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Common bui'ying-place; and every Trade gets a double
of the ieet. On Thursday thereafter, the nine Deacons
and old and new Council proceed to the electing of the
Provost, Bailies, Dean of Guild, and Treasurer; which
is carried according to the plurality of votes.
It must be remarked that this old sett gives no
specification ; we therefore add the same :
One Provost, four Bailies, one Dean of Guild (one of
the four Bailies of the preceding year), three old Bailies,
one Treasurer, five Merchant Councillors, one Council-
lor to the Guildj three Trades Councillors, and one
Shoremaster.
The Deacons of the incorporated trades vote in
the election of the Magistrates, Dean of Guild, and
Treasurer; but are not constituent .members of
Council. By the sett itself there is no provision
made for the form of electing the Councillor to the
Guild and Shoremaster, nor any applicable to the
case of the old Bailies. The Magistrates and Coun-
cil, on the Tuesday subsequent to their own elec-
tion, appointed persons to fill the two offices ; and
the three remaining Bailies were allowed to conti-
nue in Council for another year, in character of
Councillors.
It would be foreign to the intention of this work
ko enter into a detail of the circumstances which
led to a partial alteration in the constitution of the
burgh ; but it is necessary to state, that, in the year
1817, in consequence of a ration by a great pro-
portion of the burgesses *° tu e Convention of Royal
Burghs, saK^QiwM °y ta e Town Council, and ap-
proved <* b y th8 other public bodies, a new sett
waft<5 f anted to the town. It is as follows :
D 3
Common bui'ying-place; and every Trade gets a double
of the ieet. On Thursday thereafter, the nine Deacons
and old and new Council proceed to the electing of the
Provost, Bailies, Dean of Guild, and Treasurer; which
is carried according to the plurality of votes.
It must be remarked that this old sett gives no
specification ; we therefore add the same :
One Provost, four Bailies, one Dean of Guild (one of
the four Bailies of the preceding year), three old Bailies,
one Treasurer, five Merchant Councillors, one Council-
lor to the Guildj three Trades Councillors, and one
Shoremaster.
The Deacons of the incorporated trades vote in
the election of the Magistrates, Dean of Guild, and
Treasurer; but are not constituent .members of
Council. By the sett itself there is no provision
made for the form of electing the Councillor to the
Guild and Shoremaster, nor any applicable to the
case of the old Bailies. The Magistrates and Coun-
cil, on the Tuesday subsequent to their own elec-
tion, appointed persons to fill the two offices ; and
the three remaining Bailies were allowed to conti-
nue in Council for another year, in character of
Councillors.
It would be foreign to the intention of this work
ko enter into a detail of the circumstances which
led to a partial alteration in the constitution of the
burgh ; but it is necessary to state, that, in the year
1817, in consequence of a ration by a great pro-
portion of the burgesses *° tu e Convention of Royal
Burghs, saK^QiwM °y ta e Town Council, and ap-
proved <* b y th8 other public bodies, a new sett
waft<5 f anted to the town. It is as follows :
D 3
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Description | Directories of individual Scottish towns and their suburbs. |
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Description | Around 700 Scottish directories published annually by the Post Office or private publishers between 1773 and 1911. Most of Scotland covered, with a focus on Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen. Most volumes include a general directory (A-Z by surname), street directory (A-Z by street) and trade directory (A-Z by trade). |
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