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The Burgh Trading (Scotland) Act 1846 (9 and 10 Vict. cap. 17) abolishes the exclusive privileges of trading incorporations in burghs, and provides (section 3) that where in consequence of the Act the revenues of any such incorporation may be affected and the membership diminished the incorporation may apply to the Court of Session by summary petition to sanction such bye-laws, regulations, and resolutions as may be proposed to meet the altered circumstances.
The Incorporation of Maltmen of the Burgh of Stirling, and William Robert Page: 599 ↓
The petition was served upon the Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the Burgh of Stirling, and upon the executor-nominate of the last treasurer of the Incorporation. It was also intimated to the Lord Advocate, who by letter in process stated that he did not object to the prayer of the petition being granted.
The petition set forth—“The petitioner William Robert Galbraith is, so far as can be ascertained, the sole surviving member of the Incorporation of Maltmen of the Burgh of Stirling. He was admitted a member on 17th November 1857.
Down to the year 1846 the Incorporation had from a very early period enjoyed the exclusive privilege of malting within the burgh of Stirling. This privilege was recognised in a Seal of Cause from King James VI in 1603, and several grants and enactments have subsequently been made in favour of the Incorporation by the magistrates of the burgh.
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