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[1745] 2 Elchies 101
Subject_1 BURGH ROYAL.
Date: Election of Inverkeithing
31 July 1745
Case No.No. 22.
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The old Deacons having been kept from the election by force, for which purpose a warrant had been obtained from two Justices of Peace, the Lords found that the old Deacons had a right to be in the Council, at least till the new Deacons were admitted; and afterwards found that they had a right to join in the election of the new Councillors, (after which only the new Deacons ought to be admitted;) and they not only reduced the defender's election, which they would have done whatever side the majority had been of, but they also counted their votes, and therefore sustained the pursuer's election. They also found that Grass Freemen, (as they were called,) i. e. Honorary Freemen, had no right to vote in the election of Deacons of Crafts, and that by the set of this Burgh Councillors behoved to be residing Burgesses.—N. B. All the Councillors here are for life.
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