Public Parks (Scotland) Act 1878
WHEREAS it is desirable to assimilate the laws respecting the acquisition of land by local authorities for certain purposes otherwise than by agreement: And whereas the Public Health Act, 1875, and the Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1875, contain powers in this respect which may with great advantage be extended: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in th...