. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. he line. The store department was opened in the town there are very extensive coal-fields andworks. There are five incorporated trades, viz., thebonnet-makers, the skinners, the tailors, the shoemakers,and the weavers—the first being the oldest, with acharter dating from 1646. The shield of the townsarms is the same as that of the Earls of Kilmarnock, Azure, a iess cheque argent and gules. ifunicijjalitij, etc.—Till near the end of the 17thcentury Kilmarnock wasgoverne
. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. he line. The store department was opened in the town there are very extensive coal-fields andworks. There are five incorporated trades, viz., thebonnet-makers, the skinners, the tailors, the shoemakers,and the weavers—the first being the oldest, with acharter dating from 1646. The shield of the townsarms is the same as that of the Earls of Kilmarnock, Azure, a iess cheque argent and gules. ifunicijjalitij, etc.—Till near the end of the 17thcentury Kilmarnock wasgoverned by a baronbailie, and from thattime to the passing ofthe Reform Bill by a pro-vost, 6 bailies, a tiea-surer, and 16 is now governed bya provost, 6 bailies, atreasurer, a dean of guild,and 16 councillors, fivemembers of councilbeing returned for eachof the five wards intowhich the town is di-vided. The magistratesand council are alsopolice commissioners, the force in their employmentin 1882 having been a superintendent and 20 men,or 1 ofiicer to every 1231 of population. The super-376-. Seal of Kilmarnock. KILMARNOCK intendents salary is £190. The number of personstried at the instance of the police in 1881 was 758,the number convicted was 747, the number com-mitted for trial 10, and the number not dealt withwas 53. The Municipal Extension and ImprovementAct of 1871 transferred to the corporation the chargeof the gaswork, which was originally established bya joint-stock company in 1822. The corporation re-venue in 1881-82 was £814. Water was introducedin 1850 by a joint-stock company, in whose hands theworks still remain. The original cost was £20,000, andthis has since been largely increased. The settlingreservoir is at Gainford, in the parish of Fenwick, andcovers 3 acres ; one storage reservoir is at Northcraig,in Kilmarnock parish, and with its embankments covers25 acres, and holds nearly 66,000,000 gallons ; another,at Burnfoot, covers an area of 43
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