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<HEAD><HI>ACTS</HI> For Settling the Orders in the Parliament-Hou&s;e.</HEAD>
<P>IT IS ORDERED, that all Members of Parliament do preci&s;ely keep the Dy|ets of Parliament, under the Pains following, <HI>Viz.</HI> Each Nobleman for each Dyets Ab&s;ence, without Leave or relevant Excu&s;e, twelve Pounds <HI>Scots,</HI> each Baron &s;ix Pounds, and each Burge&s;s three Pounds, and that they pay the ju&s;t half of their Penalties, for each Dyet they come in after the Calling of the Rolls of Parliament. That none be admitted to &s;tayin Parliament but the ordinary Members of Parliament, <HI>viz.</HI> The Noblemen, Officers of State, Commi&s;&s;ioners for Shires and Burrows, and the Clerk-Regi&s;ters Deputs, and Servants imployed by him to &s;erve in the Hou&s;e: And be&s;ides the&s;e, Admittance is allowed to the elde&s;t Sons, and appearand Heirs-male of Noblemen, to the Se|nators of the Colledge of Ju&s;tice, to the Knight Mari&s;chal, to the U&s;hers, to the Ly|on, to the King's Agent, and one Servant allowed to the Lord Chancellor, two to the Con&s;table, two to the Mari&s;chal, and one to the Advocat.</P>
<P>And <HI>it is Ordered,</HI> that none pre&s;ume to &s;it upon the Benches, except the No|bility: That the Officers of State &s;it upon the Steps of the Throne, that the Com|mis&s;ioners for Shires and Burrows &s;it on the Furms appointed for them, that Noblemens elde&s;t Sons and Heirs afore&s;aid, &s;it on the lower Bench of the Throne, that the Lords of Se&s;&s;ion &s;it at a Table, which is to &s;tand betwixt the Throne and the Commi&s;&s;ioners from Burrows: And that none pre&s;ume to &s;it at the Clerks Table, &s;ave the Clerk-Regi&s;ter, and the Deputs and Servants to be imployed by him, in the Service of the Hou&s;e, nor to &s;tand betwixt the Throne and the Clerks Table: That any other Per&s;ons allowed Acce&s;s, &s;hall &s;it at the far end of the Seats appointed for the Commi&s;&s;ioners from Shires and Burrows.</P>
<P>And <HI>it is Appointed,</HI> that the Knight Mari&s;chal and Macers be careful, as they will be An&s;werable upon their Peril, that the&s;e Orders be obeyed: And that they exact Twenty Shillings <HI>Sterling</HI> for each Per&s;on, who &s;hall be found within the Hou&s;e, and are not Members, nor admitted as afore&s;aid, be&s;ides their Re|moval and Impri&s;onment at the &s;econd Fault, and their Penalties to be collected by the Macers, and depo&s;itat in the Hands of  <GAP DESC="blank">  to be di&s;po&s;ed upon by the Order of the Hou&s;e. That after the Hou&s;e is &s;et, none offer to &s;tand, or walk, or keep privat Di&s;cour&s;es one with another. That none go forth, except in Ca&s;es of Nece&s;&s;ity, and that they forthwith return, nor any Per&s;ons &s;uffered to &s;tay at the Committees, &s;ave Members of Parliament. That in all Debates of the Hou&s;e, no Per&s;on offer to interrupt another, nor to direct his Di&s;cour&s;e to any, but to my Lord Chancellor, or Pre&s;ident. That all refle|ctions be forborn, and that no man offer at one Dyet, and in one Bu&s;ine&s;s, to &s;peak oftner than twice at mo&s;t, except in &s;uch Ca&s;es, where Leave &s;hall be fir&s;t asked and given by His Maje&s;tie or Commi&s;&s;ioner. That no Member of Parlia|ment leave the Hou&s;e, until the Meeting be by His Maje&s;ty or His Commi&s;&s;io|ner di&s;&s;olved. As al&s;o by another Act, of the date the twenty eight of <HI>April</HI> 1685, the Clerks of Council, the Clerk of the Ju&s;tice-Court, and Sheriff-de|puts of <HI>Edinburgh</HI> Shire, are allowed to &s;tay in the Hou&s;e, the time of the &s;it|ting of the Parliament.</P>
<P>And &s;icklike, by an Act of the date, the twenty fir&s;t of <HI>April</HI> 1693, the Com|mander in chief of the Forces, the Captain of the Guard, the Judge of the Ad|mirality, the Keeper of the Signet under the Lord Secretary, and the King's Chaplain are al&s;o allowed to &s;tay in the Hou&s;e, during the &s;itting of the Parli|ament.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Extracted forth of the Records of Parliament, by <HI>TARBAT</HI> Cls. Regi&s;t.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to His mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1695.</P>
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