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Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886

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17Appointment of three Commissioners

With a view to the execution, of this Act, it shall he lawful for Her Majesty to appoint three Commissioners, in this Act designated "the Crofters Commission."

One of the said Commissioners shall be a person who can speak the Gaelic language.

One of the said Commissioners shall be a person who at the date of his appointment shall be an advocate of the Scottish bar of not less than ten years

If any vacancy occurs in the office of Commissioner by death, resignation, incapacity, or otherwise, Her Majesty may by warrant under the Royal Sign Manual appoint some other qualified person to fill the vacancy.

It shall be the duty of the Crofters Commission to hold sittings in such places to which this Act applies, and in such order and subject to such regulations, as the Secretary for Scotland may prescribe.

The Crofters Commission may appoint such officers, including valuers and assessors, as also clerks or persons holding inferior situations, at such remuneration as the Treasury may sanction, and the Commissioners shall receive such remuneration as the Treasury may sanction out of moneys to be provided by Parliament.

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