Warrant, 21 December 1699, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the Seventeinth day of January J^aj vi^c Nyntie Nyne

D1699/1/7

D1699/1/7¹

Act

Act Anent the Lists of Poleable persons

Anent the petitione given in to the Lords of his majesties privy Councill by the Magistrats of the burgh of Glasgow for them Selves and in name and behalf of the Toune Councill and Community of the said burgh Shewing Wheras the petitioners haveing conforme to the act of parliament anent the Pole-money taken and made Lists and rolls of the poleable persones within the Said burgh and duely recorded the samen in the termes of the said act The petitioners did upon the Nynteinth of December Last Transmitt ane abstract of the saids Lists by the ordinary post established betwixt Edinburgh and Glasgow, and albeit the Taxmen of the post office be oblidged by a Speciall agreement with the petitioners to make due and punctuall returnes of all Letters betwixt this place and Glasgow in the space of two dayes, yet the forsaids Lists and rolls which were dispatched on the Nynteinth as said is, did not arryve here till the Twentie thrid day of December when they were Lodged in Sir Thomas Moncreiffs hands, and the petitioners haveing severall times applied to William Ferguson of Ferguslie Tacksmen of the pole to receive the saids Lists that the same might be marked and returned in due time, He absolutely refused on pretence that they were not reported betwixt and that time prefixt be the act of parliament which was the twentie Second of the said moneth of December And Seing the petitioners are not in the fault that the saids rolls were not reported against the day prefixt and that their was bot modua mori the same being renewed by Sir Thomas Moncreiff the very day therafter and that it was only the post masters fault and non of the petitioners as said is And Therfore Humbly Craveing the saids Lords would be pleased to ordaine the said William Cochran Tacksman yet to receive and mark the saids Lists and rolls which are lying in Sir Thomas Moncreifs hands Especially ther being no Certification against the Magistrats who doe not report against the preceise day, and Likewayes to Recomend to the Tacksman that he appoint his Collector or the Collector of Cess for the Shyre who is willing to attend at Glasgow to uplift the pole payable to the Inhabitants therof within the Same, and that they not be oblidged who are very numerous to goe twentie myles to the head burgh of the Shyre at this Seasone to pay their pole as the petition bears, The Lords of his majesties privy Councill haveing Considered this petition given in to them by the Town of Glasgow anent their Lists of the pole money, And it haveing gone to the vote Whither the Taxmen of the pole should be ordained to receive and take up the books and lists of poleable persones which are presently Lying in the hands of the Clerks of his majesties thesaury or not, It was Caried in the affirmative, That they should be ordained to take them up, and appoints Sir Thomas Moncreiff Clerk to the Thesaury to make offer and delyver up the same instantly to the saids tacksmen, To the effect If they have any thing to represent theranent they may represent it to the Councill against their nixt Meetting.