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Anent the petition presented to the king's majestie and estates of parliament be the inhabitants and community of the toun of Dalkeith, representing that his majesty and estates of parliament, by their act of the date the 22th day of August 1670, were pleased to grant ane small and inconsiderable imposition to be raised of such commodities, cairts and carriages specified in the said act as should pass the tuo bridges of Dalkeith, upon the south and north waters of Esk and at the foord of Elgenhaugh, upon North Esk, and at that foord of South Esk that leads toward the west end of the toun of Dalkeith, and that for the space of fyftein yeers after the dait of the said act for reparation of the saids tuo bridges and casaes therabout, which are ane great and hieway rode and passage from all pairts besouth the same; and seeing the saids tuo bridges were greatly underminded and ruined be the yce and swelling of the waters at the braking of the tuo great storms in the last winter, and that be the ordinar and constant passage and travelling of coaches, horses, cairts and others upon the saids bridges and casaes they need daylie reparation, and that ther are still certane soums of money resting for the bygone reparations of the saids bridges and casaes; and humbly therfore, supplicating that his majesty and estates of parliament would be pleased to prorogat the foirsaid imposition for such longer time as they should think fitting, and to ordain the same to be collected during the said space at the saids bridges and foords be the petitioners, or such as they should appoint, for the uses foirsaids. The king's majesty and estates of parliament, having considered the foirsaid petition and report of the lords of the articles therupon, doe remitt the said petition to the lords of his majesties' privy councill, with power to them to doe therein as they shall think fitt.