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Prayers said, rolls called.
The estates of parliament add John, earl of Sutherland to those of the nobility upon the committee of dispatches, and ordain him to sit and have voice amongst them.
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The estates of parliament, taking into their consideration that the greatness of the quorum for visitation of the university of Glasgow, and the distance of the place where the visitors live from the place appointed, makes it difficult for the commissioners to meet, therefore the said estates of parliament have added and add to the said persons contained in the commission granted in the last session of parliament the persons following, namely: Mr Alexander Dunlop, Mr John Carstairs, Mr Francis Aird, Mr William Guthrie, John Graham, Mr John Spreull, James Hamilton, William Lightbody and William Muir of Glanderston; and ordain them to join with the other persons aforesaid; and the quorum to be as in the former commission and grant to them the full power contained in the said former commission.
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The which day Sir James Hope of Hopetoun, being required by the estates of parliament to accept the charge as one of the senators of the college of justice and give his oath for faithful administration, he, personally present, accepted the said charge and made faith and gave his oath that he should faithfully go about the discharging of that place as one of the senators of the college of justice, and thereupon asked instruments.
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The estates of parliament, taking into their consideration a supplication given in to them by the commission of the general assembly, making mention that where at the last session of parliament they were bold to represent to the said estates of parliament that their reverend brother Doctor Sharp, from his affection to the public cause and zeal of promoting the work of God and for advancing of the same, did lend his whole stock to the sum of 20,000 merks, which, with the bygone annualrents in 1647, extended to 24,000 merks, for payment whereof, precept was drawn upon the parliament of England; and that notwithstanding of the straits that his wife and children are likely to be reduced to, that they had as then received no part of the principal and very little of the annualrent of the aforesaid, and the favourable answer which the said estates of parliament then gave them put them in hope that neither that poor widow and her children nor they should have needed any more to supplicate the said estates of parliament in that particular; but finding that nothing is yet made effectual, they did again entreat the said estates of parliament that they would be pleased to take such course as may be indeed effectual for giving in to her present satisfaction of all the bygone annualrents and to provide a sure way for the said principal sum. The said estates of parliament declare that they will take course for payment of the said supplicant before the raising of this session of parliament, and that they will give her preference to any other particular that shall come in hereafter.
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The estates of parliament, now presently convened in this third session of the second triennial parliament, taking into their consideration that albeit by former proclamations it was intimated at the market cross of Edinburgh that the lords of council and session were to sit down on 1 June now instant for administration of justice to the lieges, yet hearing that the troubles of the country and the meeting of the parliament have possessed many with fears of the session not sitting, and least by misinformation the lieges should suffer, they have thought fit of new again to intimate to the said lieges that as the said lords are now sitting for administration of justice and are God willing to continue until 31 July next to come, and that the estates of parliament do intend and resolve with God's assistance (notwithstanding of meetings of parliament, and, as far as is possible for the time to come, notwithstanding of the troubles of the country) to cause the said lords to keep constantly the ordinary months of session for administration of justice; and therefore ordain all our sovereign lord's lieges who have business before the said lords to attend the said session, and this to be intimated to them by sound of trumpet at the market cross of Edinburgh.
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The estates of parliament, now presently convened in this third session of the second triennial parliament, find and declare that the permitting of any to sit in session (if any such be) who shall hereafter be found to fall within the compass of the act of classes, their permission to sit shall be no liberation to them from any censure due to them by virtue of the said act of classes in case they shall happen hereafter to be found to be within the compass of the said act.
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The estates of parliament, having taken into their consideration the supplication given in to them by Mr James Campbell, showing that he had made several addresses to the parliament and committee for satisfaction and payment to him of the sum of £8,394, with the annualrent advanced and laid out for the public service of the kingdom, and by the said estates of parliament acknowledged as a public debt thereof, they by act in the last session of parliament conceived in his favour did assign him over to the fines of those who should be found to be in present rebellion and whose guiltiness in that kind made them liable thereto, as by act herewith produced more evidently may appear. And now seeing God in his providence has been pleased to second the designs and actions of our army, as yet a considerable number of rebels are given up to the said estates of parliament to be disposed of as they shall think fit, therefore humbly desiring that the aforesaid act of parliament may be made effectual to him and that the said estates of parliament, in ratification thereof, would by a present act convey and assign over to him such fines they shall be pleased to impose upon the aforesaid rebels or any of them toward the satisfaction of the aforesaid debt, as at more length is contained in the said supplication. Which being heard and considered by the said lords, they have disposed and assigned over to the said Mr James Campbell such fines as shall happen to be imposed upon the aforesaid rebels or any of them in so far as may be extended to the satisfaction of his said debts above-written, without prejudice always of the act of the committee of estates made in favour of Mr Thomas Nicolson, his majesty's advocate, and Mr Robert Dagleish, and of another act of this session of parliament made in favour of the widow of the late Captain Lieutenant MacBlain and her children and of the several sums of money contained therein, which sums the said lords ordain first to be paid.
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The estates of parliament, taking into their consideration the heavy burdens that the tenants and labourers of the ground underlie through the quarterings of soldiers, and that little or no respect is had thereof by the masters of the ground, which is likely to tend to the utter ruin of the tenantry if some remedy be not provided, therefore the said estates of parliament have given and by this act give and grant full power and commission to [Archibald Campbell], lord marquis of Argyll, [William Kerr], earl of Lothian and [Robert Balfour], lord [Balfour of] Burleigh for the noblemen; Sir Thomas Ruthven of Freeland, Sir John Chiesley of Kersewell and Robert Hepburn of Keith for the barons; Sir James Stewart [of Kirkfield and Coltness], provost of Edinburgh, George Porterfield and Mr Robert Barclay for the burghs (or the most part of them as their quorum) to think and consider upon a way for remedying the grievances and helping the sufferings of the said tenants, either in relation to their master or the soldiers' quarters on the said tenants, through which the tenants or labourers of the ground may not be utterly ruined; and extend the same in form of an act, and report the same to the said estates of parliament.
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The estates of parliament, taking into their consideration the supplication given in to them by Margaret Home, widow of the late James Douglas of Chesters, showing that where she having received the copy of an order under the hand of [John Campbell, earl of Loudoun], lord chancellor, for reproducing the process, with the depositions before the judges delegate, and to retire horning against [John Hamilton], lord Belhaven unregistered, and likewise is charged by virtue of letters to produce her said process and to retire the said hornings under the pain of rebellion and of putting her to the horn; and albeit she is willing in all duty to give obedience to the said estates of parliament's commands, yet in regard before the receipt of the order that the said horning was registered and so it was not in my power to retire the same. Therefore humbly craving the said estates of parliament to have consideration of her sad and distressed condition, and in regard the said horning is already registered and so it was not in her power to retire the same, and therefore to free her from the said production, and that the said estates of parliament would be pleased to remit the decision of what is in question to the session in regard of the approach thereof, as at more length is contained in the said supplication. Which being considered by the said estates of parliament, they have remitted and remit the same supplication and the desire of the supplicant therein contained to the lords of council and session, to be determined by them, and ordain both the parties to produce their whole rights before them. And in the meantime, discharge all execution personal and real at the instance of either of the said parties against others, and recommend to the said lords of session either to settle the parties or determine therein.