Volume 1

Annals of Glasgow, comprising an account of the public buildings, charities, and the rise and progress of the city / By James Cleland.

  • Cleland, James, 1770-1840.
Date:
1816
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annals of Glasgow, comprising an account of the public buildings, charities, and the rise and progress of the city / By James Cleland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    65/498 (page 45)
    The building ground here is not disposed of by the lineal foot of front, as is the case in the other great towns in the Island, it is sold or feued by square measure; a yard of nine square feet, in a business situation, will bring from four to eighteen guineas, according to circumstances *. The general rate of ground, however, for dwelling-houses fronting a street, not in a situation for business, is from one guinea and a half to three guineas per yard. V\V\\\W\\VAV\ CHAP. VI. SET, OR CONSTITUTION, OF THE BURGH. Set of the Burgh—Magistrates and Council—Magistrates are Justices of the Peace—Magistrates wear Gold Chains—Chief Magistrate does not receive a Salary—Member of Parliament, by whom returned—Revenue and Expenditure of Burgh—Trusts committed to the Magistrates—Merchants' and Trades' Ranks, and Houses—Public Buildings—Cathedral—College Church—Tron Church—North West Church—St. Andrew's Church—St. Enoch's Church—■ St. George's Church—Barony Church—Gorbals Church—Episcopal Chapel Roman Catholic Chapel—Former Places of Worship. By the Constitution of the Burgh, three distinct bodies are recognised; viz, the Magistrates and Town Council, the Mer- chants’ House, and the Trades’ House. The Set, or Constitu- tion, having undergone some slight alterations, by the Conven- tion of Royal Burghs in 1801, is now declared to be as follows: The alfairs of the Burgh shall be governed by a Provost, three Baillies of the Merchants’ Rank, and two Baillies of the Trades’ Rank; twelve Counsellors of the Merchants’ Rank, and eleven Counsellors of the Trades’ Rank; a Master of Works, who must be of the Merchants’ Rank; and a Treas- urer, of the Merchants’ and Trades’ Rank alternately. These two Officers are Counsellors, ex officio. The offices of the * In particular situations for business, ground has been sold as high as 301. or 40/. per yard.