The Police (Scotland) Act 1858
WHEREAS by the Eighth Section of an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to render more effectual the Police in Counties and Burghs in Scotland, it is enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Sheriff of any County within whose Jurisdiction the Works of any Railway, Canal, or other public Work of a similar Nature shall be in Progress of Construction, upon the Application of the Company or other Parties carrying on any such public Work, or for any Two Justices of the P...