Proclamation for the more easie and effectual in-bringing of the pole-money. Scotland. Privy Council. 1698 Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B05698 Wing S1931 ESTC R183555 52528994 ocm 52528994 179096 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B05698) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179096) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2776:85) Proclamation for the more easie and effectual in-bringing of the pole-money. Scotland. Privy Council. Scotland. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William II) 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, Printer to the King's most excellent Majesty, Edinburgh : Anno Dom. 1698. Caption title. Initial letter. Intentional blank spaces in text. Dated: Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the twentieth day of September, and of Our Reign the tenth year, 1698. Signed: Gilb. Eliot. Cls. Sti. Concilii. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. 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Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. 2008-01 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-10 SPi Global Rekeyed and resubmitted 2008-12 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-12 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion PROCLAMATION For the more easie and effectual In-bringing of the Pole-money . WILLIAM By the Grace of GOD , King of Great-Britan , France and Ireland , Defender of the Faith ; To _____ Macers of Our Privy Council , Messengers at Arms , Our Sheriffs in that part , conjunctly and severally , specially constitute , Greeting : Forasmuchas the two Poles imposed by two Acts of the last Session of this present current Parliament , are now set in Farm , and that it is of special concern , for making the saids Poles effectual , that the Commissioners of Shires and others required by the saids Acts , for making up the Lists , Rolls and Books of Persons , and returning of the same ; Do diligently Meet and Attend , and Performe what is incumbent to them for Clearing , and for the more easie raising and levieing of the saids Poles by Our saids Farmers ; We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council , and conform to the reference made to them by the saids Acts of Parliament , have Ordained , and hereby Ordains for the first of the saids Poles , the hail Commissioners of the several Shires and Stewartries within this Kingdom , residing within the same respective , to meet upon the second Tuesday of October next to come , at the ordinary place of their Meeting and there to subdivide the hail Bounds of the saids Shires and Stewartries , amongst the Commissioners residing for the present within the same , whether present at or absent from the said Meeting , for making up the Lists of the poleable Persons , by vertue of the foresaid Act , and that at such Places as they shall appoint upon the first Tuesday of November thereafter ; and there to proceed in compleating the saids Lists and Rolls of poleable Persons , and takeing in their several Degrees and Qualities in manner specified , in the said Act : And appoints Advertisement to be given to the saids Commissioners residing within the said Shires and Stewarties timeously by the several Shireffs and Stewarts or their Deputs , for their Meeting upon the said second Tuesday of October next , to the effect foresaid ; And likewise , that Advertisement be timeously given to the Commissioners absent and appointed to particular districts , and that Intimation be made at the several Paroch Churches within the Shires a competent time of before of the particular places to which the poleable persons are to repair for giving in of their Degrees , Characters and Qualifications , according to which they are lyable in Polemony , under the pains contained in the Act of Parliament . And further , We with Advice foresaid Require and Command the Magistrats of Burghs , to meet upon the Days appointed by the foresaid Act of Parliament ; and to proceed in making up the Lists and Rolls of the persons poleable within their Burghs , and to make Intimation in manner above-mentioned ; As also , We with Advice foresaid , Command and Appoint the saids Commissioners of Supplie , Magistrats of Burghs and their respective Clerks , to compleat the foresaids Rolls , and Lists of the poleable persons within their respective Bounds , and to transmit the samen or an abstract thereof to the Lords of our Thesaury , betwixt and the first day of December next , to the effect the saids Lists and Rolls may be delivered by them to Our saids Farmers , betwixt or upon the third Tuesday of December next to come : And We with Advice foresaid , do hereby certify the saids Commissioners and Magistrats respective foresaid , if they shall either fail to meet or attend the saids Dayes for making up the saids Lists and Rolls ; or in transmitting the same or Abstracts thereof in the Terms of the Act of parliament , betwixt and the Day foresaid , they shall be conveened and processed before the Lords of Our privy Council at the instance of Our Advocat , & of the saids Tacksmen for their Negligence in the premisses & for Damnages , & to be punished for the same with all Severity ; And We ordain the Chamberlains , Factors , Doers & the Tutors and Curators of such of the saids poleable persons as are Absent , or Minors , to give np the respective Qualities and Degrees of the saids persons absent , or Minors , and make payment of their polemoney at the Dayes and under the Certifications and pains contained in the foresaid Act of parliament : And lastly , We with Advice foresaid Declare , that all persons lyable in polemoney by this present Act , shall be obligid to give up upon Oath their Names , Qualities and Degrees , & values of their Estates , if required thereto at least that it shal be leisome & competent to our saids Tacksmen to controle the Qualities , degrees & Values of Estates that shal be given in by the Oath of the Ingiver thereof , if they think fit , for making the Ingivers thereof lyable for the single Pole , Doubles or Quadruples , according to the foresaid Act of Parliament . OVR Will is herefore , and We charge you strictly , and Command , that incontinent these Our Letters seen , ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh , & to the remanent Mercat-Crosses of the hail Head-Burghs of the several Shires and Stewartries within this Kingdom , and there in Our Name and Authority , by open Proclamation , make Intimation of the Premisses , that none pretend ignorance ; And We Ordain our Solicitor to dispatch Copies hereof to the Sheriffs of the several Shires and Stewarts of Stewartries , and their Deputs , and Magistrats of Burghs , or their Clerks , to be by them published at the Mercat-Crosses of the Head-Burghs , upon Receipt thereof , and immediatly sent to the several Ministers , to the effect the same may be intimat and read at the several Paroch-Churches upon the Lords Day , at least preceeding the said second Tuesday of October next to come : And Ordains Our Solicitor to transmit printed Copies of the said Act of Parliament , with this present Proclamation , to the Sheriffs of the several Shires , Stewarts of Stewartries , and Magistrats of Burghs , to be delivered to them , and made use of by them as they shal find needful : And Ordains these presents to be Printed . Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the twentieth day of September , and of Our Reign the Tenth Year , 1698. Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii . GILB . ELIOT . Cls. Sti. Concilii . God Save the King. Edinburgh , Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson Printer to the King 's most Excellent Majesty , Anno Dom. 1698.