Bailies Sentence Examples

The town is under the control of a provost, bailies and council, and, along with Hawick and Selkirk, forms the Hawick (or Border) group of parliamentary burghs.

Brechin - which is controlled by a provost, bailies and council - unites with Arbroath, Forfar, Inverbervie and Montrose to return one member to parliament.

It is governed by a council with provost and bailies.

Elgin combines with Banff, Cullen, Inverurie, Kintore and Peterhead to return one member to parliament, and the town is controlled by a council with provost and bailies.

Perth is under the jurisdiction of a town council, with a lord provost and bailies, and returns one member to parliament.

The town is governed by a council, with provost and bailies, and owns the gas and water supplies and the electric lighting.

The corporation of the burghs consists of the provost (or lord provost, in the cases of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee), bailies and councillors, with certain permanent officials, of whom the town clerk is the most important.

The town is under the control of a council with provost and bailies, and combines with Airdrie, Hamilton, Lanark and Linlithgow (the Falkirk group of burghs) to return a member to parliament.

Greenock is under the jurisdiction of a town council with provost and bailies.

The town is governed by a provost, bailies and council, and unites with Selkirk and Galashiels (together known as the Border burghs) to send a member to parliament.

The city comprises eleven wards and eighteen ecclesiastical parishes, and is under the jurisdiction of a council with lord provost, bailies, treasurer and dean of guild.

The town, which is governed by a provost, bailies and council, unites with Musselburgh and Portobello to send one member to parliament.

Stirling is under the jurisdiction of a council with provost and bailies, and, along with Culross, Dunfermline, Inverkeithing and Queensferry (the Stirling burghs) returns a member; to Parliament.

The town is governed by a provost, bailies and council, and, with Stirling, Culross, Inverkeithing and Queensferry (the Stirling group), combines in returning a member to parliament.

The town is under the jurisdiction of a provost, bailies and council, and, with Brechin, Forfar, Inverbervie and Montrose, returns one member to parliament.

Bailies Also appointed from among the councilors are a number of bailies Also appointed from among the councilors are a number of Bailies.

In burghal constitution it was held to be governed by two bailies and twelve Councilors, elected annually by the householders.

It is governed by a provost, 4 bailies, a treasurer, and 10 councilors.