Att Edinburgh Eadem die post meridiem
A1697/8/22
A1697/8/221
Proclamation
Proclamation for the ready Inbringing of the annexed and additionall excyse
William By the Grace of God King of Great Britaine France and Ireland Defendar of the faith To […] Macers of our privie Councill Messengers at arms our shirreffs in that pairt Conjunctly and Severally speciallie Constitut Greeting Forasmuchas by the second Act of the sixth session of this our Current parliament The Lords of our privy Councill are authorized and Impoured to prescribe such other Methods and orders (besyds what is mentioned in the said Act) as they should Judge Necessary For the better uplifting and Ingathering of the additionall excise Imposed upon the respective Liquors specified in the said Act And speciallie for Causing the same to be raised and uplifted upon the Liquor and not upon the malt And we Considering how necessar it is for the better Inbringing the annexed and additionall excise and for determining all differences betuixt the breuers and the Tacksemen of the said annexed and additionall excise and their subtacksemen and Collectors from the first day of march Jaj vic nyntie seven to the first day of March Jaj vic nyntie Eight during which space the said annexed and additionall excise is now sett in Tack that all Entries of Liquors of whatsoever sort breuen and Imported Lyable to the said excise be duely and tymously made Doe therfore uith advyce of the Lords of our privie Councill Require and Command the Commissioners of supplie of the severall shires uithin this Kingdome qualified according to Law and residing uithin the shire and who by the said Act of parliament are appointed Commissioners of the said annexed excise to meet at the head burgh of the respective shires the first teusday of september nixt to Come And at their said meeting to setle and appoint places uithin six mylles wher the breuers lives wher the publick excise offices shall be most Conveniently keeped for the breuers to Enter and Give up the quantaties of Liquors breuen by them Lyable in payment of the said excise And appointes the saids Commissioners Immediately after designing places for the saids offices To Cause make publick Intimation at all the Church doors uithin the saids respective shires of the particular plaices designed by them for the severall excise offices with Certification to the saids Commissioners or any of them residing uithin the saids respective shires who shall failzie to meet the first teusday of september nixt to Come and to appoint and designe the particular places for excise offices In manner aboveexprest their names shall be returned by their Clerk to the Lords of our privie Councill To the effect that they may take such course theruith as they shall see Cause And ue uith advyce forsaid require and Command the saids Commissioners to meet the first teusday of every month therafter during the Continuance of the said additionall excise In manner and for the ends prescribed and sett doun in the forsaid Act of parliament And ue uith advyce forsaid require and Command the whole breuers uithin the bounds allotted for the saids respective excise offices to waite upon the saids respective Commissioners therat upon the first teusday of september above exprest uithout any furder Intimation charge or Citation to be Given to them by the saids tacksemen subtacksemen or Collectors of the said annexed and additionall excise but the publicatione heirof allenarly And ther to Give in and make and the saids Commissioners to receave from them full and faithfull entries of all Liquors breuen or retailed uithin the saids bounds Lyable in payment of the said annexed and additionall excise since the first day of March last Inclusive to the said first teusday of september Jaj vic nyntie seven And Because the breuers and others Lyable to the said Excise for want of tymous Intimation for the said month of march and therafter may pretend that they Cannot give their oaths if required upon the precise quantaty of their breuing or liquors retailed by them during the said space They are therfore heirby alloued to Give their oaths in these termes that their said breuing or retaill hath not exceeded such a quantaty which is heirby held as sufficient to make them Lyable for the same Declaring heirby and Certifying such breuers and retailers who shall not Compear and attend the saids Commissioners the first teusday of every month for making the entery of all Liquors breuen or retailled by them Lyable to the said excise which shall be Contained in the claims or Complaints to be given in by the Tacksemen subtacksemen and Collectors against them for the preceeding months they shall beholden as Confest and Decreits given against them for the quantaties of Liquors Lyable to the forsaid annexed and additionall excise which shall be Contained in the Claims or Complaints to be Given in by the Tacksemen subtacksemen and Collectors against them provyding nevertheless that if the saids breuers who shall failzie to be holden as Confest shall at any tyme uithin three months therafter Compear before any tuo of the saids Commissioners And having first made due Intimation to the tacksemen make faith as above and report a Certificat theron under their hands they shall be reponed against the said Certificatione upon punctuall payment of what they shall be found due And we uith advyce forsaid appoint and ordaine that noe breuer uithin burgh of royaltie barrony or regality vend or sell any pairt of their brousts untill first they make entery therof at the excise office uithin the respective burghs And ther obtaine a sufferance for the quantaty breuen which the keeper of the officer is to Give gratis and uithout delay And that in case of none entery or wrongous Entery The breuer uithin burgh to be lyable in the soume of ten pounds toties quoties And all execution Competent shall be made use of by our tacksemen subtacksemen or Collectors against the respective breuers for the same And which Enteries may be disproven before any magistrat Justice of peace or Commissioner of excise by uitnesses or oath of party notuithstanding of any survey made by the surveyors and uaiters And that all breuers barrells be so whereafter marked uith their oune name and the seall of the nixt excise office which seall shall be furnished to them gratis As also that noe persons persume to resett any ale drinking beer in their houses In order to the Imbazling of the samen under the paine of ten pounds Scotts toties quoties to be paid to the forsaids tacksemen their subtacksemen or Collectors And farder that all tapsters and vintners of ale and drinking beer shall for herafter before they tap or vend the same take first a Licence from the nixt excise office And ther give bond and Caution that they shall not tapp nor sell for less pryces then these appointed by the Act of parliament under the penaltie of ten pounds scotss toties quoties It being aluayes in the pouer of the Commissioners of Supplie and excise to modifie the saids penalties when Incurred as to all breuers not Living in burghs of royaltie regality or barrony And in regaird the excise of strong uaters aquavitie Brandie and foraign beer and ale Is ordered by the said Act of parliament to be paid by the retaillers Therfore we uith advyce of the Lords of our privie Councill require and Command all breuers of aquavitie and strong waters to make monthly enteries of the quantaties of the saids Liquors breuen by them And Give in subscribed Lists to the nixt excise office of the names of the persons to whom they sell their aquavitie or strong waters to be againe sold by retaill As Lykewise that the Collectors Clerks or surveyors at sea ports Give up a true and particular accompt to the saids Tacksemen their subtacksemen or Collectors of the said excise of the quantaties of forraign strong uaters brandy and foraign beer and ale Imported from tyme to tyme and who is the merchant Importer As also that the said merchant Importer and all other persons who now pretend to sell the forsaids Liquors in haill sale Conform to the Late Act of parliament That is to say above a pynt be lyable and obleidged to Give and delyver subscribed Lists to the saids Tacksemen or their subtacksemen deputes and Collectors of the persons names to whom they sell the said brandie strong waters or Forraign beer and ale for retaill and of the quantaties sold to them To the effect that the saids retaillers may be still Lyable for the excise therof And in caise the saids Commissioners or at Leist tuo of them shall faill yet to meet and attend the saids respective excise offices upon the said first teusday of September nixt or upon the first teusday of any subsequent month during the Continuance of the said additionall excise The whole devision and each of them residing uithin the said shire under the Certification forsaid And after Instruments taken against them of their failzie to meet and attend as said is We uith advyce forsaid require and Command the shirreffs and their deputs or such as the shirreffs shall Substitut to each particular dyet for that effect allanerly to repaire to the saids respective offices uithin tuenty four houres after they shall be desyred by the tacksemen their subtacksemen their deputies and Collectors of the said annexed or additionall excise Their summarly to Judge upon what occurs within the bounds of that office In reference to the said annexed or additionall excise Certifying the saids shirreffs their deputes or substituts if they failzie they shall be punished as the Lords of our privie Councill shall think fitt And further we with advyce forsaid prohibite and discharge any of the Commissioners of supplie or other Inferior Judges or officers of the Law uithin this our realme to Stopp or hinder other quartering poynding or any other Laufull execution that shall be used by our tacksemen their subtacksemen deputes and Collectors of the said annexed or additionall excise against the respective Breuers and Retailers Conform to the Enteries that shall be made by them or according to the quantatie of Liquors retailled by them or wherupon they shall be holden as Confest In manner and before the Judges abovementioned except in the Case forsaid under the paine of being not only Lyable for the charges and damnages our saids Tacksemen their subtacksemen and Collectors shall sustaine and Incurr therthrough But also to such farder paines as the Lords of our privie Councill shall think fitt And Lastly It is heirby declared that all the penall toties quoties abovementioned are to be understood not for every delinquency but allanerly for every Conviction and for one single transgression to be therin found Our Will is Heirfore And ue Charge yow strictly and Command That Incontinent these our Letters seen ye pass to the mercat Cross of Edinburgh and to the mercat Crosses of the heard burghs of the severall shires and steuartries uithin this kingdom And ther In our name and authority by open proclamation make Intimation heirof that none pretend ignorance And ordaines printed Coppies heirof to be sent to the shirreffs of the severall shires and steuarts of the steuartries uithin this Kingdome whom and their Clerks we ordaine to see the samen published and Coppies therof affixed at their said mercat Crosses And appointes them to send doubles therof to all the ministers both in Churches and metting houses uithin their respective Jurisdictions That upon the Lords day Immediately preceeding the said first teusday of september nixt The same may be Intimat and read in every paroch church and meeting house and a Coppie of the same affixed upon the most publick door therof And ordaines these presents to be printed Given under our signet at Edinburgh the third day of Agust and of our reigne the nynth year 1697 sic subscribitur.
1. NRS, PC1/51, 252-7.
1. NRS, PC1/51, 252-7.