Excerpt from Green's Encyclopaedia of the Law of Scotland, Vol. 12: Standing Joint Committee to Turnpike Acts Standing Joint Committee. In the system of county government established by the Local Government Act, 1889 (52 53 Vict. C. The Standing Joint Committee is (by sec. 18) charged with important duties. (1) It is deemed to be the Police Committee under the Police Act, 1857 (20 21 Vict. C. Having all the powers of such Police Committee, and being subject to all the provisions of the Police Act, except in so far as these ...
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Excerpt from Green's Encyclopaedia of the Law of Scotland, Vol. 12: Standing Joint Committee to Turnpike Acts Standing Joint Committee. In the system of county government established by the Local Government Act, 1889 (52 53 Vict. C. The Standing Joint Committee is (by sec. 18) charged with important duties. (1) It is deemed to be the Police Committee under the Police Act, 1857 (20 21 Vict. C. Having all the powers of such Police Committee, and being subject to all the provisions of the Police Act, except in so far as these are expressly modified by the Local Government Act. (2) No works involving capital expenditure can be undertaken in any county or district thereof, in Virtue of powers transferred or conferred by the Act or any other Act, without the consent in writing (signed by two members and the county clerk (s. Of the Standing Joint Committee. (for definition of capital works, see sec. 18 (7 The committee consists of -i(1) Such number of county councillors, not exceeding seven, as shall be appointed by the county council annually at their meeting in May; (2) Such number of the Commissioners of Supply, not exceeding seven, as shall be appointed by the Commissioners of Supply annually at their meeting on the same day; and (3) the Sheriff of the county (or in his absence one of his Substitutes to be nominated by him for that purpose (8. 18 (1) and Casual vacancies are filled up by the county council or Commissioners of Supply, as the case may be (s. 18 The committee elect one of their own number to be chairman. The county clerk acts as clerk of the committee, without any further appointment or remuneration (ib. See county council; constable (vol. Iii. Statute Law. - Statute law is the chief part of what is known as the written law of the land, and consists of the Whole body of Acts of Parliament now in force. An Act of Parliament is the expression of the will of the supreme legal authority recognised by the constitution. It is enacted by the Queen's (or King's) Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same. It cannot be altered, suspended, or repealed, except by the same authority. In Scotland, differing in this respect from England, it may fall Into desuetude. (see desuetude.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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