@article{561758,
      recid = {561758},
      title = {To the public. There is at present levied annually, ...  upon the merchants, shopkeepers, and tradesmen of the City  of Edinburgh, 1250l. sterling, ... Application has lately  been made by the Lord Provost, ... to Parliament, for leave  to bring in a bill to remove the busines of killing or  slaughtering of cattle, out of the royalty. It is,  therefore, submitted to the public, whether this bill may  not vest in the magistrates and Council, a power ... of  employing the foresaid 1250l. tax, to maintain a body of 50  or 60 stout watchmen, ... [electronic resource] :},
      address = {[Edinburgh,},
      pages = {1 sheet ;},
      year = {1781},
      note = {Dated at foot: Edin. Feb. 21. 1781.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/561758},
}