Document Type Answers
Case Counsellors of the Burgh of Burntisland
Author Name Charles Hay, of Newton, Lord Newton
Submitted 24 Dec 1790
Marginalia? No
Main Document Length (Pages) 15
Appendix Items
  • No. I. Instances of Tradesmen being Chosen Proxies for absent Trades Councillors of a different Trade, and of being elected Trades Councillors to represent Trades to which they did not belong
  • No. II. Instances of Old Councillors being elected Proxies for New Councillors
Appendix Length (pages) 3
Repository University of Virginia Law Library (Special Collections)
Container UVALL Box 07

Citation

Charles Hay, of Newton, Lord Newton, "Answers for William Fergusson, Esq; of Raith, Provost, and the other Magistrates and Counsellors of the Burgh of Burntisland; to the Petiton & Complaint of William Muir late Baillie, and James Davidson late Counsellor of the Burgh of Burntisland," 24 Dec 1790 , Scottish Court of Session Digital Archive Project. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Law Library, 2015-2019.

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