“Pay Scot and Bear Lot”
When a man who wished to stop Sunday cinemas at Lambeth, London, lately applied at the local police-court .for a summons against the proprietors under the Act of 1751,' he was placed in a dilemma by the magistrate asking him: ‘‘Do you pay scot and bear loti” The applicant confessed lie did not understand the expression. ‘‘Then you had better have a look at the Act, ’ ’ remarked tho magistrate. Tho procedure is not by way of a summons in this court. An information has to be laid by a constablo and two inhabitants paying scot and bearing lot and all the magistrate has to do is to bind them ovor to prosecute at the Sessions.” ‘‘Scot and lot,” meaning the rate or tax levied upon householders by a municipal authority, was a. phrase in common use a few centuries ago.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6520, 8 April 1931, Page 2
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