Central District Council

Reference:GB 252 CDC
Dates of Creation:1928-1975
Language of Material:English
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Scope and Content
Minutes and abstracts of accounts, 1930-1975; Other administrative and financial records, 1928-1975; Muthill Special District Committee minutes, 1929-1951; Comrie Special District Committee minutes, 1928-1975; St Fillans Special District Committee minutes, 1929-1971; Blackford Special District Committee minutes, 1931-1950.
Administrative / Biographical History
Perthshire District Councils were formed under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. V, c. 25) which abolished district committees, standing joint committees, commissioners of supply, parish councils, education authorities and other bodies, and transferred all or most of their functions to county councils. The Act required county councils to draw up a scheme of district councils, to be composed partly of directly elected district councillors and partly of the county councillors from electoral divisions within the district. District councils had various responsibilities delegated to them by the county council under a scheme of delegation. These might include the letting of houses, the upkeep of cemeteries and, until 1948, the poor law. District councils also administered special districts or committees responsible for certain functions such as scavenging or water supply, financed by additional rates. Central District Council covered the Perthshire parishes of Auchterarder, Blackford, Crieff, Comrie, Dunning, Fowlis Wester, Glendevon, Logiealmond, Madderty, Monzievaird and Strowan, Muckhart, Muthill and Trinity Gask. Central District Council had a population of 8,678 in 1971. District councils were abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) and replaced in Perthshire by Tayside Regional Council and Perth and Kinross District Council.
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