An Act to assimilate the Law of Scotland to that of England respecting the creation of Burgesses.
WHEREAS an Act was passed in the fifth and sixth year of His Majesty William the Fourth, chapter seventy-six, intituled "An Act to provide for the regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales:" And whereas another Act was passed in the thirty-second and thirty-third year of Her Majesty, chapter fifty-five, amending the same: And whereas it is expedient to assimilate the law of Scotland in some respects to the law of England as regards the creation of burgesses: Be it therefore en...