The Burgesses (Scotland) Act 1860
WHEREAS by the Fourteenth Section of an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled 'An Act to alter and amend the Laws for the Election of the Magistrates and Councils of the Royal Burghs in Scotland,' it was enacted, that no Person should be entitled to be received and inducted as Councillor who shall not previous to such Induction be entered Burgess for the Burgh of which he is so elected, wherever there is any Body of Burgesses in any su...