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Ten Provosts

Ten Provosts. Portsoy was made a Burgh of Barony in 1550. This meant that it was in charge of many of its own affairs. . lm-6016. Ten Provosts. The burgh system was revised in 1833 to bring an element of uniformity.

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Ten Provosts

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  1. Ten Provosts • Portsoy was made a Burgh of Barony in 1550. • This meant that it was in charge of many of its own affairs. lm-6016

  2. Ten Provosts • The burgh system was revised in 1833 to bring an element of uniformity. • Each burgh was to have a common council consisting of a provost (or lord provost), magistrates (or bailies) and councillors. lm-6017

  3. Ten Provosts • The council was charged with looking after the ‘common good’. • This included "paving, lighting, cleansing, watching, supplying with water, and improving such Burghs respectively, as may be necessary and expedient". lm-6018

  4. Ten Provosts • In 1893 further legislation helped to create more uniformity in the system whereby Councils were to be headed by a chief magistrate who was to be known as the provost. lm-6019

  5. Ten Provosts • The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 formally abolished burghs. Section 1(5) of the Act stated: • On 16 May 1975, all local government areas existing immediately before that date, that is to say, all counties, counties of cities, large burghs, small burghs and districts, shall cease to exist, and the council of every such area shall also cease to exist. lm-6020

  6. Ten Provosts • Between 1889 and 1975 Portsoy had ten Provosts. • They came from a range of backgrounds and some were more dynamic and innovative than others. lm-6021

  7. Ten Provosts • The early provosts oversaw the development of Seafield Street as a main thoroughfare; and the harbour area deteriorated. • In the 1960s reconstruction of the harbour area began. lm-6022

  8. Ten Provosts • We owe much to our late provosts who, despite their warts, were shakers and movers and ensured that the burgh did not slip into terminal decline. lm-6023

  9. Ten Provosts • It is interesting to consider the relative merits of the more centralised system of local government that has been in place since 1975. lm-6024

  10. Ten Provosts • “Of the best leaders, when they are gone, the people all say, • ‘We did it ourselves’” • (Tao teh Ching) lm-6025

  11. Ten Provosts Portraits of the former provosts can be viewed in the old Council Chamber in the Town Hall

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