Found to be irregular, that the same person should be a member of different corporations.
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Two burgesses of Brechin pursued a reduction of an election of the deacon and treasurer of the hammermen, and declarator that they themselves had been elected by a fair majority to those offices; and, in support of the plea, urged the immemorial usage of the burgh, by which the same person might be a member of different corporations; thus it was alleged, That a slater and butcher were members of the corporation of glovers; a weaver, a shoemaker, a wright, and a carter, were members of the corporation of bakers; and a writer was a member of the corporation of taylors; and it was urged, that unless this practice were allowed, some of the corporations would be extinct.——The Lords were of opinion, That the practice was most irregular, therefore repelled the reasons of reduction, and assoilzied from the declarator.
