Lunacy Acts (Scotland)

Bound volume containing: 1) C.R.I. Act - An Act to Incorporate the Trustees and Others, Directors of the Crichton Royal Institution for Lunatics at Dumfries, and for the better enabling them to carry on their charitable designs, 1840 2) Minutes of the first Board Meeting of Trustees and Directors of Crichton Royal Institution, 26 November 1840 3) An Act to Regulate Madhouses in Scotland, 1815 (55 Geo.II III. Cap. 69.) 4) An Act for altering and amending an Act passed in the fifty-fifth year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled an Act to regulate Madhouses in Scotland, 1828 (9 Geo.II IV. Cap. 34.) 5) An Act to alter and amend certain Acts regulating Madhouses in Scotland; and to provide for the Custody of Dangerous Lunatics, 1841 (4 &5 Vict. Cap. 60.) 6) An Act for the better Protection of the Property of Pupils, absent Persons, and Persons under Mental Incapacity in Scotland, 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. Cap. 51.) 7) An Act for the Regulation of the Care and Treatment of Lunatics, and for the Provision, Maintenance, and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums in Scotland, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. Cap. 71.) 8) An Act to Amend an Act of the last Session, for the Regulation of the Care and Treatment of Lunatics, and for the Provision, Maintenance, and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums in Scotland, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. Cap. 89.) 9) An Act to make further Provision respecting Lunacy in Scotland, 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. Cap. 54.) 10) An Act to continue the Deputy Commissioners in Lunacy in Scotland, and to make further Provision for the Salaries of the Deputy Commissioners, Secretary, and the Clerk of the General Board of Lunacy in Scotland, 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. Cap. 59) 11) An Act to amend the Acts relating to Lunacy in Scotland, and to make further Provision for the Care and Treatment of Lunatics, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. Cap. 51.) 12) An Act to amend the Law relating to Criminal and Dangerous Lunatics in Scotland, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. Ch. 55.) 13) Rules and Regulations of the Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries, 1873 14) Rules and Regulations of the Southern Counties Asylum, Dumfries, 1873 There are manuscript annotations throughout this volume.

1815-1871

1 volume

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