On the twenty fourth day of parliament
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Prayers heard and rolls called.
[John Campbell, earl of Loudoun], lord chancellor, president of parliament, excused this day. Thereafter [Robert Balfour], lord [Balfour of] Burleigh elected vice president in his absence until his return.
†Supplication given in by Mr James Hamilton, with certain others of the commissioners of the general assembly, in name of the trades and commons, read and remitted to the committee of fines to take trial of the bygone abuses, and with power to fine the persons guilty and to set down overtures for restraining in time coming; and appoint the treasurer deputes to send to Bo'ness, North Berwick, Dunbar and Eyemouth to make stop and arrest all victual that is going out of the country and the ships, and to take notice of the persons who are sending away the victual, to the effect that they may be censured, punished and fined, and order given to him for that effect.
Warrant granted to all inferior judicatories to sit notwithstanding of the sitting of parliament.
†Report from the committee anent the ammunition read and approved, and appoint the committee for the excise to deal with the treasurer of the excise for performance thereof.
The estates give warrant to Mr Robert Hodge to bring in 40 horse with souks† and sacks to carry meal from Leith to the castle of Edinburgh.
†Appoint Sir William Dick [of Braid] to be tried by the committee of excise anent the 1,000 bolls of victual which he should have laid in, and to report tomorrow what is done therein to the parliament.
†Supplication William Simpson read and remitted to the committee of dispatches as in the documents.
†Report anent Alexander Jaffray read and passed and recommended to the committee of fines.
†Supplication [Sir Patrick Myreton], laird of Cambo read and remitted to the committee of bills.
†Overtures from the committee anent the affairs of exchequer read and remitted to the several bodies.
†Remit the business between the shire of Inverness and the shire of Ross to the committee of bills.
Ordain the bodies to meet from 2 o'clock until 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the two committees for exchequer and king's house at 5 o'clock, the committee of dispatches to meet tomorrow at 7 o'clock.
†The estates join the committees of bills and overtures together, the quorum to be as above, and appoint the same to meet at 5 o'clock in the afternoon this day. And likewise the committee of fines and processes to meet this day at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
†Supplication presbytery of Cupar remitted to the committee of bills.
†Letter from [Arthur Erskine of] Scotscraig of 16 June 1650 to [Archibald Campbell], marquis of Argyll, with another from John Rawson to Scotscraig, read and remitted to the committee of dispatches.
†Supplication Duncan Forbes of Culloden, in name of the shire of Inverness, read and remitted to the committee of overtures and bills.
Report from the committee of bills concerning Gilbert Kennedy of Dangar read and approved.
Order given to [Sir John Scott], laird of Scotstarvit for keeping out the names of those who are debarred from returning to the country out of any of their infeftments which are desired to be issued.
The estates add [Sir Hugh Campbell of] Cessnock to the barons and Hugh Kennedy and James Sword in place of Alexander Bower (who is absent) to the committee for the commissary-general's accounts.