Act concerning the imposition on tobacco. At Edinburgh, the 2. of December, 1673. Scotland. Parliament. Committee of Estates. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B05173 of text R183876 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing S1069). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B05173 Wing S1069 ESTC R183876 52529444 ocm 52529444 178885 2240877216

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. Searching, reading, printing, or downloading EEBO-TCP texts is reserved for the authorized users of these project partner institutions. Permission must be granted for subsequent distribution, in print or electronically, of this EEBO-TCP Phase II text, in whole or in part.

 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B05173) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 178885) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2774:24) Act concerning the imposition on tobacco. At Edinburgh, the 2. of December, 1673. Scotland. Parliament. Committee of Estates. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Andrew Anderson, Printer to his most sacred Majesty, Edinburgh : Anno Dom. M DC LXXIII [1673] Caption title. Royal arms at head of text; initial letter. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. eng Tariff on tobacco -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. eebo Act concerning the imposition on tobacco. At Edinburgh, the 2. of December, 1673. Scotland. Parliament. Committee of Estates 1673 1 476 4 0 0 0 0 0 84.03 D The rate of 84.03 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-03 Sampled and proofread 2009-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

C R

HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE

royal blazon or coat of arms
ACT Concerning the Imposition ON TOBACCO . AT EDINBURGH , the 2. of December , 1673.

THe King's Majesty , considering the prejudice that doth , and may arise to the Trade of Tobacco , by , and upon occasion of , the late Imposition upon the Tobacco , and the Gift of the same given under His Majesties great Seal , to Sir John Nicolson of Nicolson , of the date the second of December , 1671. Therefore His Majesty , with advice and consent of His Estates of Parliament , doth discharge the said Imposition upon the Tobacco : and Declares the said Imposition , and Gift thereof granted to the said Sir John Nicolson , to be void and extinct in all intents , as if the said Imposition and Gift had not been imposed or granted . And His Majesty , with consent foresaid , doth allow the importing of Tobacco in all time coming free and without payment of any other Custome and Imposition but the ordinary Custome ; conform to the book of Rates , and the Excise . It is always Declared and Ordained , that such sums of money as have been payed to the said Sir John , or to any person in his name , for and upon the account of the said Imposition , and all bands granted upon the account foresaid , shall pertain to His Majesty , and the said Sir John shall be accountable for the said sums , and shall be obliedged to deliver the saids Bands to the Lords of His Majesties Thesaurie , for His Majesties use ; Excepting alwayes , the Band given for the Tobacco , imported in the Ship called Kathrine of Glasgow , whereof John Philips is Master , daily 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 d 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 upon Clyd , in the West , which His Majesty doth discharge , and Ordains to be given back to those who granted the same : And sicklyk , excepting any other Bands granted upon the account of the said Imposition , where the Tobacco is not vented , as to such proportions thereof , as the Merchands shall declare upon their oath , are not sold by them ; They alwayes paying the ordinary dues , viz. Custome conform to the book of Rates and Excise . And His Majesty , with advice foresaid , doth hereby Declare all Tobacco already imported , to be free of the said Imposition , where money hath not been payed , or bands granted for the same ; and Discharges any Arrestments laid thereon upon the account of the said Imposition .

EDINBVRGH , Printed by Andrew Anderson , Printer to the King 's most Excellent MAJESTY , Anno DOM. MDCLXXIII .