Municipal Elections Amendment (Scotland) Act 1881
WHEREAS in the Act thirty-two and thirty-three Victoria, chapter fifty-five, it is provided that in that Act, and other Acts of Parliament therein recited, whenever words occur which import the masculine gender the same shall be held to include females for all purposes connected with and having reference to the right to vote in the election of town councillors in England: And whereas it is expedient that in this respect the municipal franchise in Scotland shall be assimilated to that of Engla...