HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT  
 PROCLAMATION For bringing in the Lists, and Determining Debates about the Pole-Money.  
WILLIAM and MARY by the Grace of GOD, King and Queen of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith; To _____ Macers of Our Privy Council, Messengers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjuctly and severally, specially Constitute, Greeting: Forasmuch as, albeit by the Ninth Act of the Fourth Session of this Our currant Parliament, The Commissioners of Supply within the several Shires, and Magistrates of the several Burghs-Royal of this Kingdom, are appointed and Ordained to meet at the respective places, mentioned in the said Act, and upon the particular Days of the Month of August last bypast, and take up Rolls and Lists of all the Poleable Persons within their respective Bounds, containing the Names, Qualities and Degrees of the several persons, and value of the Estates belonging to them, conform to the said Act. And We by Our Proclamation of the Date the Second Day of the said Month of August last, Required and Commanded the Commissioners of Our Supply, to go diligently about the making up of the said's Lists, and Impowered them to Condescend upon, and design an Heretor above an hundred pound scots of valued Rent, at least, in each Paroch where no Commissioner or Magistrate lives, who being to designed, should proceed and make up the Rolls, and state the Pole-money within, the said Paroch, and report the Lists so made up, to the Clerk of the Commissioners or Supply, who was to Transmit the same with the Lists made up by the Commissioners themselves of the several Paroches within which they Dwell, to the Office of the Pole-money, kept at Edinburgh, betwixt and the Day appointed by the foresaid Act of Parliament: Yet in many Shires within this Kingdom, the said's Commissioners of Supply, and Magistrates of burgh's, have either not at all met, or where they have met, did not Nominat persons in the several Paroches, to make up the Rolls, and state the Pole-money; or where, persons have been Nominat within the several Paroches, they have been negligent, and failed in performance of what is Enjoined and Required of them by the foresaid Act of Parliament anent the Pole-money, and Our former Proclamation following thereon: Therefore We, with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council peremptorly Require and Command the Commissioners of Supply within the several Shires, and Magistrates of burgh's, of this Our ancient Kingdom, to meet and make up Lists and Rolls of the Poleable persons within the several Paroches where they Dwell, and to Nominat and Appoint one Heretor, within every Paroch, of an hundred pounds' Scots of valued Rent at least, who being so designed, We hereby Require and Command them to make up the Lists and Rolls of the Poleable persons within their several bounds, containing the Names. Qualities and Degrees of the several Persons, and the value of the Estates belonging to them, and Transmit the same to the clerks of the Commissioners of Supply, who are to send them to the Pole-money-office at Edinburgh, conform to the former Proclamation made thereanent. And We with Advice foresaid Require and Command the said's several Commissioners, and particular Heretors designed within each paroch by them, to attendat the Paroch Church within their respective Bounds, upon such a Day in the Forenoon, as shall be intimate to them by the Farmers of the Pole-money, and to the Inhabitants within the said Paroch, at the Church Door thereof, upon the Sunday after Divine Service, preceding the said Day, and there to Judge and Determine all Debates and Controversies that shall arise betwixt any of Our lieges within the said Paroch, and the Farmers of Our Pole-money, or their Sub-farmers or Collectors, anent the said Pole-money, Lists thereof, Qualities or Degrees of the several persons within the said Paroch, and value of the Estates belonging to them, whose Sentences therein shall be sussicient Warrant and Rule, according whereunto they are to Collect and Levy the said Pole money, Certifying the said's Commissioners, and Magistrates of burgh's, who shall either fail to meet, or being met, fail to design Heretors of the several Paroches, for making up the saids Rolls and Lists, and the said's Heretors being so designed, and particular Commissioners within the Paroches where they Dwell respective, who shall not duly make up the Rolls and Lists; and deliver the same to the Clerk of Supply, in manner foresaid, and who shall not punctually attend at the respective Paroch Churches, to Judge and Determine in the Cases above-exprest, upon intimation given, in manner abovementioned: Our Letters of Horning shall be directed against them, and each of them, at the instance of any of the Farmers of the Pole-money, their Sub-tacktmen, or Collectors Charging them thereto, under the pain of five pounds' Scots, toties quoties, to be paid to the Charger And We hereby Require the Clerks of Our Privy Council, to Grant to them the foresaid Letters of Horning in common form to that effect. And for the more easy stating the said Pole-money, and uplisting thereof, We with Advice of Our Privy Council, and conform to the power granted to them by the foresaid Act of Parliament, hereby Require and Command all Heretors, or at least their Tutors, Factors and Chamberlains, to give in to the said respective Commissioner, or Heretor designed for the Paroch in which they Dwell, within the time contained in the said Act of Parliament, the number and Names of all Tenants who have taken Lands or Houses immediately of the Heretors and Proprietars, and all Tenants in Lands or Houses to give in, in manner foresaid, the number and names of their Sub-tennents and Cottars, under the pain of Twelve shilling Scots for each Tutor, Factor or Chamberlain, and six shilling Scots for each Tennent sailing in the Premisss, to be applied to the use of Our said's Farmers, their Sub-tacksmen or Collectors, by and attour the said Pole-money, wherein they are respective liable. OUR WILL IS HEREFORE, and We Charge you strictly and Command, that incontinent these Our Letters seen, ye pass to the Mercat-cross of Edinburgh, and the remanent Mercat-crosses of the Head-burghs of the several Shires within this Kingdom, and there in Our Name and Authority, by open Praclamation, make Intimation of the Premsses, that none pretend Ignorance.  
Given under our Signet at Edinburgh the Sixth Day of September. And of Our Reign the Sixth Year 1694. Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. GILB. ELIOT, Cls. Sti. Concilii.  
GOD Save King William and Queen Mary.   

Edinburgh, Printed by the Heirs and Succssors of Andrew Anderson, Printer They most Excellent Majesty, 1694.