Endowed Institutions (Scotland) Act 1878
WHEREAS there are numerous endowed schools and hospitals and other endowed institutions in Scotland, and it is expedient that provision should be made to enable the governors, managers, trustees, or other governing body thereof to apply for and obtain from Parliament power and authority whereby changes may be made in the government and management of the said schools, hospitals, and institutions, or in the application of their endowments, and at the same time provision may be made for upholdin...