District Committees (1889-1930)
District committees were formed under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889. [1] The county was to be divided into districts for managing and maintaining roads and for public health administration. The district committees were composed of county councillors from the electoral divisions in the district together with one representative from each parochial board (later parish council) in the district and one from each burgh in the district.[2] Their procedures were subject to county council general regulations, and they could not raise their own rates. They were abolished by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929.[3]
Surviving records of District Committees are usually found with the records of County Councils in local authority archives services.
Compilers: SCAN contributors (2000). Editor: Elspeth Reid (2021)
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References
[1] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c.50) ss.16-17.
[2] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c.50) s.78.
[3] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. V c.25).