| 单词 | commissioner of supply |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCommissioner of Supply Commissioner of Supply n. Scottish (now historical) an official, typically a local landowner, appointed to assess and raise the supply ( 10b) in a given area, and later for other duties; chiefly in plural.From 1889 the office was gradually superseded and its functions transferred to local government. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > [noun] > exacting or collecting > collector of impost, due, or tax tollerc1000 tolnerc1050 pernora1325 collectorc1380 receiverc1380 toll-gatherer1382 general receiver1400 coillor1420 collator1430 receiver general1439 subcollector1471 leviera1513 taker-up1548 publicana1563 under-receiver1579 Commissioner of Supply1686 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > land tax > those who levy or assess Commissioner of Supply1686 1686 Laws & Acts 2nd Sess.1st Parl. James VII. of Scotl. 8 His Majesty with Advice foresaid, Doth Ordain the Justices of Peace, and Commissioners of Supply in both Shires to meet and adjust the Expence of the said Reparation. 1693 in Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. 3rd Ser. 36 42 The Commissioners of Supply which now are, or shall be herafter in the said shyres and stewartries. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. i. iv. §31 The commissioners of supply are the persons appointed by parliament in their yearly acts of supply, to levy the land-tax within the county to which they are named. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 184 Under the militia acts the commissioners of supply have also power to assess for failures to make up the quota for allowances to the families of militiamen. 1865 Proc. Alloa Soc. Nat. Sci. 6 Mr Lothian proposed a vote of thanks to the Commissioners of Supply for the County for the gratuitous use of the Courthouse. 1902 Rep. Crofters Comm. on People of Lewis p. lxxi, in Parl. Papers (Cd. 1327) LXXXIII. 287 He stated he was..Chief Magistrate of Stornoway; Justice of the Peace; a Commissioner of Supply and a Commissioner under the Income Tax Acts [etc.]. 2000 J. Hearn Claiming Scotl. vi. 109 At the local level the key agents of government were the Sherrifs [sic] who administered and enforced the law and regularly convened the Commissioners of Supply. < as lemmas |
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