ARTICLES Concluded and agreed upon by the Society of the White-Writing and Printing paper Manufactory of Scotland, in a general Meeting at Edinburgh the Nineteen day of August One Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety Five Years, in the Terms whereof Partners are to be assumed.  
PRimo, That the Stock already advanced for carrying on the said White paper Manufactory, with what is yet to be Subscribed for, making up in whole five Thousand Pound starling; and that the same be divided into Fourteen Hundred Shares: And that in respect of the great Charges and other Contingencies, which the Founders and those who have already subscribed have been put to, those who shall hereafter subscribe are to make payment of four pound starling for each share, and that by and attour Fighteen shillings starling of Subscription Money, which by the first Articles was provided payable to Nicholas Dupin late Deput Governor of the Paper and Linen Manufactories of Scotland, England, and Ireland, and Denis Manes Esquire, and is now assigned by them to the Joint stock, in respect of an Liquid Sum obliged to be paid to them, and which they have accepted of in satisfaction for their said subscription Money.  
2 do. That all those who shall hereafter subscribe as Partners shall at the time of their respective subscriptions, pay in to Alexander Clark present Thesaurer to the Company, One pound six shilling eight pence sterling, as the just equal third part of the foresaid sum of Four pound sterling for each share, that they shall happen to subscribe for, together also with the foresaid sum of Eighteen shilling starlings of Subscription Money for each share they shall happen to subscribe for, or to any other Thesaurer who shall hereafter be named by plurality of Votes of the General Meeting for receiving thereof, and the remaining two parts of the said's shares, to be paid to the said Alexander Clark or his Successors in Office, how soon and whensoever the same shall be judged necessary by the General Meeting, or a Committee of seven persons to be chosen out of their Number for that effect; and that upon twenty one days Advertisement, to be given by the Thesaurer for the time being, to the subscribers personally, or at their dwelling places, if they be Residenters in Scotland, and to the Agents Residenters in Edinburgh for such Englishmen, or Residenters in England as have already subscribed, or shall hereafter subscribe as Partners, and who shall be paid by the English Subscribers, and upon their paying in of the first Moety with the subscription Money as a foresaid, and subscribing the Articles here engrossed, the said Alexander's Receipt thereof to be produced at an General Meeting at Edinburgh, shall give the subscribers as full Interest in the said Manufactory effeiring to their shares, as if they had originally subscribed the same.  
3 tio. That albeit the first Moety and subscription Money aforesaid be paid in by the subscribers, yet if they shall hereafter fail to pay in like manner the remaining part of their shares, they shall be subject and liable to pay Three shilling sterling Monthly for each third part of the share whereof they shall happen to fail in making due payment being required as aforesaid: And in case they fail for the space of three Months thereafter to make payment of the said's remaining shares and penalty, then & in that case their respective shares is to be disposed of by the foresaid society for the use of the Stock; and they are in all time thereafter to forfeit and amit any interest therein.  
4 to. That there shall be two Books prepared by Robert Henderson our present Clerk, or Secretary to the society, and his successors in Office, who are to be chosen at the General Meeting of the Company, in which all the Actings are to be Recorded; one whereof is to be still retained by himself while he is in the Office at Edinburgh, and thereafter delivered up with the grounds and warrants thereof to his Successor in Office, and the other thereof to be delivered by him to any person whom those who Reside in England do intrust therewith, to the effect that from time to time the Partners in England, may be by him certiorat of the proceed of the Company: And which Clerk and person Entrusted by these in England are to be obliged not to remove these Books out of the Kingdom without warrant from the Company, under the penalty of One hundred pounds sterling, each.  
5 to. That no advantage shall be taken of survivancy, but that the share or shares of the party or parties Deceased shall fall and belong to their Heirs and Executors, and also that he or they shall have liberty to sell and dispose thereupon to any person or persons who will give most for the same; and their Assigneys shall bruik and enjoy the same privileges and Emoluments as their Authors might have done, they always producing their assignations & dispositions thereto at the first or second General Meeting after the purchase, which are to be recorded in the Registers or Transser. Books of the Company.  
6 to. That at the first General Meeting every year there shall be chosen by plurality of Votes Thirteen persons of their own number, who shall have power to nominate and choice and Prese or Chairman to the Meeting for the ensuing year out of the said Thirteen, whereof always the principal Agent for the English and Residenters in England is to be one if he be present, & which Thirteen whereof seven is declared to be ane Quorum the Prese always being one of them by plurality of Votes are to order & determine in all their Meetings anent the Affairs relating to the Company, & to make all Contracts & Bargains relative thereto, & to give all necessary orders to the Thesaurer for debursements, and which Thirteen are to pass under the name of the Common Council or Assistants to the Company: As also the General Meeting is to make choice of Five persons out of the said Thirteen (the Prese or Chairman and the Agent for the Residenters in England being always two of them) as a Committee of Trade, and whereof any two with the Prese are to be an Quorum (the said Agent being likeways advertised of the Meetting) and which Committee and their Quorum shall have power, and are Authorized, to keep correspondence betwixt the English Partners and them, anent the Patterns and sale of Paper, and to settle and agree upon the manner of remitting the Money arising either from the product of the Joint Stock or Subscriptions in England, to the Thesaurer of the Company that presently is or that shall happen to be at Edinburgh, for the time and which Committee are also to be warranted and impowered in case any of the Subscribers do not pay in their shares as a foresaid, to sell the same to any other person at the same price, as they were first suscribed for, such Purchasers and all other singular Successors being always subject to the whole Laws and Acts of the Company already made or to be made.  
7 more. That the four general meetings of the Company be kept at Edinburgh, annually upon the days following viz. The first diet upon the first Monday of November, the second upon the first Monday of February, the Thirdupon the first Monday of May, and the Fourth upon the First Monday of August, and that in case the foresaid Assistants find it necessary to have general meetings kept more frequently, or upon other days, that then the same shall proceed and be holden Intimation thereof being given to all Parties concerned by affixing placads upon the Mercat Cross and Exchange of Edinburgh, and upon the Entry's to the Exchange at London, bearing the day upon which the meeting is to begin, and that Twenty days before the same, to the effect those Concerned in the Scots white-writting-Paper Company may give timous Instructions to their Agent or Agents residing at Edinburgh there anent.  
8vo, That the Thesaurer to the Company at present and in time coming shall be obliged to make their Accounts once every four Months anent what they have received in, what they have paid out, what debt is due to the company, by whom, & where Lodged, & upon what security, & what is in their hands of Money and effects. As also by advice of the plurality of the English Subscribers ane Cashkeeper or Thesaurer in England, is to be appointed who may receive in the Effects of the manufactory and Product thereof, and Money of the Several Subscribers there and be obliged to hold Count for, and remit the same to the Thesaurer of the said Office in Scotland once every three Months, and both of them are to give sufficient Security for that Effect.  
9 no. At all general Meetings of the Company each Party if present (or his Agent if absent) shall have on Vote for ilk five Shares he subscribes for but in Committees they are only to have one Vote what ever their Interest be,  
10 more. The Books for receiving in of Subscribers are not to be closed until the whole Fourteen Hundred shares be filled up without consent of the plurality of Votes at a general Meeting.  
11 more. That no Subscriber shall have liberty to subscribe for more than Twenty shares, without an Act of the general Meetting.  
12 more. That the Milnes shall be Built and all Expenses defrayed out of the Stock of the Company: As also the buying of Rags and all other materials necessary and the hiring of work men and mantenance of them and Prentices fit for the work, but it being already determined by such of the Company who have already Subscribed, that there shall be two Milnes instantly Built, whereof one at Yester and another near Edinburgh whereof the said's Nicholas Dupin, and Denis Manes, are to have the oversight, in respect of the subscription Money allowed to them by the former Articles, and liquid sums now promitted to be paid to them in lieu thereof, the said Nicholas Dupin and Denis Manes, are to attend the Building of the said's Milnes, and to oversee the buying of all materials fit for the same on their own proper Charges, the Work Men and Materials being all paid out of the joint Stock as aforesaid, and to teach Prentices the Art of making the said Paper, and not to desert the work until these Prentices be able to manage the same, and teach others so to do, conform to an Contract passed betwixt the said's Nicholas Dupin, and Denis Manes on the one part, and an Committie of the said company authorized for that Effect on the other part  
13 tio. In case any difference arise anent the carrying on of the said work and managing of the Stock, the same is to be determined by plurality of Votes of all the whole Proprietors or their Agents who are present at the first general Meeting there after.  
14 to. That it shall be in the power of the Proprietors or their Agents, by plurality of Votes to make such Laws for the Government of the said Paper manufactory as they shall think expedient at any General meeting, providing they be not repugnant to, or Inconsistent with the General Laws of this Kingdom.  
Lastly. That whoever shall subscribe and take Share in the said manufactory, or who shall Succeed there to buy any title whatsomever shall be subject and liable to all the Rules of the Society made or to be made.   

Here follows a List of the Members who have already Subscribed to the above Articles.  

JOHN Marquis of Tweeddale Lord High Commissioner of Scotland  
George Lord Viscount of Tarbat.  
Sir James Stewart His Majesty's Advocate.  
Sir George Campbel Knight,  
Alexander Clark Merchant.  
Andrew Barclay writer.  
Andrew Johnston of Knock hill,  
Andrew Duffe Merchant,  
Archibald Scot Merchant '  
David Robertson writer,  
Denis Manes Esquire.  
Francis Borie,  
George Bell. Merchant  
George Lawson Merchant.  
George Live; tun Merchant.  
George Mosman Book Seller,  
Herman Le Dru,  
Mr James Bailie writer to His Majesty's Signet  
James Hamilton Merchant,  
James Montgomery Merchant at Glasgow,  
James stephan's  
Mr. James Young writer,  
Mr. John Buchan Advocate,  
Mr. John Dickson Secretary to the Lord Chancellor,  
Mr. John, Inglis writer to His Majesty's Signet,  
John Learmond Merchant.  
John Lethem Smith,  
Mr. John Meinȝeis Advocate,  
John Raitt Merchant,  
John Trotter Merchant.  
Laurence Wright writer,  
Mrs. Marry Flood  
Nicholas Dupin, Esquire,  
Patrick Farmer Merchant  
Piter La Fite  
Robert Henderson,  
Thomas Butler Esquire  
Thomas Noake Merchant,  
Thomas Shelton Linen Draper,  
Thomas Spence writer,  
William Hume Master of the Grey Paper Mill at Ayton '  
Willam Spence Warden to His Majesty's Mint,