Counties of Cities
The four royal burghs that were counties of cities were largely unaffected by the Act, except that they assumed responsibility for public assistance and education.
Read more about this topic: Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929
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“Lord, how long?”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah, 6:11.
Asking how long will the chastisement of the people last. God replies, “Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, and the Lord have removed man far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.”