Visitors of
the said Universitie.

Sess. 8. Aug. 2. 1641. a meridie.

_Act against sudden receiving Ministers deposed._

The Assembly ordaines, that Ministers who are deposed either by
Presbyteries, Synods, or Generall Assemblies, or Committees from
Assemblies for the publike cause of the Reformation and order of this
Kirk, shall not be suddenly received againe to the Ministerie, till they
first evidence their repentance both before the Presbyterie and Synod,
within the bounds where they were deposed, and thereafter the samine
reported to the next ensuing Generall Assembly.

Sess. 9. Aug. 3. 1641.

_The Overtures under-written, concerning the Universities and Colledges of
this Kingdome to be represented by the Generall Assembly, to the Kings
Majesty and Parliament, being openly read, the Assembly approved the saids
Overtures, and ordained them to be recommended to the Parliament._

First, because the good estate both of the Kirk and Commonwealth,
dependeth mainly upon the flourishing of Universities and Colledges, as
the Seminaries of both, which cannot be expected, unlesse the poore meanes
which they have, be helped, and sufficient revenues be provided for them
and the same well imployed: Therefore that out of the rents of prelacies;
Collegiat or Chapter-Kirks, or such like, a sufficient maintenance be
provided for a competent number of Professors, Teachers, and Bursers in
all faculties, and especially in Divinitie, and for upholding, repairing,
and enlarging the Fabrick of the Colledges, furnishing Libraries, and
suchlike good uses in every Universitie and Colledge.

II. Next for keeping of good order, preveening and removing of abuses, and
promoving of pietie and learning, it is very needfull & expedient, that
there be a communion and correspondencie kept betwixt all the Universities
and Colledges. And therefore that it be ordained, that there be a meeting
once every year at such times and places as shall be agreed upon, of
Commissioners from every University and Colledge to consult and determine
upon the common affairs, and whatsoever may concerne them, for the ends
above-specified, and who also, or some of their number may represent what
shall be needfull and expedient for the same effect, to Parliaments and
Generall Assemblies.

III. _Item_, That special care be had that the places of the Professors,
especially of Professors of Divinity in every University and Colledge. Be
filled with