William Harris Endowment and Dundee Education Act, 1882
WHEREAS, from ancient times Public Schools have existed in Dundee, under the management of the magistrates and town council of the burgh of Dundee, and on the 15th day of October, 1827, the town council appointed a committee for considering means for improving the said Public Schools and obtaining more suitable buildings for their accommodation, and gave such committee full power to apply, in name of the town council, for subscriptions from the inhabitants of Dundee for providing school accom...