The Secretary for Scotland; Being a Statement of the Powers and Duties of the New Scottish Office (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1885 Excerpt: ... II.--EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENTS. The Scottish Education Department also exercise important powers with reference to the reorganisation of educational endowments in Scotland under the Educational Endowments (Scotland) Act, 1882. The work under that 45 & 46 statute of making inquiries and adjusting schemes is carried 'c. on by a Commission appointed by the Crown, which, with its staff, occupies an office in Edinburgh. The general principles on which schemes of reform must proceed are laid down with considerable clearness in the Act; and only in two cases--that of Forrest's Trust, 18th March 1884, and that of Watson's and Donaldson's Hospitals, 31st October 1885--has it been found necessary to make any appeal to the court. The Act does not apply to university or theological endowments, nor to endowments made since 1872. Under section 25 of the Act, the Commissioners must submit all draft schemes for the approval of the Scottish Education Department. It then becomes the duty of the Department, under section 26, to publish the scheme, and to give notice when parties interested may be heard. If, after hearing parties, the Department approve of the scheme, they must give notice of the fact; and unless within two months from that notice a petition is presented to the Department, by persons having a statutory interest, praying that the scheme may be laid before Parliament, the Queen by Order in Council declares her approbation of the scheme, and the scheme then acquires the effect of statute. If such a petition is presented, the Department lay the scheme before Parliament, and the scheme is approved of by the Queen in the same way, unless within two months an address has been presented by either House of Parliament praying the Queen to withhold her consent to the whole ...