The case of the feuars, land owners, and other inhabitants of the village of Gorbells, : with respect to the bill for continuing the duty of two pennies Scots, or one sixth of a penny sterling, on each pint of ale and beer that shall be vended and sold within the city of Glasgow, and extending the same over the villages of Gorbells and Port Glasgow, &c.
[London : s.n.,
1736?]
This pamphlet objects to a proposed bill, to extend the tax levied on beer brewed or sold within Glasgow to cover "the Village of Gorbells", the extension being proposed to run for 25 years from 24 June 1736. At this time the area of Glasgow known as the Gorbals was not formally part of the city; a tax had been levied on beer brewed or sold within Glasgow since 1691, but this had not applied to the Gorbals. The writers object to extending the tax, stating that the expense of paving their streets is considerable and is largely paid for by the inhabitants; that they do not enjoy the normal privileges of the city itself; that they in fact do not reap as much benefit from trading with Glasgow, as Glasgow does from trading with them, etc. They conclude that the extension of this tax will encourage the brewers and other traders to move from the village, and that the buildings which they have erected "will become desolate and uninhabited".
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Woodcut ornament at the head of the caption title.
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This pamphlet objects to a proposed bill, to extend the tax levied on beer brewed or sold within Glasgow to cover "the Village of Gorbells", the extension being proposed to run for 25 years from 24 June 1736. At this time the area of Glasgow known as the Gorbals was not formally part of the city; a tax had been levied on beer brewed or sold within Glasgow since 1691, but this had not applied to the Gorbals. The writers object to extending the tax, stating that the expense of paving their streets is considerable and is largely paid for by the inhabitants; that they do not enjoy the normal privileges of the city itself; that they in fact do not reap as much benefit from trading with Glasgow, as Glasgow does from trading with them, etc. They conclude that the extension of this tax will encourage the brewers and other traders to move from the village, and that the buildings which they have erected "will become desolate and uninhabited".
Contemporary manuscript inscription below the docket title "Council having been fully heard on both sides the bill was passed -- without any amendm.t".
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England London.