Excerpt from The History of Paisley, Vol. 2 of 2: From the Roman Period Down to 1884 On 19th February, 1753, John Lang was elected one of the town officers, and also to be jailer of the Tollbooth jointly with the other officers and the Magistrates were requested to take his oath of fidelity, and to receive caution from him. At this meeting, they also elected William Gordon to be town drummer and for ringing the town bell, and for which he is to have GBP5 stg. Yearly of salary, besides one fourth share of money that arises from proclamations made by tuck of drum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.