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522: 125:, the county councils were given authority over all burghs except the four which were classed as counties of cities. The councils for each of the four cities therefore performed both burgh functions and county-level functions, including roads, education, police, public health, social services, planning and local taxation. 98:
At that time, there were 26 burghs which were excluded from county council control for the purposes of local government. These remained part of their parent county for the purposes of administration of justice, with the exception of Edinburgh, which had been given the right to appoint its own sheriff
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Following the creation of the county councils, there were calls to make some of the other large cities their own counties for judicial purposes as well as local government. Glasgow was subsequently designated as the next county of city in 1893, being named "the county of the city of Glasgow".
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for each county in 1667. Local government functions transferred to elected county councils in 1890 under the
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Finally, Aberdeen was made a county of a city in 1899, by the name of "the county of the city of Aberdeen".
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Scotland's counties (also called shires) were primarily areas for the administration of justice via a
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and also served as their own judicial areas. There were four such areas, covering the cities of
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Dundee was designated the following year, by the name "the county of the city of Dundee".
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between 1890 and 1975 which performed the functions of both a
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in 1482. Edinburgh was therefore judicially independent from
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Index

local government areas
Scotland
county council
burgh
Aberdeen
Dundee
Edinburgh
Glasgow
city corporation
town council
county
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
regions and districts
sheriff
Commissioners of Supply
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889
Midlothian
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929


"Local Government in Scotland before 1973"
Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
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"Act of the convention of estates of the kingdom of Scotland etc. for a new and voluntary offer to his majesty of £72,000 monthly for the space of twelve months, 23 January 1667"
Guide to local government in parishes, counties and burghs
"Preparing for the elections in Scotland"
"Edinburghshire: Of its establishment as a shire"
Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, 1403–1528
The Parliamentary Register

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