An interim commission granted by the Lords, to a person, to be writer to the Privy Seal.
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In a petition given in by Alexander Goldie, writer in Edinburgh, son of the deceased Thomas Goldie, writer to the Privy-Seal, setting forth, That his father died lately, the office of writer to the Privy-Seal was thereby vacant; that the records were in the petitioner's custody, at least in the custody of Alexander Syme, who acted in the said office under him; and that there being a presentation given in to be expede, which could not admit of delay, and several other papers, the delay whereof might be a loss to the lieges; and that their Lordships were in use to grant interim commissions in such cases; and craving their Lordships would authorise the petitioner to write out and record any writs necessary to pass the said Seal: The Lords having heard this petition, they authorise the petitioner to write out, and record, what writs may be necessary to be expede the said office in the interim, untill a new commission be granted.
