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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 15 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/15

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[page] 15th
Lanark Shire Survey Continued
[Page] 101

I William Mure Surveyor Aforesaid, do hereby Certify, that upon Carefull Examination of the foregoing several Rates & Duties I find they
Amount, in Whole to Three Hundred & Ninety eight Pounds Fifteen Shillings Sterling and that upon the --- I Delivered To
Archibald Hamilton Esqr Collector of the said Duties, for the Shire Aforesaid, an Exact Duplicat of the above Account, Duely Examined & Compared with the foregoing which Contained my Oath, that Requisitions, were left with the Several Inhabitants, or at their Dwelling houses, of the dates Annexed to their respective names & that they were to be Charged with the Sums hereby Certified to be due from them William Mure Surveyor


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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 15 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/15

Volume 15 contains male servant tax rolls, 1790-1791, for each county except Orkney. Royal burghs are covered in volume 16.

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records)

The Scottish Exchequer, and subsequently the Court of Exchequer, were concerned with the accounting of collected taxes in Scotland. These taxes include the Carriage tax (1785-1798), Cart tax (1785-1798), Clock and watch tax (1797-1798), Dog tax (1797-1798), Farm horse tax (1797-1798), Servant tax (1777-1798), Hearth tax (1691-1695), Horse tax (1785-1798), Inhabited house tax (1778-1798), Land tax (1645-1831), Poll tax (1694-1698), Shop tax (1785-1789), Window tax (1748-1798). Following the Consolidating Acts (38 Geo. III cap. 40 and 41), the duties on windows, inhabited houses, male servants, carts, carriages and dogs were incorporated in Consolidated Schedules of Assessed Taxes (1798-1799).

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