[1605/6/62]¹

²Act in favouris of the burgh of Dundie

Oure soverane lord, with advyse of the estaittis of this present parliament, remembering the trew and thankfull service done to his majestie be the provest, bailleis, counsaill and communitie of the burgh of Dundie, hes ratefeit, approvin and confermit, and be the tennour heirof, for his hienes and his successouris, ratefeis, appreves and perpetualie confermis the chartour maid and grantit be oure soverane lord under his hienes great seall to the saidis provest, bailleis, counsaill, burgesses and communitie of the said burgh of Dundie, in all and sindrie pointis, heidis, articlis, clauses, circumstances and conditionis expressit and contenit in the foirsaid chartour, with the haill jurisdictionis, liberteis, salmond fischeingis, mylnis, mylnlandis, customes dueteis, privileges and immuniteis thairin mentionat, alsweill be watter as land, and with the portis, havinnes and herbereis of the said burgh; and als for his hienes and his majesteis successouris foirsaidis, with advyse of the saidis estaittis, willis, decernis and declaris that the foirsaid chartour, with the precept and instrument of seasing following thairupoun, hes bene continualie fra the date thairof, quhilk wes upoun the sextene day of Januar, the yeir of God j^M vj^C and ane yeiris, is presentlie and sall be in all tyme cumming ane perfyte and sufficient infeftment, richt and securitie to the saidis provest, bailleis, counsaill, burgesses and communitie of the said burgh and thair successouris for bruiking and injoying of the haill landis, mylnis, mylnlandis, multuris, salmond fischeingis, annualrentis, chaplanreis, alterages, advocatioun and donatioun of benefices, customes dueteis, jurisdictionis, liberteis, privileges, immuniteis, portis, havinnis, herbereis and utheris quhatsoevir, alsweill generalie as specialie expressit and contenit in the said chartour, and willis and grantis that this present confirmatioun and ratificatioun sall be of als great faith, force and effect as gif the foirnameit chartour wer word be word ingrossit heirin, quhairanent oure said soverane lord, with advyse foirsaid, be thir presentis for now and evir dispenses; and this alwayes but prejudice to the decrete arbitrall pronunceit be oure soverane lord and the lordis of his hienes counsaill and sessioun of this kingdome of Scotland anent the decisioun of the questionis and controverseis than standing betuix the said burgh of Dundie and the burgh of Perth, tuicheing the libertie of the watter of Tay and certane utheris particularis decydeit be the said decrete, quhilk decrete is of the date at Edinburgh, the penult day of December, the yeir of God j^M sex hundreth and twa yeiris.