The Scottish poor laws : their history, policy and operation / by Robert Peel Lamond.

  • Lamond, Robert Peel.
Date:
1892
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    ivcommemlatiou of the said board ; ami the Shei'itfs of the said three slu'riffdoms o( I’erth, Ivenfrew, and Ross ami ('roniarty shall eaeh reeeive the sum of one hundred pounds sterling per annum, in addition to their present salaries, so long as they continue to act as meinbei's of the said board. Meetuiys of the Board—Pai(l Member of Board of Supervision to attend reiiulariy. \ . And be it enacted, d'hat tbe said Hoard of Supervision shall meet at Kdinburgh in the t'onrt-room of the First Division of the ('ourt of Session, upon the twentieth day of August next, or upon the tii-st convenient day within ten days thereaftei', of which tine notice shall be given by the secretary to each of the members, and shall thereafter hold two general meetings in each year, one n])on the tii-st Wednesday in February, and the other upon the first Wednesday in August; and at such first meeting, and at all other meetings to be hekl in pursuance of this Act, three shall be sntficient to act; and the siiid board shall have power to adjourn for such time and to such place as they shall see fit; and it shall be lawful for the said board to hold special ox pro re nata meetings, which may be called by the secretary, [)rovided that such notice shall be given in writing by the secretary, as the board shall direct; and that all notices of special ox pro re nata meetings shall specify the business or matter on which such meetings are called ; and it shall be the duty of the paid member of the said board not only to attend at the general and the sjiecial or adjourned meetings, but to give regular attendance for the purj)ose of condneting the business of the said board; and the board shall have chambei’s in Kdinburgh at which the ordinary business of the board shall be conducted, and at which the meetings of the board may be held. Board may name Committees. VI. And be it enacted. That the said board shall have power, as often as they may deem fit, to aj)point any two or more of their number as a committee for the purposes of this Act, and if more than two, to fix the number of such committee that shall be sufficient to transiict business; and it shall be lawful for such committee, in transacting the business committed to them, to exercise all the powei*s neccssfiry for that pur{)ose which are by this Act given to the Hoard of Supervision; and such committee shall be bound to report to the board at such time or times as the board shall direct, and failing such direction, shall report to the said board at its next general statutory meeting.