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be in this place upon the last Friday of January next , with power to adjourn their meetings and appoint comittees as they shall find needful , and to order the prosecution of such persons as shall deny their attendance before any competent

judge . Recomends also to the sd comittie to give proper directions for prosecuting all such as are deficient any maner of way . . Further the comittie is empowred , if the clerk

decline to oficiat to choise ane in his room , and settle a reasonable sallary on him , with a suitable reward for his pains in filling up the minutes in the register conform to the yearly sederunts . The sd day the comission to five for intrants continued .

Haughfoot , Jany . 26 th , 1728 . Sederunt of the comittie of Masons of this lodge appointed by sederunt last St . John ' s Day , being met for the purposes therin mentioned , viz ., Walter Scot , preses , John Hoppringle , George Cairncross in " . Galashiels , John Fountain , Willm . Henderson and Robert Frier .

Find that by sederunt 27 th Deer . 1718 , there was in Andrew Thomson's there then Treasurer ' s hands , at 27 thDecr . 27 l 5 , the soume of twenty-three pounds six shillgs and three pennies scots money , for which he was appointed to give his bill to the

then Treasurer bearing a rent from the sd 27 th Deer . 1718 , and as to the instruction of his acpts of discharge there is ; there mentioned the production in the clerk ' s hands of ane recpt and oblidgment by Jeams Pringle , iu Haughfoot for

£ 24 to be repayed with a rent , and another by Robt . Lowrie for £ 3 : 7 : 6 with ' the same oblidgment , wheras Robt . Lowrie's oblidgment is in his receipt , but nothing of the sd oblidgment in

Jeams Pringle s receipt . As to the ballance above mentioned of £ 23 -. 6 : 3 there is produced a bill dated March 8 th , 1723 , payable to George Cairncross the Treasurer for the lodge for the sd soume with a

payment marked on the back thereof of the same date for 18 shill Scots , which bill bears a rent from the date , notwithstanding the said sederunt which bill is indorsed by the sd George Cairncross to Eobt . Frier present Box Master for the benefit

of the lodge , but not to return . By the sd sederunt there is found in John Donaldson ' s hands £ 6 : 13 sh , and in John Sanderson ' s hands £ 7 : 10 sh Scots , for which John

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Donaldson ' s bill is produced and indorsed as b e former , and in respect John Sanderson did co ntinue Box Master for some years after a , % of sederunt , and there not apeariug any particular furder charge against him during his

administration , therfor the comittee have adjurned their finder proceeding in the matters commited to them till the second Tuesday of Aprill next .

And in the meantime recomends to the preses with any assistance he thinks proper to call , to except from the particular sederunts a charge against the said John Sanderson during his administration as Box Master , and George

Cairncross his successor during his time , and that copies of the sd charge he delivered to them in due time before the meeting of the sd committie , and they advertised to give in their respective discharges of the sd charge to the sd commitie at

the sd day with certification . And furder that ane excerpt be made from the sederunts of all other debts due by any person to the sd society of Masons , which stand out not intromited with by their respective Box Masters ,

that directions anent recovering them may be given as they see cause conform to the power comitted to them .

Haughfoot , Deer . 27 th 1728 . The sd day Jeams Prier was chosen preses by plurality of votes , and Walter Scot chosen clerk for that day . The roll called found absent . ( Follows a list of 25 names ) .

The meeting fines each of the above absents in twenty shill Scots , conform to an act in the lodge , and continue Robert Prier Box Master for a year . Walter Scot preses of the last meeting excused the want of a report of the comitie ' s diligence ,

anent counting with the former Box Masters , and bringing in the debts due to the lodge by his want of health and other reasons which were

admitted . The lodge appoints the former comitie with the adition of the Lairds of Torwoodlie and Gala , Simeon Aitshison , John Young , John Fountain , or any three of them with all diligence to pursue

the ends of that comission in the most efectuall maner they can lay down for that purpose , and to report in due time . Recomends to the comitie to consider of a proper revvaird for Ming up the former minutes in the book , and a yearly sallary to a clerk . The meeting appoints Yv alter Scot to write to