Because it is understand that certaine of the nobilitie of this realme and Secret Councill are to repare to this Assemblie, Therefore the haill brethren ordaynes, that the haill nobility and councill, with commissioners of provinces, townes, and kirks, having power to vote, shall sitt within the barr of the said Over Tolbooth, and all uthers without the same. Sessio 2. The Books of Visitatione of Bischops, Superintendants, and Commissioners to plant kirks, aught to be seen and considerit, and their diligence in their offices; and commissioners were appointit to that effect. Touching them that receaves excommunicants and order taking thereanent; the haill Kirk presently assemblit, ordains all Bischops, Superintendants, Commissioners to plant kirks, and Ministers of particular kirks, to proceed to excommunicatione againes all receivers of excommunicat persones, if, after dew admonitione, the receavers rebell and beis disobedient, conforme to the order conteinit in the booke of excommunicatione: and whosoever knawes and yet receaves and intertains excommunicat persones, albeit he desist after admonitione, yet shall he underly the discipline of the Kirk, be making of publick repentance, except sic as are except of the law. And to the effect that nane pretend ignorance of the saids excommunicat persons, the Kirk ordaynes and statutes all bishops, superintendants, and commissioners, in the synodall conventions, shall take up in row, the names of the excommunicants within their jurisdictions, and bring their names to the Generall Assemblies, to be published to uthers Bishops, Superintendants, and Commissioners, that they, be their ministers in thair provinces, may divulgat the same in their haill countries where the excommunicants haunts. Sess. 6. Alexander Hay, clark of the Secret Councill, presentit certaine heids to the Assembly concernyng the provisione of ministers’ stipends be particular assignationes. Sessio 7. Touching the changeing of situation of the paroche kirks, their gleibs, and manses, for the commoditie of the parochiners, The Kirk gives licence to the Bishops, Superintendants, and Commissioners to plant kirks, with the advyce and consent of the parochiners and ministrie of the countrie, to change the paroche kirks, manses, and gleibs frae ane place to another, for the commoditie of the saids parochiners; provyding allwayes, that the charge thereof be not hurtfull to the ministrie, and suretie sufficient be made of the lands in quantitie and qualitie as they were before, to remaine with the Kirk for ever, with mortificatione thereof to the King’s Majestie.