Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854

XIX New Qualification for Commissioners of Supply.

From and after the passing of this Act, no Person, other than a Person duly qualified as after mentioned, shall be qualified to act as Commissioner of Supply in any County ; and any Person not duly qualified as aforesaid . acting as such Commissioner shall be subject and liable to the Penalties presently attached by Law to the acting as a Commissioner of Supply without Qualification ; and from and after the passing of this Act the Qualification requisite for a Commissioner of Supply in any County shall be the being named as an ex-officio Commissioner of Supply in any Act of Supply, or the being Proprietor or the Husband of any Proprietor infeft in Liferent, or in Fee not burdened with a Liferent, in Lands and Heritages within such County, of the yearly Rent or Value, in Terms of this Act, of at least One hundred Pounds, or the being eldest Son and Heir Apparent of a Proprietor infeft in Fee not burdened with a Liferent in Lands and Heritages within such County of the yearly Rent or Value in Terms of this Act, of Four hundred Pounds; and the Factor of any Proprietor or Proprietors infeft, either in Liferent or in Fee unburdened as aforesaid, in Lands and Heritages within such County of the yearly Rent or Value, in Terms of this Act, of Eight hundred Pounds, shall be qualified to act as a Commissioner of Supply in the Absence of such Proprietor or Proprietors : Provided always, that, with reference only to the Qualification of Commissioners of Supply under this Act, the yearly Rent or Value of Houses and other Buildings, not being Farmhouses or Offices or other agricultural Buildings, shall be estimated at only One Half of their actual yearly Rent or Value, in Terms of this Act: Provided also, that all Persons who shall, at the Date of the passing of this Act, have been in actual Possession of the Qualification then required by Law for a Commissioner of Supply, and entitled to act as such Commissioner, shall, so long as he shall continue to possess such last-mentioned Qualification, be deemed to be in possession of the Qualification requisite for a Commissioner of Supply in Terms of this Act,