Procedure: petition, 31 December 1696, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the threttie day of Jullie J^aj vi^c nyntie six yeirs

D1696/7/35

D1696/7/35¹

Procedure: report

Additione to Comittie and remit Countess of Weemes and Adair and Slezer

Report anent the Countess of Weeymes petitione complaneing of the act For Twnage in favors of Mr Adair And Captain Slezer with a petitione be Mr Adair and another be Captain Slezer being all red the Counsell adheres to ther former interloqwitor of the day of Jullie instant and addes the Dwke of Qweensberry the Earles of Argyll Lauderdale and Lothian and Leven Lord John Hamiltowne and the Lord Secretarie Ogilvie to the former Comittie alreadie appointed in this mater And recomends to the Comittie to consider both petitiones and consider both Mr Slezer and Mr Adair ther procedures made in ther respective works And to consider what the expensses of each works will amount to and how much is payed and² how much resting to each of the Saids two persones And how much is collected by vertue of the act of parliament in ther favors And recomends to the Comittie as to meet on Munday next at four in the efternoon and declaires any thrie of the above Comittie to be a Sufficient qworum And appoints Mr Adair and Captain Slazer to attend the Comittie