An Act to ratify conditional Agreements entered into by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings; and to vest in the said Commissioners certain Property situate near the College of Edinburgh in the City of Edinburgh, together with the General Register House in the said City, and all Lands held therewith; and to enable the said Commissioners to acquire certain Property near the Palace of Holyrood.
WHEREAS in the Estimates for the Public Service passed in the last Session of Parliament certain Sums were set apart for the Formation of a National Museum of Industry for Scotland, and in particular for the Purchase of Ground sufficient for the Site of the said Museum, to be built in the Vicinity of the Buildings of the University and College of Edinburgh within the City of Edinburgh: And whereas the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, incorporated by an Act of the Ses...