Greenock Burgh Extension Act 1882
WHEREAS the burgh of Greenock, in the county of Renfrew (herein-after called "the existing burgh"), is a burgh which returns a member to Parliament, and the boundaries of the existing burgh were fixed and defined by the Act 2 & 3 William IV., chapter 65: And whereas the Municipal Corporation of the existing burgh consists of sixteen councillors, whereof one is provost and six are bailies, and one treasurer, who are elected and chosen by the persons within the limits of the existing burgh, as ...