Old Records Of The Lodge Of Peebles.

THOMAS TWEEDDELL . Thereafter the meeting appointed a comittie to meet in the clerk's house upon the first Day of January next to consider proper measures for recovering payment of some quarter dues Several of the members is Deficient in paying into the Lodge . ROBERT BROWN Master .

Peebles 1 st Jany . 17 c 9 . The Comittie according to appointment of the meeting the Twenty-ninth of December last to consider proper meansers for recovering payment of the quarter Dues of several of the members which is in Deficienceys and said Comittie present , Robert Brown , Master ; James Traquair , Senior Warden ; Thomas Tweedale , John Hislop and Andrew Scott , and they having considered the persons after mentioned in arrears of their quarter Dues as followsvizt .,

, William Alexander , William Willson , and John Somervill for the year seventeen hundred and seventy-four , each one shilling sterling . Said William Alexander , William Willson , John Somervill , William Hardie , and James Dods , for the year seventeen hundred aud seventy-five , one shilling sterling each . Said William Alexander , William Wilson , John Somervill , William Hardie , James Dods , Robert Somervill , for the year seventeen hundred and

seventy-six , one shilling sterling each . William Lyon , John Veitch , David Russell , William Alexander , William Havdie , William Wilson , James Dods , John Somervill , Robert Somervill , William Scott , William Murray , for the year seventeen hundred and seventy-seven , four shillings sterling each , conform to a minute in the Book of date the Twenty-seventh December . seventeen hundred and seventy-seven . Signed ball the members then present . Peter

y Gillas , James Stodhart , Thomas Paterson , William Alexander , William Lyon , John Veitch , David Russell , William Wilson , William Hardie , James Dodds , John Somervill , Robert Somervill , William Scott , William Murray , for the year seventeen hundred and seventy-eight four shillings sterling each . And the said Comitie having considered the severall persons in arrears above mentioned ordains William Harper their present Boxmasterand Treasurer ,

, to proscutt the Persons within this County before the Sheriff of Peebles , and the persons residing in the County of Midlothiim , before the Sherriffs of Edinburgh for payment of the respective sums above mentioned . William Murray and James Stodhart taken into this minute by mistake . ROBERT BROWN , Master .

Peebles 23 d . Jany 1779 . The Comniitie having mett according to appointment read settled accompts with Boxmaster , and find a Ballance in his hands of nine shillings and twopence halfpenny with bill upon William Symington for twelve shillings sterling , one on George Brown for seven shillings and sixpence , one upon Andrew Paterson for Ten shillings and sixpence . JAMES TRAQUAIR , Master .