Bed-recesses in burghs, H 204.
Begging, and sending children to beg,
H 108.

Bell, motor cars to carry, D 64.
Betting on streets, H 104, 199; in houses,
H 107.

Bicycles on streets, H 104; byelaws as
to, in counties, A 24.

Billiard rooms, licensing of, H 209, 210.
Bills in Parliament, county council may
promote and oppose, A 24, 165; town
councils may oppose, H 200.

Birds, wild, protection of, L 65-68, 138,
139.

Births, registration of. See Registra-

tion.

Board of Agriculture Act, 1889: estab-
lishment of board, powers, and duties,
C2; dogs, transfer of powers, staff and
expenses, style and seal, proceedings,
C3; president may sit in Parliament,
transfer of officers, land commissioners,
construction of statutes, etc., C 4;
Schedule-powers transferred, C 6.

plan of new burgh boundaries for,
H 7; to furnish maps, H 55; to get
notice of alteration of boundaries, H
175.

Board of Supervision, F 3-6, 29, 38.
See Poor Law.

superseded, E 2. See Parish

Councils.
Board of Trade, powers of, transferred
to Secretary for Scotland, A 5; powers
under Weights and Measures Acts, J 8.
and light railways, D 74, 76.
Board of Trustees for Manufactures
and ancient monuments, A 155.
Boating regulations, H 76.
Bond, form of, for money borrowed,
burghs, H 95, 221; pocr law, F 39;
public health, I 59.

Bond of caution of judicial factor to
insane, G 54.

Bonfires on roads, D 50.

Borough Funds Act, 1872: Cost of Par-
liamentary or legal proceedings (except
promotion of certain gas or water
Bills), sanction of special meetings, H
183; and of Local Government Board
or Secretary for Scotland, who may
direct local inquiry, H 184.
Borrowing powers: county council-
general, A 26; Small Holdings Act,
A 69; lighting and scavenging, A 143;
sheriff court houses, A 150; Police
Act, B 15; widening streets, D 53;
parish councils, E 16, 20; parochial
boards, F 37; burial grounds, F 76,
77; poorhouses, F 19; lunacy, G 21;
town councils, H 94-96, 198; sewerage

works, H 185; public health, I 45;
housing of working classes, I 156, 159,
180; public parks, L6; libraries,
L 15.

Boundaries of Burghs Extension Act,
1857 ratepayers may petition sheriff,
who may call meeting, appeal to Lord
Ordinary, procedure in town council,
H 152; where lands include part of
burgh, where proposal rejected,
scrutiny of votes, penalties, H 153;
expenses, H 154.

of "populous places," H 5; re-
vision of, H 6; co-ordination of muni-
cipal, police, and parliamentary appeal
in proceedings, plan of new burgh for
Board of Agriculture, H 7, 214; statu-
tory provisions held to be complied
with, saving of contracts affected, trans-
fer of property and powers, H 9; ex-
penses of inquiries, H 17; alteration of
burgh boundaries, H 214, 217.

of parishes altered by Secretary
for Scotland (with index to counties
wherein situated), A 112.

under Burgh Police Act and division
into wards, H 5.

Boundary commission: boundaries of
counties, constitution of commission,
A 20; temporary provisions, powers
and duties, A 21; adjustment of pro-
perty and liabilities, subsequent altera-
tion by Provisional Order, A 22.

county and parish boundaries fixed
by Commission, with index to counties,
A 79.

Bread, sale of, under Weights and
Measures Act, J 35.

weighing of, H 112.

Bribery at elections defined, A 133.

etc., of public bodies. A 159.
Bridges, in burghs, H 218; damage to,
by locomotives, D 58; rebuilding of,
when suddenly destroyed, cost of same,
D 56.

Brokers' licences: premises to be fully
described, must retain goods fourteen
days, H 114; produce articles and
books, and report stolen goods, H 114;
altering or defacing goods, not to act
as publican nor purchase pawnbroker's
tickets, dealing with children, H 116;
business hours, clothing of institutions,
smelting pots, signs, detaining suspects,
H 117; offences, H 119.
Brothels, suppression of, H 106.
Broughty Ferry, local Acts, H 135.
Budget, county council, A 29.
Buildings on sides of road to be 25 feet
from centre, D 49.

for public meetings: inspection of,

H 46, 219; lighting, ingress, egress,
H 47, 219; ventilation, H 48, 219.
Buildings, new, in burghs: plaus, H 45;
erecting or altering without consent,
free space in rear, number of houses on
common stairs, height of rooms, H 46,
195, 196, 197, 202, 205-207; windows,
. common stairs, steam pipes and funnels
containing offensive matter, H 47;
survey before occupation, H 48; rules
for new buildings, H 138; byelaws as
to, H 213.

regulation of, outside burghs, I 56.
Burgesses, admission of, H 174.
Burgh boundaries, extension of, D 54.
Burgh Licensing Courts, M 2-5.
Burgh Police Act, 1892: General, H2;-
application of Act, H 4; boundaries,
H 5; adoption of Act, miscellaneous,
H 8. Constitution of Police Burghs,
H 10;-election of commissioners, H 12;
police and municipal administration,
Provisional Orders, H 15; meetings
of commissioners, H 17; powers and
duties, H 18; minutes and accounts,
appointment of clerk, treasurer, and
auditor, H 20; surveyor, inspector,
and medical officer, H 23. Police force-
chief constable and constables, H 24;
special constables, H 29. Police ad-
ministration-lighting, H 29; cleans-
ing, H 32; paving and maintaining
streets, H 36; private streets, H 37;
foot pavements, naming and numbering
houses, H 39; laying out new streets,
H 40; improvement of streets, H 42;
obstructions and line of streets, H 43;
plans of new buildings and regulations,
H 45; ventilation, H 48; precautions
during repairs and in regard to ruinous
tenements, H 49; Dean of Guild Court,
H 53; surveys and plans, H 54; public
sewers, H 55; drainage of houses, H 61;
soil-pipes and water-closets, H 62;
supply of water, H 65; hackney car-
riages and porters, H 68; markets,
slaughter-houses, H 70; public clocks,
fire, H 73; public bathing, H 75;
Special Orders, H 77; byelaws for
general and sanitary purposes, H 80;
execution of works, H 82; form and
service of notices, H 84; appeal, H 85.
Rating and borrowing-assessment for
general purposes, H 85; general im-
provement and foot pavements assess-
ment, H 90; sewer assessment, private
improvement expenses, H 91; mode of
collecting special rates, H 92; incid-
ence of assessment, H 93; borrowing
for general purposes, H 94. Offences
and penalties-offences, H 96; theatres

and places of resort, H 104; disorderly
houses and gambling houses, H 106;
suppression of vagrants, H 108; articles
found or stolen, H 109; prevention of
fraud, H 110; brokers and pawn-
brokers, H 114; jurisdiction and re-
covery of penalties, H 119. Schedules-
General Police Acts, portions of local
Acts saved, H 134; rules for new
buildings, H 138; regulations for
hackney carriages, H 139; forms,
H 143.

Burgh Police Act, 1892, amended, H 186.
1893: adoption of Act by populous
places, H 149.

1894: altering number of commis-
sioners, H 151.

Burgh Sewerage, Drainage, and Water
Supply Act, 1901: security for money
borrowed, assessments, shops rated on
one-fourth, transference of special dis-
tricts, H 185; amendment of Burgh
Police Act, 1892, provisions of Public
Health Act, 1897, incorporated, subject
to amendment, H 186.

Burgh Police Act, 1903: preliminary,
H 189; Part I. (general), H 189-202;
register of streets, H 189; other pro-
visions as to streets, H 191; buildings,
sewers, etc., H 193; Dean of Guild
Court, H 196; public parks, H 198;
rating and borrowing, H 198; offences
and penalties, H 199; miscellaneous,
H 200; Part II. (adoptive), H 202-214;
supplementary valuation roll, H 202;
streets and buildings, H 202; hollow
squares, H 205; sky-signs, H 207;
advertising sites, H 208; seashore ad-
joining burgh, H 209; theatres and
places of public resort, H 209; milk
from diseased cows, H 210; byelaws, H
213; Part III. (miscellaneous and sup-
plemental), H 214; Schedule, H 222.
Burghs, police, may assume inanagement
of roads, D 54.

Burial Grounds Act, 1855: parochial
boards and (in burghs) magistrates to
administer, powers of sheriff in par-
ishes partly burghal, complaint of
danger to health, F 72; discontinuance
of burial grounds, penalties, savings as
to Quakers, Jews, and private vaults,
question whether burial ground to be
provided, F 73; consent of owners of
houses adjoining, acquisition of land,
and contracts with cemetery companies,
Lands Clauses Act incorporated, F 74;
ground for common use of parishes,
liabilities of old to be transferred to
new burial grounds, parochial boards
to manage, sale of lairs, conveyance of

bodies, F 75; place for reception of
bodies until interment, regulations,
exemption from toll, laying out, scale
of payments, Cemeteries Clauses Act
incorporated, assessment, borrowing,
minutes and accounts, F 76; officers,
register of burials, sheriff's decision to
be final, F 77. See also Cremation Act.
Burial Grounds Amendment Act, 1856:
burgh to comprehend several parishes
as one united parish for purposes of
Aet, F 78.

Act, 1857 loans from Public Works
Loan Commissioners, F 77.

turbance, F 79.

Burntisland, local Acts, H 135.

Bursaries from local taxation grant,
A 44.

Butter, power to take samples of, I 118.
Byelaws, power to make: county
council, A 24; roads, D 41; loco-
motives and use of roads and bridges,
D 62, 64; town council, H 19, 79, 81,
213; public health, I 56; public
libraries, L 18; licensing courts, M 12.

as to hours locomotives may use
roads, D 62; as to use of bridges,
D 64.

Byres, cleansing of, H 35.

CABMEN'S shelters, H 69.

Caddies, golf, licensing of, H 69.
Campbeltown, local Acts, H 135.
Camping on roads, D 50.

Candidates for burgh election, persons
eligible, H 158; power to withdraw,
H 164.

Carbide of calcium, Orders in Council
as to, L 125, 126.
Carriage, hackney, licences, H 68; re-
gulations, omnibuses, shelters, H 69,
139.

Cattle, diseased, power to seize, H 112.
plague, C 10.

Cattle-sheds in Burghs Act, 1866: in-
spection and licensing, C 44; power to
order improvements, C 45.

Cellars over sewers, H 58; under foot-
ways, H 193.

Cemeteries. See Burial Grounds Acts.

Clauses Act, 1847: protection from
damage and disturbance, F 79; pro-
visions incorporated, F 76.
Cemetery companies, parochial boards
may contract with, F 74.

Certificates under Licensing Act, M 6-16,
29.

Cess-pools, H 64; byelaws as to, H 213.
Chelsea pensioner requiring poor relief or
becoming insane, F 56, 57.

Cholera regulations, I 61.

Churches and exemptions from local
rates, F 36.

collections in assessed parishes,

F 17.
Classification of agricultural lands for
occupiers' rates, A 139; for public
health rates, A 140.

Cleansing in Burghs: refuse belongs
to commissioners, places for deposit,
removal, H 32; conveniences, watering
streets, providing pumps, scavengers,
washing common stairs, H 33; sweep-
ing foot pavements, whitewashing
common stairs, cleansing dirty houses,
H 34; cleansing areas, stables, byres,
dungsteads, H 35; laying down dung
on fields, byelaws, H 36.

of Persons Act, 1897: power to
local authorities to provide cleansing
for persons infected with vermin, I 61.
Clerk, Town, appointment of, H 169; not
to be same person as treasurer, H 170.
Clerk to Police Court, H 121.
Clocks, public, H 73.

Closing insanitary premises, I 175.
Clubs, registration and regulation of,
M 19-22, 32.

Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887:
fencing abandoned mine, I 97; privy
accommodation where women em-

ployed, I 98.

Coal, sale of, under Weights and Measures
Acts, J 33.

weighing of, in bags, etc., H 111.
Coatbridge, local Acts, H 135, 215;
under Licensing Act, M 6.
Cognition of insane persons, Act of
Sederunt as to, G 55.
Collector, burgh, H 170.

Coin weights, table of, J 22.
Combination of Parishes Dissolution
Act, 1861, F 31.

Commission, Light Railways, appoint-
ment of, D 71; procedure before,
D 74.

Commissioners, Burgh, election of, H 163-|
167. See Election.
Commissioners of Supply continued for
certain purposes, A 8; expenses of,
A 33; new qualification of, K 7.

senior magistrate of populous
place to be, A 153.

of Works and ancient monuments,
A 154-159.

Committees of Burgh Commissioners,
power to appoint, H 168.
Common lodging-houses and infection,
I 33.

Common seal of town council, H 157.
Common stairs, lighting of, H 31;
cleansing of, H 34.

Commons, use of, for light railways,
D 78; byelaws for, H 201.
Compensation for crops destroyed to
exterminate destructive insects, C 38.
Compensation to displaced officers under
Local Government Act, A 18.
Compensation for stopping sale of milk,
H 212.

Consistorial actions, effect of drunkenness
in, M 18.

Constable, chief, appointment of, B 3.
Constables' duties, etc., B 6.

Constables, police, in burghs, H 24, et

seq. See Police Force.

Constables in licensed premises, M 15.
Constitution of police burghs, H 10, et
seq., and H 157. See Burgh Police Act
and Town Councils Act, 1900.
Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act,
1878: power to privy council to make
orders, C 6.

Amendment Act, 1886: power of
privy council transferred to Local
Government Board, C 7. See Diseases
of Animals Acts.

Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts,
administration of, transferred to county
council, A 8, 25, 38.

Contracts, saving of, affected by changes
of boundaries, H 9; making of, by
Burgh Commissioners, H 19; no com-
missioner to be interested in, H 159.
Contribution by county council to ex-
pense of burgh roads, D 55.
Convener of county, A 7.
Conveniences, public, I 15.
Conveyance, public, using while infected,
I 25.

Corporate bodies, application of penal
Acts to, L 127.

name of town council, H 157.
Corrupt and illegal practices.
Elections.

160.

See

practices in public bodies, A 159-

County Council: Constitution-composi-
tion and term of office, number and
apportionment of councillors, qualifica-
tion of electors and councillors, appoint-
ment of councillors by certain burghs,
A 6; disqualifications-women, officials,
contractors; convener, powers trans-
ferred, A 7; Commissioners of Supply
continued, transfer of police in certain
burghs, and of Contagious Diseases
Acts, powers that may be transferred
by Secretary for Scotland, A 8; powers
of road trustees, powers of parochial
boards under Public Health Acts, A 9;
standing joint committee, A 10; pro-
bate duty and local taxation licence
duty, A 11; Secretary for Scotland and
efficiency of police, A 12. Finance-
transfer of county property and liabili-
ties, consolidated rate, A 13. Registra-
tion of county electors, A 14; service
franchise, A 16. Election-of council-
lors, A 16; polling districts, one vote
only, casual vacancies, double returns,
not vitiated by technical defect, case of
no election, A 17. Application to special
counties and burghs-Lanark, A 17;
Orkney and Zetland, Ross and Crom-
arty, A 18; Dumbarton, Aberdeen,
Banff, Elgin, and Fife, A 19; certain
burghs, A 20. Boundary commission—
boundaries of counties, constitution of
boundary commission, A 20; temporary
provisions, powers, and duties, A 21;
adjustment of property and liabilities,
A 22; subsequent alterations by Pro-
visional Order, A 22. Supplemental --
medical officer and sanitary inspectors,
pollution of rivers, A 23; opposing
Bills and legal proceedings, byelaws as
to vagrancy, nuisances, bicycles, A 24;
provisions as to transfer, local authority
under Contagious Diseases (Animals)
Acts, police in small burghs, questions
as to transfer of powers, etc., rating.
A 25; burgh contributions, borrowing,
A 26; accounts and audit, A 27; local
annual budget, incorporation of council,
order of business of council and com-
mittees, A 29; finance committee,
joint committees, districts and district
committees, A 30; special drainage and
water supply districts, A 31; officers,
A 32; school fees, expenses of justices,
land and buildings, Provisional Orders,
A 32; computation of time, inquiries
by Secretary for Scotland, recovery and
application of penalties, saving_pro-
visions, A 34; definitions, A 35. Tran-
sitory provisions-first election, A 36;
appointed day, postponement of regis-

tration in 1889, A 37; provisions as to
current rates and as to various joint
committees, etc., existing officers com-
pensation, A 39; local taxation licences,
A 40.
County Council: grants to, in relief of
rates, A 46; powers under Small Hold-
ings Act, A 66.

Association Expenses Act, 1894,

A 78.

Bills in Parliament Act, 1903,
A 165.

General assessment, expenses charge-
able to, A 138.

officials, how salaries to be defrayed,
A 138.

may adopt sections of Burgh Police
Act as to ice-cream shops, H 214.
County Licensing Courts, M 2-5.
County Voters Registration Act, 1861,
K 18.

Court houses, sheriff, A 146-151. See
Sheriff Court Houses Acts.
Court of Session Act, 1868: cognition of
insane persons, G 54.

orders as to adoption of Burgh Police
Act, H 8.

Cows suffering from tuberculosis, H 210.
Cremation Act, 1902: Burial authority
may provide for cremation, F 79; site
of crematorium, F 79; regulations as
to burning, F 80; fees, F 80.
Criminal and Dangerous Lunatics
(Scotland) Amendment Act, 1871
disposal of persons in prison at H.M.
order, or orders of Court, transfer from
prison to asylum, G 58; removals to and
from prison, persons becoming insane
in local prison, G 59; return to prison,
dangerous lunatics, G 60.

habitual drunkards, L 36.
Law Amendment Act, prosecutions
under, H 113.

Lunatics Act, 1884: detention of
person becoming pauper lunatic, to be
removed, or, if unfit, expenses charged
to his own parish, G 64.

returns, B 18.

Crofting Parishes and Agricultural Rates
Act, A 140.

Cromarty and Ross, application of Local
Government Act to, A 18.
"Crown," references to, defined, L 130.
Crown rights in foreshore, H 76.
Cubic space in houses in burghs, H
205.

Custody of Children Act, 1891: powers
of Court and parent as to custody,
religious education, and costs, L 45.
Customs and excise duties, distribution
and application of, A 41.

Customs and Inland Revenue Act,
1890: lodging-houses and inhabited
house duty, I 97.

officers and epidemics, I 32.
petty, power to abolish, H 182.

Dairies, Cow-sheds, and Milk-shops
Order of 1885: registration of dairy-
men, construction and water supply,
sanitary state, contamination of milk,
C 41; regulations of local authority,
existence of disease among cattle, C 42.
1887; penalties, C 43.

1899; confirmation of local autho-
rity's regulations, C 43.

and infection, I 25.

diseased cows in, H 210-213.
Danger-posts for motor cars, D 86.
Dangerous buildings, H 50.

places to be fenced and enclosed,
H 50.

roads, fencing of, D 50.
Deacon conveners, H 173.

Dealer in marine stores, H 117, 118.
Dean of Guild Court: jurisdiction and
how formed, H 53, 191, 196, 197; pro-
cedure, H 54, 196; railway buildings
excepted, H 133.

Deans of Guild of Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, H 173, 215.

Deaths, registration of. See Registration.
Debts of burgh, councillors not to be
liable for, H 159.

Debt, road, D 24; on roads taken over by
burghs, D 29, 54.

Deeds, execution of, by Burgh Commis-
sioners, H 157.

Deputy chief constable, appointment of,
B 5.

Depute town clerk, H 169.

Depute officials in burghs, H 201.
Desertion of wives, etc., F 24.
Destructive Insects Act, 1877: power to

make orders to prevent introduction,
and spread of, compensation for crops,
C 38; local authorities and orders,
publication, C 39.

Discharge of bond for money borrowed,
form of, H 95.

Diseased cattle, power to seize, H 112.
Diseases, general prevention and mitiga-
tion of, I 22, et seq. See Public Health

Acts.

infectious, notification of, I 2-5.
See Infectious diseases, etc.
Diseases of Animals Act, 1894: central
and local authorities, separation of
animals and notice to police, C 9;
cattle plague, C 10; infected places and
areas, C 11; slaughter by Board of
Agriculture in pleuro, foot and mouth