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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION</HI> For the Ready In-bringing of the Annexed and Additional Exci&s;e.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_WILLIAM</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King of Great <HI>Britain, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith; To <GAP DESC="blank"> Macers of Our Privy Council, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;e|verally &s;pecially con&s;titute, Greeting; Fora&s;much as, By the &s;econd Act of the &s;ixth Se&s;&s;ion of this Our current Parliament, The Lords of Our Privy Council are Authorized, and Impowered to pre&s;cribe &s;uch other Methods, and Orders, (be&s;ides what is mentioned in the &s;aid Act) as they &s;hould Judge nece&s;&s;ary, for the better Up-lifting and In-bringing of the Additional Exci&s;e Impo&s;ed upon the re&s;pective Liquors &s;pecified in the &s;aid Act: And &s;pecially, for cau&s;ing the &s;ame to be Rai&s;ed, and Up-lifted upon the Liquor, and not upon the Malt. And We con&s;idering, how nece&s;&s;ar it is, for the better In-bringing the Annexed and Additional Exci&s;e, and for Determining all Differences betwixt the Brewars and the Tack&s;men of the &s;aid Annexed and Additional Exci&s;e, and their Sub-Tack&s;men, and Collectors, from the fir&s;t day of <HI>March</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred and nyntie &s;even, to the fir&s;t day of <HI>March,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and ninty eight, during which &s;pace, the &s;aid Annexed and Additional Exci&s;e is now &s;et in Tack, That all Entries of Liquors of what&s;oever &s;ort, Brown and Imported, lyable to the &s;aid Exci&s;e, be duely and timou&s;ly made. Do therefore, With Advice of the Lords of Our <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">rivy Council, Require and Command the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Supply, of the &s;everal Shyres within this Kingdom, Qualified according to Law, and Re&s;iding whithin the Shyre: And who, by the &s;aid Act of Parliament, are appointed Commi&s;&s;ioners of the &s;aid Annexed Exci&s;e, to meet at the Head-Burgh of the re&s;pective Shyres, the fir&s;t Tue&s;day of <HI>September</HI> next to come, and at their &s;aid Meeting, to Settle and Appoint Places, within &s;ix Myles where the Brewers lives, where the publick Exci&s;e Offices &s;hall be mo&s;t conveniently keept for the Brewers to Enter, and give up the Quantities of the Liquors browen by them, Ly|able in Payment of the &s;aid Exci&s;e. And appoints the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, immediately after de&s;igning places for the &s;aids Offices, To cau&s;e make publick Intima|tion at all the church Doors, within the &s;aids re&s;pective Shyres of the particular places, de&s;igned by them, for the &s;everal Exci&s;e Offices. With Certification to the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any of them, re&s;iding within the &s;aids re&s;pective Shyres, who &s;hall fail&yogh;ie to meet the &s;aid fir&s;t tue&s;day of <HI>September,</HI> nixt to come; and to appoint, and de&s;ign the particular places, for Exci&s;e Offices, in manner above expre&s;t, Their Names &s;hall be returned by their Clerk to the Lords of Our Privy Council: To the effect they may take &s;uch Cour&s;e therewith, as they &s;hall &s;ee Cau&s;e. And We, with Advice fore&s;aid, Require and Command the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners to meet the fir&s;t tue&s;day of every Moneth thereafter, during the Continuance of the &s;aid Additional Exci&s;e, in manner, and for the ends pre&s;cribed, and &s;et down in the fore&s;aid Act of Parliament; And We, with Advice fore&s;aid, Require and Command the whole Brewers within the Bounds, alloted for the &s;aids re&s;pective Exci&s;e Offices, to wait upon the &s;aids re&s;pective Commi&s;&s;ioners thereat, upon the fir&s;t tue&s;day day of <HI>September</HI> above expre&s;t, without any further In|timation, Charge or Citation to be given to them, by the &s;aids Tack&s;men, Sub-tack&s;men, or Collectors of the &s;aid Annexed and Additional Exci&s;e, but the pu|blication hereof, allen<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">rly: And there to give in, and make, And the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners to receive from them full, and faithful Entries of all Liquors browen, or Retailed within the &s;aids Bounds, Lyable in payment of the &s;aid Annexed and Additional Exci&s;e, &s;ince the fir&s;t day of <HI>March</HI> la&s;t <HI>inclu&s;ive,</HI> to the &s;aid fir&s;t tue&s;day of <HI>September,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred nyntie &s;even. And becau&s;e the Brewers, and others Lyable to the &s;aid Exci&s;e, for want of timous Intimation, for the &s;aid Moneth of <HI>March,</HI> and thereafter, may pretend, that they cannot give their Oaths, if required, upon the preci&s;e Quantity of their Brewing, or Liquors Retailed by them, during the &s;aid &s;pace, They are therefore, here by allowed to give their Oaths in the&s;e Terms, That their &s;aid Brewing, or Retail, hath not exceeded &s;uch a Quantity, which is hereby held as &s;ufficient, to make them Lyable for the &s;ame. Declaring hereby, and Certifying &s;uch Brewers and Retaillers, who &s;hall not Com|pear, and attend the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, the fir&s;t tue&s;day of every Moneth, for making the Entry of all Liquors Browen, or Retailed by them, Lyable to the &s;aid Exci&s;e, for the preceeding Months, they &s;hall be holden as Confe&s;t, and Decreets given again&s;t them, for the Quantities of Liquors Lyble to the fore&s;aid Annexed and Additional Exci&s;e, which &s;hall be contained in the Claims, and Complaints to be given in by the Tack&s;men, Sub-tack&s;men, and Collectors again&s;t them. Providing, neverthele&s;s, that if the &s;aids Brewers, who &s;hall fail&yogh;ie, and be holden as Confe&s;t, &s;hall at any time within three Moneths thereafter, Compear before any Two of the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, and having fir&s;t made due Intimation to the Tack&s;men make Faith as above, and Report a Certificat thereon, under their hands, they &s;hal be Reponed again&s;t the &s;aid Certification, upon punctual payment of what they &s;hall be found due; And We with Advice fore&s;aid, ap|point and ordaine, that no Brewer within Brough of Royality, Barrony or Regality, Vend or Sell any part of their Brow&s;ts, until fir&s;t they make Entry thereof at the Exci&s;e Office, within the Respective Burghs, and there obtain a Sufferance for the quantity Brown, which the keeper of the Office is to give gratis, and without delay; and that in ca&s;e of non-entry, or wrongous entry, the Brewer within Burgh to be lyable in the Sum of Ten Pounds <HI>Scots toties quoties</HI>; And all Execution competent &s;hall be made u&s;e of by Our Tack&s;men, their Sub-Tack&s;men, or Collectors again&s;t the re&s;pective Brewers for the &s;ame; And which Entrys may be di&s;proven before any Magi&s;trat, Ju&s;tice of Peace, or Commi&s;&s;ioner of Exci&s;e by Witne&s;&s;es, or Oath of Party, notwith&s;tanding of any Survey made by the Surveyers, and Waiters; And that all Brewers Barrels be for hereafter Marked with their own Name, and the Seal of the next Exci&s;e-Of|fice, which Seal &s;hall be Furni&s;hed to them gratis: As al&s;o, that no Per&s;on pre&s;ume to Re&s;et any Ale, or Drinking Beer in their Hou&s;es, in order to the Imbazling of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> under the pain of Ten Pounds <HI>Scots toties quoties,</HI> to be payed to the fore&s;aids Tack&s;men, their Sub-Tack&s;men or Collectors. And farder, that all Tap|&s;ters, and Vintners of Ale and drinking Beer, &s;hall for hereafter, before they Tap, or Vend the &s;ame, take fir&s;t a Licence from the nixt Exci&s;e-Office, and there give Bond and Caution, that they &s;hall not Tapp nor Sell, for le&s;s Prices than the&s;e appointed by the Act of Parliament, under the Penaltie of ten pounds Scots <HI>toties quoties,</HI> it being always in the power of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Supplie and Exci&s;e, to modifie the &s;aids Penalties, when Incurred as to all brewers not Living in Burghs of Royallity, Regality or Barrony: And in regard, the Exci&s;e of &s;trong Waters, Aquavity, Brandy, and Forregin Beer and ale, is Ordered by the &s;aid Act of Par|liament to be payed by the Retailers; Therefore We with Advice of the Lords of our Privy Council Require and Command, all brewers of Aquavity and Strong Waters, to make monthly Entries of the quantities of the &s;aids Liquors Browen by them, and give in &s;ub&s;cribed Li&s;ts to the nixt Exci&s;e-Office, of the Names of the Per&s;ons to whom they Sell their Aquavity, or &s;trong Waters to be again Sold by Retail; As likeways, that the Collectors, Clerks, or Surveyers at Sea ports, give up a true and particular Accompt to the &s;aids Tack&s;men, their Sub-Tack&s;men, or Collectors of the &s;aid Exci&s;e of the Quantities of Foreign &s;trong Waters, Brandy and foreign Beer and Ale Imported from time to time, and who is the Merchant Importer. As al&s;o, that the &s;aid Merchant Importer, and all other Per&s;ons who now pretend to Sell the fore&s;aids Liquors in haill Sale conform to the late Act of Parliament: That is to &s;ay, above a Pint, be lyable and Obliged to give and Deliver &s;ub&s;crived Li&s;ts to the &s;aids Tack&s;men, or their Sub-Tack&s;men Deputes, and Collectors of the Per&s;ons Names to whom they Sell the &s;aid Brandy, &s;trong Waters, or Foreign Beer and Ale for Retail, and of the Quantities Sold to them, to the effect that the &s;aids Retailers may be &s;till lyable for the Exci&s;e thereof, And in ca&s;e the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, or at le&s;t Two of them &s;hall fail, yet to Meet and Attend the &s;aids re&s;pective Exci&s;e Offices upon the &s;aid <HI>first Tue&s;day</HI> of <HI>September</HI> nixt, or upon the <HI>fir&s;t Tue&s;day</HI> of a|ny &s;ub&s;equent Moneth during the continuance of the &s;aid Additional Exci&s;e; The whole Divi&s;ion, and each of them re&s;iding, within the &s;aid Shire under the Certifi|cation fore&s;aid; and after In&s;truments taken again&s;t them, of their Fail&yogh;ie to Meet and Attend as &s;aid is; We with Advice fore&s;aid require and Command, the She|riffs and their Deputes, or &s;uch as the &s;aid Sheriff &s;hall Sub&s;titute to each particular Dyet for that effect, allanerly to repair to the &s;aids re&s;pective Offices, within Twenty four-Hours after they &s;hall be de&s;ired by the Tack&s;men, their Sub-Tack&s;men, or Deputies, and Collectors of the &s;aid Annexed, or Additional Exci&s;e; there Summarly to Judge upon what occurs within the Bounds of that Office in reference to the &s;aid Annexed or 
Additional Exci&s;e, Certifying the &s;aids Sheriffs, their De|putes, or Sub&s;titutes, if they Faill, they &s;hall be Puni&s;hed as the Lords of Our Privy Council &s;hall think &s;it: And further, We with Advice fore&s;aid, Prohibit and Discharge any of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Supply, or other Inferior Judges, or Officers of the Law within this Our Realm, to &s;top or hinder, either Quartering, Poynd|ing, or any other lawful Execution that &s;hall be u&s;ed by Our Tack&s;men, their Sub-Tack&s;men, Deputes and Collectors of the &s;aid Annexed, or Additional Exci&s;e, a|gain&s;t the re&s;pective Brewers, and Retailers conform to the Entries that &s;hall be made by them, or according to the Quantities of Liquors Retailed by them; or where|upon they &s;hall be holden as Confe&s;t, in manner, and before the Judges above-mentioned, except in the Ca&s;e fore&s;aid, under the pain of being, not only lyable for the Charges and Damnages Our &s;aids Tack&s;men, their Sub-Tack&s;men and Collectors &s;hall &s;u&s;tain and incurr there through; But al&s;o, to &s;uch further pains as the Lords of Our Privy Council &s;hall think &s;it. And <HI>la&s;tly,</HI> It is hereby Declared, that all the Penal <HI>toties quoties</HI> above-mentioned, are to be under&s;tood not for every Delin|quency, but allanerly for every Conviction, and for one &s;ingle Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion to be therein found. OUR WILL IS HEREFORE, and We Charge you &s;trictly, and Command, that incontinent the&s;e Our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;s to the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and to the Mercat-<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> of the Head-Burghs of the &s;everal Shires and Stewartries within this Kingdom; And there in Our Name and Authority by open Proclamation, make Intimation hereof that none <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="3 letters">tend Igno|rance; And Ordains Printed Coppies hereof to be &s;ent to the Sheriffs of the &s;everal Shires, and Stewarts of the Stewartries within this Kingdom, whom, and their Clerks, We Ordain to &s;ee the &s;amen Publi&s;hed, and Coppies thereof Affixed at the &s;aids Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es, and Appoints them to &s;end Doubles thereof to all the Mini&s;ters both in Churches and Meeting-Hou&s;es within their re&s;pective Juri&s;dictions; that upon the LORDS Day immediately preceeding, the &s;aid <HI>fir&s;t Tue&s;day</HI> of <HI>September</HI> nixt, the &s;amen may be Intimate and Read in every Paroch-Church and Meeting-Hou&s;e; And a Coppie of the &s;ame Affixt upon the mo&s;t Publick Door thereof; And Ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the <HI>Third</HI> Day of Augu&s;t and of Our Reign the <HI>Ninth</HI> Year, 1697.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii.
<HI>GILB. ELIOT,</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD Save the King.</CLOSER>
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