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Legislation.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Declarations of laws, regulations, fund allocations, international treaties, etc., having the force of authority by virtue of their passing or enactment by an official organ of a state or other governing body.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Legislation (1968, 1977), correspondence, and licences relating to children performing in 'Men should weep'., 1982-1983, undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10893/111
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Containing papers on the following Scottish plays: 'Gold in his boots' by George Munro; 'U.A.B. - Scotland' by Harry Trott; 'Johnny Noble' by Ewan MacColl; "In time o' strife" by Joe Corrie; and 'Men should weep' by Ena Lamont Stewart.

Dates: 1982-1983, undated.

Papers of Sir Charles Elliot concerning Demerara and slavery., ?1830-?1833.

 File
Identifier: MS.21219
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Rough notes, 1831, on the right of the British Crown to legislate by decree of Privy Council for Demerara (folio 1); (ii) Draft legislation, ?1830-1833, concerning poor relief, employment law, the suppression of vagrancy, and the abolition of domestic slavery (folio 13); (iii) Draft legislation, ?1832-1833, concerning the proposed emancipation of slaves (folio 73); (iv) Memoranda, ?1833, on recent demographic trends among the slave population (folio 95); (v)...
Dates: ?1830-?1833.