The Boundaries of Burghs Extension (Scotland) Act 1857
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide Means whereby Property situated without the Boundaries of Burghs in Scotland may, in Terms of the Votes of the Persons interested therein, be included within the same: Be it 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