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<HEAD>ACT for Setling the Orders in the Parliament-Hou&s;e.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>At <HI>Edinburgh</HI> <DATE>the 13. of <HI>May</HI> 1662. Years.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_JT is appointed that all Members of Parliament do preci&s;ely keep the Diets of Parliament, under the pains following, viz. Each Nobleman and Bi&s;hop, for each Diets ab&s;ence without leave, twelve pounds Scots: Each Baron &s;ix pounds Scots: And each Burges three pounds Scots: and that they pay the ju&s;t half of their Penalties for each Diet they come in &s;ero, after the Calling of the Rolls of Parliament.</P>
<P>That none be admitted to &s;tay in Parliament, but the ordinary Members of Parliament, viz. The Arch-bi&s;hops and Bi&s;hops, Noblemen, Officers of State, Commi&s;&s;ioners from Shires and Burrows, and the Clerk of Regi&s;ter, Deputs and &s;ervants 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 Noble|men, to the Senators of the Colledge of Ju&s;tice, to the Knight Mar&s;hal, to the U&s;hers, to the Lyon, to the Ju&s;tice-deputs, to the Kings Sollicitor, one Servant allowed to the Lord Chancellor, two to the Con&s;table, two to the Mar&s;hal, and one to the Advocat.</P>
<P>And it is ordered, That none pre&s;ume to &s;it upon the Ben&s;hes, &s;ave the Nobility and Clergy; That the Officers of State &s;it upon the &s;teps of the Throne; That the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Shires and Burrows &s;it on the Forms appointed for them; That Noblemens elde&s;t Sons, and appearnd Heirs fore&s;aid, &s;it on the lower Ben&s;hes of the Throne; That the Lords of Se&s;&s;ion &s;it at an 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: That any other per&s;ons allowed ac|ce&s;s, &s;hall &s;it at the far end of the Seats appointed for Commi&s;&s;ioners from Shires and Burrows.</P>
<P>And it is appointed, that the Knight Mar&s;hal and the Macers be careful as they will be an&s;werable upon their peril; That thir Orders be obeyed, and that they exact twenty &s;hilling Sterling from every 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 Removal, and Impri&s;onment at the &s;econd fault, and thir Penalties with the former, to be Collected by the Macers, and depo&s;itate in the hands of  <GAP DESC="blank">  to be di&s;po&s;ed upon by the Order of the Hou&s;e.</P>
<P>That after the Hou&s;e is &s;et, none offer to &s;tand, nor walk, or keep private 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 Articles, &s;ave Members of Parliament.</P>
<P>That in all Debates of the Hou&s;e, no per&s;on offer to interrupt another, nor direct his Di&s;cour&s;e to any but the Lord Chancellor or Pre&s;ident; that all Reflections be forborn; and that no man offer at one Diet, and in one Bu&s;ine&s;s, to &s;peak oftner then 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;ty, or His Commi&s;&s;ioner.</P>
<P>That no Member of Parliament leave the Hou&s;e, until the Meeting be by His Maje&s;ty, or His Commi&s;&s;ioner Adjourned.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE>Edinburgh, <DATE>April 28. 1685.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>THE Act of Parliament afore&s;aid, <HI>May</HI> 13: 1662. For Ordering the Hou&s;e in time of Parliament, being read, His Ma|je&s;ties High Commi&s;&s;ioner, and the E&s;tates of Parliament, Ordains the &s;ame to be Printed, and affixed on the Wall of the Parliament-Hou&s;e; that it may be duly ob&s;erved, with the&s;e Additions.</P>
<P>That the Clerks of Council, the Clerk of the Ju&s;tice Court, and the Sheriff-deputs of <HI>Edinburgh</HI>-Shire, are allowed to &s;tay in the Hou&s;e the time of &s;itting of Parliament.</P>
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