therafter. And to the effect the said imposition may be truely collected and applyed for the use aforsaid, our soveraigne lord, with advice forsaid, nominats and appoints Walter, lord Torphichen, Charles Maitland of Haltoun, Sir Alexander Dalmahoy of that ilk, Alexander Maxwell of Sauchtounhall, William Murray of Longhirdmistoun, Mr David Watson of Sauchtoun and Mr James Eleis of Stennopsmilnes, or sua many of them as shall be on liffe for the tyme, to be overseers for the ingathering of the said imposition and applyeing of the samen for the use aforsaid, with power to them to appoint collectors and to doe therin as shall be most effectuall for ingathering of the said imposition, and applyeing of the samen to the use above appointed.