Proposed! The Brig, Broch and Bothy Act (Kimare) (Patreon)

Author: Laird Eosaph Serenity Arthur Thomas Maimsteven, Thane of Sthaballen

Competency: Ducal (Kimare)

Status: Proposed.

Amendments: None.

By the Grace of Their Illustrious Majesty this House so orders that a 10% levy to be placed on all timber farms, stone quarries and brick factories and sellers of construction materials in the Duchy of Kimare and all places within it possessed of a Burgh Charter.

This levy shall be used for the construction and necessary maintenance of:

1. No less than one Broch to be constructed outside the walls of each chartered town and city in the Duchy of Kimare.

2. The construction of and necessary maintenance of no less than 15 new Bothies on roads connecting its Highland and Lowland communities to help insure the safety of wanderers, adventurers and travelling peoples of Kimare.

3. The building and necessary maintenance of bridges and ferrying services, particularly in the Firdvalley, Weyside and Invermoirah regions.

Those trading in the aforementioned industries may either choose to cover said levy on the sale of construction materials through a payment of 10% the materials equivalent value in Gold or Silver Coin of the Realm, or shall be have the burden of the levy alleviated entirely if the aforementioned industries supply the Crown Household with a quota of the aforementioned materials for the purposes bought at fair market value (whichever is the least costly to the seller).