Orkney Roads Act 1857
WHEREAS an Act of the Parliament of Scotland was passed in the Year One thousand six hundred and sixty-nine, intituled An Act for repairing Highways and Bridges, whereby an Assessment of Ten Shillings Scots on each Hundred Pounds Scots of valued Rent is authorized to be levied for the Purposes mentioned in the said Act upon the Proprietors of Lands in Scotland, and which Assessment has been and is now levied from the Heritors of the County of Orkney in Terms of the said recited Act as after m...