1704 PREVENTING THE INCREASE OF BEGGARS, VAGABONDS, POOR AND IDLE PERSONS IN EDINBURGH 013. WATT, Adam. [Signatory.] Act anent landlords setting of shops and cellars, etc. Edinburgh the twenty two day of March 1704. Edinburgh. Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson, Printer to the Queen's most excellent Majesty. 1704. Folio broadside. Small neat cancelled library stamp on the back otherwise a good copy. HANSON 384. Not In ESTC. This proclamation confirms the Act of February 1701, (see item above) "for preventing the increase of Beggars, Vagabonds, Poor and idle Persons... " and makes its teens stricter, prohibiting landlords letting rooms to any but freemen and burgesses, or to their children, on pain of an increased fine.