Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . 1859), an Epis-copal school, and three Roman Catholic schools. ThoGovernment School of Art and Design, established in1848, is in the centre of tho town not far from thoCounty Buildings. Though it performs good work, itsown appearance is by no means compatible with itspurposes. On an average about 88 pupils are trainedin it every year. Municipality, etc.—After the crown charter of 1665,Paisley was in all but the election of a member ofparliament on the same footing as a royal burgh, andb
Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . 1859), an Epis-copal school, and three Roman Catholic schools. ThoGovernment School of Art and Design, established in1848, is in the centre of tho town not far from thoCounty Buildings. Though it performs good work, itsown appearance is by no means compatible with itspurposes. On an average about 88 pupils are trainedin it every year. Municipality, etc.—After the crown charter of 1665,Paisley was in all but the election of a member ofparliament on the same footing as a royal burgh, andby the Reform Act of 1833 it was made a Parliamentaryburgh. Tho municipal government is carried on by aprovost, four bailies, a treasurer, and ten councillors,who also, under tho General Police and ImprovementAct of 1862, manage police affairs. Tho police force intheir employment is 53 officers (1 to every 1099 of thepopulation), and the superintendents salary is £ number of persons tried at the instance of the 155 PAISLEY PAISLEY paHoa iii 1SS1 was 558) Che inn number committed lor trial 07, i. bar convicted r>33, tlio id tlio number not dealt with 1108. Thereis also ii [Ire-brigadewith thirteen fire-On) d. The gasworksarc at the NW of tboi. They were ori-Ihestalilishedin 16,(100, to makeiflammable air for. iting tlio saidBurgh and AbbeyParish of 1845 their man-Seal of raUlcy. ngoment was trans-ferred to tho policecommissioners, and they are now in the hands of the towncouncil. The first water supply was introduced by a jointMock . 1S34-38 at a cost of about £32,000, theWlter being brought from Stanley Dam, about 2 miles tothe BW. Since 1870 it has also been drawn through theStanley filters from works at Nethertrees about 7 milesdistant, constructed in 1869-70 at a cost of £77,000,under an Act of Parliament obtained in 1866, the re-ceiving tank at Stanley being about 10 feet higher thanthe top of the High Church steeple, or nearly 300feet ab
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