Excerpt from Green's Encyclopaedia of the Law of Scotland, Vol. 14: Supplementary (Bringing the Several Down to Date); With a Complete Index of All Matters Treated of or Referred to in the Whole Work of William Green S. S. C Ancient Monuments Protection Acts, I882 l900. The Ancient Monuments Protection Act, 1882 (45 46 Vict. C. Constituted the Commissioners of Works the guardians Of ancient monuments. The Act of 1900 (63 64 Vict. C. 34) gives similar powers to county councils (s. Such monuments may come under the guardianship of the Commissioners in three ways: (1) The owner of any ancient monu ments may, by deed under his hand, constitute the Commissioners guardians of the monument (s. (2) They may, with consent of the Treasury, purchase any ancient monument - the Lands Clauses Act being incorporated with the Act 1882 for such purpose, with the exception Of the provisions therein which relate to the purchase and taking of lands otherwise than by agreement (s. (3) Any person may, by deed or will, give or bequeath to the Commissioners his estate or interest in any ancient monument, and the Commissioners may accept the same if they think expedient (s. The Commissioners must appoint one or more inspectors of ancient monuments, to report on their condition and as to the best mode of preserving them (8. Penalties - If any person injures or defaces an ancient monument to which the Acts apply, he is liable on summary conviction, at the discretion of the Court, either to forfeit any sum not exceeding GBP5, and, in addition thereto, to pay such sum as the Court may think just for the purpose of repairing any damage caused by him; or (2) to be imprisoned with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding one month (s. The owner of an ancient monument is not so punishable in respect of any act which he may do to such monument, except in cases where the Com missioners have been constituted guardians, in which case he shall be deemed to have relinquished his rights of ownership so far as relates to any injury or defacement, and may be dealt with as if he were not the owner. The Act 1882 (as regards Scotland), s. 21, defines ancient monuments to be monuments enumerated in the schedule, and any other monument of a like character to which the Commissioners Of Works at the request of the owners thereof may consent to become guardians - and monument includes the site, and such portion of land adjoining as may be required to fence, cover in, or otherwise preserve the monument from injury, and also the means of access to such monument (s. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.