Privilege of King Sigismund I the Old granting the Lviv councilors half of the revenue from the tap tax

Sigismund, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, etc., Lord and Heir. We announce by the tenor of this [document] to all, that we, considering that the councilors of our city of Lviv, while performing the duties and public affairs of the same city, neglect their own domestic affairs and cannot devote attention to them as conveniently, not without harm and detriment to themselves, as other private burghers who are free and exempt from these affairs and public municipal burdens – therefore we, desiring to compensate those Lviv councilors for this loss and detriment to some extent by our grace and generosity, so that they may perform their office more eagerly and diligently in caring for the aforementioned public affairs and the proper and appropriate management of the said city, out of special regard and our royal grace, have given and assigned, and do give and assign, according to the pleasure of our will, to the same present and currently serving Lviv councilors half of the 'trzeciaki' [small coins] that usually flow there from the tap tax collection; the other half of which, in accordance with our earlier regulation, we designate to be used for the repair of the city. In witness of this letter, to which our seal has been affixed. Given in Kraków on the Thursday next after the Sunday of the Conduct of Easter. In the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and twenty-three, the seventeenth year of our reign. [Signature:] Sigismund King, by his own hand. [Seal: trace of a signet/smaller seal of red wax, impressed under a paper cover / diamond-cut paper hood] [Verso:] [Archival note from the 18th century:] Third rubric / Letter C, Number 3 [Note from the 16th/17th century:] Of Sigismund I / Granting half of the 'trzeciaki' to the councilors / 1523 / from the tap tax. [Other signatures and archival notes:] No. 20; to bundle 190; cabinet Q. 12; [ink stamp:] ARCHIVE OF ANCIENT RECORDS OF THE CITY OF LVIV

Sigismundus dei gratia Rex Polonie, Magnus Dux Lithwanie, Russie, Prussieque etc. dominus et heres. Significamus tenore presentium universis quia nos considerantes consules civitatis nostre Leopoliensis obeundo actiones et negocia reip[ublice] eiusdem civitatis, rem suam familiarem negligere, nec illi adeo comode intendere posse, non absque iactura et detrimento eorum, sicut alii cives privati, qui ab ipsis negociis et muneribus publicis civilibus, sunt immunes et liberi, proinde nos volen[tes] eisdem consulibus Leopoliensibus hanc iacturam et detrimentum ipsorum, gratia et munificentia nostra, quo alacrius et diligentius officio suo, in curandis dictis negociis publicis, et civitate illa recte et debite administranda fungantur, in aliqua parte sarcire, ex speciali respectu et gratia nostra regia, dedimus et assignavimus, damusque et assignamus, ad voluntatis nostre beneplacitum, hiisdem consulibus Leopoliensibus modernis et pro tempore existen[tibus] medietatem ternariorum, qui ex contributione Czopowe illic provenire solent, reliquam vero illorum medietatem, iuxta priorem ordinationem nostram, pro reparatione civitatis convertendam designamus. Harum testimonio literarum, quibus sigillum nostrum est impressum. Dat[um] Cracovie feria quinta proxima post dominicam conductus pasche. Anno domini millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo tercio, regni nostri anno decimo septimo. [Podpis:] Sigismundus Rex ss. [Pieczęć: ślad po pieczęci sygnetowej/mniejszej z czerwonego wosku, odciśniętej pod papierową osłoną / rombowo naciętym kapturem papierowym] [Verso:] [Nota archiwalna z XVIII w.:] Rubrica Tertia / Litt. C. Nro 3tio [Nota z XVI/XVII w.:] Sigism. Imi / Donatio medietatis ter/nariorum Consulatu[i?] / 1523 / z Czopowego. [Inne sygnatury i noty archiwalne:] Nro 20; ad Fasc: 190; arca Q. 12; [pieczęć tuszowa:] ARCHIWUM AKT DAWNYCH MIASTA LWOWA