An Act to diminish the Number of Sheriffs in Scotland, and to unite certain Counties in Scotland in so far as regards the Jurisdiction of the Sheriff.
WHEREAS it is expedient that the Number of Sheriffs in Scotland should be diminished, and that Provision should be made for uniting certain Counties in so far as regards the Jurisdiction of the Sheriff: 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 this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: