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Excerpt from Animadversions by the Delegates for Conducting the Application to Parliament for a Reform in the Internal Government of the Royal Boroughs of Scotland
The conflitutions of the Boroughs of England were dictated entirely by fpecial grants or pecus liar local ufages, without any conneftion Wltl'l each other, and independent of any general law; but it appears from the ancient books of the Leges Burgorum and Statura Guilde, that, even as early as 1124 and 1284, the go vernments of the Boroughs of Scotland were regulated by general laws and the Aet of Pat liament of r469 inconteftably proves that one uniform confiitution, though a bad one, for all the Boroughs of Scotland, was then introduced. Adly. Thegovernors or Adminif'trators of the Scottilh Boroughs have univerfally, power to difpofe of or alienate the property of the community, which is not the cafe in England. 3'dly. In Scotland the Common-councilmen have univerfally enjoyed the important power of cleeting the 'member of Parliament; but in England this power is much more commonly exercifed by the Freemen or coma'ron Btirgelfes, Or by the Inhabitants at large, than by the, felee't or governing part of the Corporations. 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.
