l8o3* Scotch Tythc Syjefn further lllujlratci, iCc} 



p'lre ; of glory to thofe under whofe aufpices fuch important un^ 

 ciertakini^s may be carrii d on and completed; and of ftrength 

 and wealth to a country, vvliofe inhabitants -are thus enablcci to 

 extend their commerce, and to improve their foil, and are fur- 

 niflied with new means of occupation, induHry, and fubfiil- 



cnce. 



s. 



The Scotch Tithe Sy/Iem further IlluJIraicd, 

 Sir, 



In the fhort hi (lory of Scotch Tithes written for your Maga- 

 zine, and infertcd in that of February lail, although I did not 

 propofe to detail every thing on the fubjett, yet I perceive that 

 Ibme further particulars may with propriety be added. 



A proprietor of lands in Scotland, w^ho has acquired no right 

 to his tithes, if he defigns to improve his eilate, firll:, with pro- 

 priety, fues an action before the Commifiioners of Tithes, for the 

 valuation and purchafe of the tithes of his farms. 



This a6tion is purfued either againfl the Crown, or againd any- 

 other lay inferior titular of the tithes, if they have been gifted 

 by the Crown ; and againfl the clergyman of the parifh. 



By obtaining a valuation of tithes, a proprietor renders him- 

 felf fecure that he {hall never after be obliged to pay any tithes fox* 

 his improvements. By paying the titular nine years purchafe of 

 the valued tithe-duty, he is fecure, that, in cafe of any future 

 augmentations of the minifter's (lipend, by authority of the Court, 

 ^or rendering the living more refpe6lable, he fhall pay no more 

 for his property than his rateable proportion with the titular o£ 

 the tithes of the parifli. 



By aOl of Parliament i<S93, however, the tithes \-»liich had be- 

 longed to the Scotch biOiops, then fallen to the Crown by the 

 aboHtion of Epifcopacy in Scotland, were declared not fubjecSt: to 

 fale, as long as they remained wiih the Crown j and they are 

 chargeable for fllpend only in cafe of all the oUier tithes of the 

 paridi being exhaultcd. They may, neverthelefs, be valued, and 

 are not drawn in kind ; a pra£l"ice which, in Scotland, has ever 

 been accounted opprcflive. 



It may be alfo further remarked, that in explaining what the 

 conftant rent of any lands is by Vv-hich the tithe falls to be va- 

 lued, the following rules are obferved. The rents of quarries, 



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