The Scots Statutes Revised (Volume 4); The Public General Statutes Affecting Scotland 1707-[1900] 6 Anne to [63 and 64 Victoria] in So Far as Unrepealed by Subsequent Legislation Up to and Including the Acts of the Session 62 & 63 Victoria, 1899 [-64 Vict (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. 1900. Excerpt: ... 4. Expenses To Be Paid By Town Council.--All expenses incurred in or with respect to the proceedings under this Act in any burgh shall be paid by the town council of such burgh. CHAPTER XXXVII. The Poor Law (scotland) (no. 2) Act, 1861 (Short Titles Act, 1896). An Act to simplify the Mode of raising the Assessment for the Poor in Scotland. 22d July 1861. This Act is virtually rep. by 59 & 60 Virt. c. 37, s. 5 (temp.). Preamble. 1. Repeal Of 8 & 9 Vict. C. 83, s. 34, In Part, &c.--From and after the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two so much of section thirty-four of the Poor Law (Scotland) Act, 1845, as makes it lawful for any parochial board of any parish or combination of parishes in Scotland to raise one half of the funds requisite for the relief of the poor persons entitled to relief from the parish or combination by assessment upon the owners of all lands and heritages within the parish or combination, according to the annual value of such lands and heritages, and the other half upon the whole inhabitants, according to their means and substance, other than lands and heritages situated in Great Britain and Ireland, or to raise such funds by assessment imposed as an equal per-centage upon the annual value of all lands and heritages within the parish or combination and upon the estimated annual income of the whole inhabitants from means and substance other than lands and heritages situated in Great Britain or Ireland, is hereby repealed; and every parochial board of any parish or combination of parishes now raising such funds in terms of the parts of the said recited Act which are hereby repealed as aforesaid shall, before ceasing to raise such funds, and within two months after the passing of this Act, resolve to adopt the fi...