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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 2 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/2

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A surey of the duties on men Servants in the Royal
Burgh of Rutherglen for the time from the 5th July
1777 to the 25th March 1778 by me William Mure Surveyor.

Proof 1 Servant at 15 Shillings £0.15.0

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 Fifteen Shillings and that
upon the 29th day of March 1779 I delivered to Mr David Scott Collector of the said Duties for
the Burgh aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the above Account, duly examined & compared
with the foregoing, which contain my Oath that Notices 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. by me William Mure[signature]surveyor.

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 2 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/2

Volume 2 contains male servant tax rolls, 1777-1778, for each of the following burghs: Aberdeen, Arbroath, Ayr, Burntisland, Campbeltown, Cupar, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, Glasgow, Haddington, Inveraray, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kirkcaldy, Montrose, Perth, Rutherglen, St. Andrews, Stirling, Tain and Wigtown.

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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