Proposals to the Honourable House of Commons, humbly offered and presented; for the laying a tax upon raw hides, &c. By Richard Organ.
Organ, Richard, fl. 1696.
1696
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Proposals to the Honourable House of Commons, humbly offered and presented; for the laying a tax upon raw hides, &c. By Richard Organ.
Organ, Richard, fl. 1696.
1 sheet ([1] p.)
s.n.,
[London :
1696]
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Taxation -- Law and legislation -- Early works to 1800.
Leather industry and trade -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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PROPOSALS
TO
The
Honourable
House
of
Commons
,
Humbly
offered
and
presented
,
for
the
Laying
A
Tax
upon
Raw
Hides
,
&c.
By
RICHARD
ORGAN
.
I.
THE
said
Richard
Organ
,
Humbly
Proposes
that
a
Duty
be
laid
upon
Raw-Hides
,
&c.
and
not
upon
Tann'd
Leather
,
because
the
Charges
in
Collecting
the
said
Duty
will
be
less
,
and
the
Tanners
and
Fell-Mongers
will
be
only
,
or
chiefly
concern'd
to
pay
it
,
who
have
long
since
raised
their
Commodities
,
upon
hearing
a
Tax
would
be
laid
upon
them
,
as
much
as
if
such
Tax
were
already
laid
:
And
by
this
means
some
of
them
have
got
considerable
Estates
.
II.
That
the
Duty
to
be
laid
upon
Raw-Hides
,
&c.
continue
as
long
as
that
of
the
Hackney
Coaches
,
and
that
the
Duty
to
be
laid
upon
Soap
be
joyn'd
with
it
,
which
will
be
a
Fund
for
a
Million
and
an
half
of
Mony
,
and
that
the
Duties
be
as
follows
:
III.
Every
Cow
,
Ox
,
Bull
,
Steer
and
Heifer
Hide
,
fold
under
20
s.
or
for
20
s.
and
no
more
,
to
any
Tanner
or
Fell-Monger
,
2
s.
Duty
shall
be
paid
to
the
King
by
such
Tanner
or
Fell-Monger
,
or
other
Person
who
shall
buy
the
same
;
and
all
such
Hides
as
come
to
more
than
Twenty
Shillings
,
Three
Shillings
Duty
shall
be
laid
upon
them
.
IV.
Every
Calves
Skin
Sixpence
Duty
,
every
Sheeps
Skin
a
Penny
,
every
Lambs
Skin
a
Halfpenny
.
V.
All
Bucks
Skins
,
Goat
Skins
,
and
all
Foreign
Leather
to
be
Tax'd
as
shall
to
the
Honourable
House
appear
most
fit
and
convenient
.
That
in
order
to
Collect
this
Duty
there
be
an
Office
appointed
at
Leaden-Hall
,
and
that
Two
Pence
per
Pound
be
allowed
to
the
several
Collectors
,
and
One
Penny
per
Pound
to
the
Receiver
General
;
and
that
this
Office
extend
to
all
Places
within
the
Bills
of
Mortality
.
That
this
Duty
be
Collected
in
all
other
Parts
and
Places
of
this
Kingdom
,
by
the
Clerk
of
the
several
Markets
,
with
the
Allowances
aforesaid
;
and
that
an
Office
be
appointed
in
every
City
,
to
receive
such
Monies
by
them
Collected
.
That
all
Hides
,
Skins
,
&c.
so
bought
be
entred
,
and
a
Penalty
as
this
Honourable
House
shall
think
sit
,
be
laid
upon
all
Persons
who
shall
buy
such
Raw-Hides
,
&c.
without
entring
the
same
,
and
Paying
the
Duties
aforesaid
.
The
Benefit
of
such
Duties
may
appear
by
this
,
that
there
are
great
quantities
of
Leather
Exported
,
and
particularly
Calves
Skins
.
The
King
hath
but
a
Shilling
Duty
for
every
Hundred
Weight
of
them
now
,
but
hereby
the
Duty
will
arise
to
Six
Shillings
a
Dozen
.