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42 Introduction.
dependent upon the Council, and shall bestow them
upon our friends ; but in such manner that they shall
go in rotation among them, and shall not be too long
enjoyed by the friends of any one of us, to the pre-
judice of the friends of the others. 3rdly. Whereas we
have agreed to elect John McGibbon, junior, into the
office of town clerk, jointly with his father, and to suc-
ceed to the said office upon his death, on condition that
a part of the emoluments of said office shall be at our
disposal, and that it appears to us that £25 sterling is a
reasonable sum to be paid by him to us ; we do therefore
agree to divide the said £25 per annum equally among
us, or that the sum shall be equally at our disposal ; and
the said John McGibbon is to grant bond to us accord-
ingly. 4thly. Whereas it will be in our power, in time
coming, at every election of a member of Parliament for
the district, during our lives to give the vote of the
burgh of Stirling, to any candidate for the said district
who shall be most acceptable to us ; and that we will
be entitled, at every such election, to receive money and
rewards suitable to the occasion, and which rewards it
is reasonable we should divide equally among us ; we do
therefore bind and oblige ourselves to make an equal
division of all moneys so to be received by any of us
upon occasion of any election for the district, and of all
profits and emoluments arising from offices conferred
upon any of us by the members of Parliament, or by
any person or persons standing candidate to represent
us in Parliament during our joint lives. 5thly. In order
to render ourselves popular in the burgh, and that our
management may be acceptable to the whole inhabitants,
we engage that when a vacancy happens in the charge of
any of the town's ministers, we shall procure the same to