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. 7995A'l EDINBUHGR theNineteen hundr~dafter reproducbdthe Books of the¡:resorvation :indlollm,s:------

DEED of 'lH1TS'l' made the Twenty eighth

Foureenth day of Julyand fifty one tho Deed herein-was presented for registration inLords of Council and Session foris registered in the said Books as

dRY of June and 2nd and 3rd July, 1951,

by The Reverend Thomus Guldwell, D.D., The

Munse, fiborlucly, AIAxander ROss, M.A., TheS choollwl1S e, ¡,berlady, Corns 11ns Smith, 'rhe

Pos t Offioe, :ibe rlAdy ,ind Almtàndel" Yorks ton,

"Snnnybrae", flberlady, (the persons from time

to time aoting hArsunder being lÐ reinafter

called the Trustees).

ilHi:lllAS (1) by.(Disposition) to bo ßr"nted by 'rhe rUr,ht Honourable FrancisDavld Ghl\rtsrL.ii, Earl nf :,ainyss and ¡",.:rch and the :!eni~~ Landed EstatesCompany 1ncorporotsd under the Com,'unies Ioct 1929 "'nd iwvlnr; its r"1'iateredriff1,ce at The l:states Offioe, Longnldelr;r, East LothIan, in favnul' of theTrustees we us Tru"tees shÐll be herltR1Jl:r vest in the sulJ.lectG therein tobe described which shall comi,rise a Hull for th", J.rùllbit,mts of the Parishof Aberlady, known as The "Drill HElll" "nd (2) it ia right and pi'opcr that

we should declbre the purposes for wli:Lch wo shall hold the said, subjects'lREFORE;m l1,í~EJY liEGLAlll as follows viz:-FIRST The sa id sub je cts and the buildinßs erected or to be erec ~ed thereon-- purp,'seand any other subje ots that may 11'1l'eafter be acquired for the like/ (herein-

iafter referred to as "the Trust subjects") are dedicated and shall 1;e held

by us and our successors as 'l'p'1stoes in all time comine; for the purposes ofphysical and mentol trainine Anrl recreatinn, anel social, moral andintellectual development throurß the modium of reacUnl, Bnd recreatJ.on rOOll,

.::..""t. ,library, lectures, classes, recreations anù entertainments or otherRiae asmay be found expedient of the inhabitants of (the Parish of hberledy in the

Cotinty of East Lothian) and ita inunedIot'l vicinity, without distinction of

sex or of political, religions or nther opinions race or colour subject to

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$ECOND The general management and control of the Tnist subjects and

the arrangements for their use Shflll be ve~ted in the Council

appointed by the Aberlady Community Association at its m"etin¡; held

on, the Twenty eighth day of A,Jril, 1949 (h"l'einafter call('ò "The

Counoil"). which Council shall hereafter consist of n('t m('re thanfoi1ty membflTs, of" whom .fiftool1 melib'Jl"s 8hnll bl) n0niinfitnù nn th'?

occasion of each annual ",enernl m"etitl,~~ I'eferrecJ to in clause Threeher"lof by each of the follriwincr orr;,misation~ in the Parish ofAbnrlady

The Kirk Sessirin.The County Educf1 tlriii Conim1ttoe.North BRrwicK j)i~ trlct CounciL.Girl Guiel,.~.'Boy Sc('uts.Brownies.Rifle Club.GurlJ,nl' Club.alonnnfrer Badminton Glnb.Pipe'Band.Bowling (;lub.The Old i'ge Pension"rs hssocl¡ition.The Dramatic Society.'The British 1e"inn.The Viomeno i Rur"l Iiistltiite.

and ,of whom not more thnn fifteen mAmberG shall be elected vt 8ach

of the said annual' r,encrnl meetinrs, and of whom two me mb'Jr'i nhnll

be re;,resentative of Junior members electl'cl by (ind from S'lCn nicmb"rs,

and who shaH al~o includo the OffJceiI's of th!' siiid ilberllir1y GrinlCunityAsiiociatinn, Ilnd t'ao TIeJ1rcs"nt"tl.vo~ of th'l 'lriistecs. In arhUtl.rin to

,the memborii of thA Council Qopointecl aa above the Councll shell have

.~\ 0",. .. . power to oo'-opt not more than five members to r8V1'escnt intorests inthe soid PArish not r"presentcd by Ilny or~llni"ation~ Thero ehall bo on Annutil General Meetlnß to be convened by the'

Counoil in the month of May l.n each year. by one week' a notioe to beaf,f1xed tn some oonspicuous part of the Trust sub.1ecta, or other

oonspiouous plaoe or places in the said Parish; those entitled to

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attend such meeting shall be the inhabitants of the age of Eighteen years

or upwards of either sex in the Parish of Aberlady; the purpose of the.

said meeting shall be to receive the Report am ACC0tmts of the Council, 'to

appoint not more than' fifteen meMbers under clause second hereof, and to

take such iiction as it miy decide under clause seventh hereof.

~ All membArs of the Council shall rotire annually at the AnrnalI

I~ General Meetinß. Every orgcwisatJ.otl rintitled to nomiiwte '9 member ,of the

Council to take the pliice of a member l'etJ.ring at 'an ilnnual General Meeting

shall make the nomination at any timo within one month before the Annual

General Meetinr, at which the retiring member of the Council shall retire.

FIFTH A casual vacanoy nrlslng from tho death or r'lslgnatlon or removalof a menb",r of the C"uncil shall bo filled by the orßanisation by which

such member s'hall h ve been nominated and the person nominated shall retire

at the time when the vacatlng member would have retired. In the event of

:."u a vacanoy orising throttth the deiitli, resignCltion or removal of any other

member of the Counoil the Council shall h'"ve power to f111 such vaoanoy

until the ne7-t Annual General Meotin¡;.~, In the event of any other orf,anisation being formed in the said

Parish with iiima of a sooial, recr'èational or oducational character, not

'inconsistent with those upon which the Trust subjectii are held he'reunder,

the Council shall have power by a Resolution of the Council passed at a

meeting at which not less than tvio-\;hh,js of all the members of the èouncil

vote in fave-ur of the H.c301ution to allow sltch new organisation to appoint

Bn additional member of thA Council in the Rame manner aa if such new

organisation had been mentioned in clouRe seoond hereof and for this purpos

tho total number of members m::y be lncreaiied.

SEVENTH If any organisation entitled to nominate a member of the Counoil

ceases to exiRt or fails to make nominar.ion in manner aforesaid before the

Lunual General Meeting in any year the Annual General Meeting shall deoide

in what way if at ell the vacanoy shall be filled.~/~

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!f The ;irooe"dings of the Counoil shall not be invalidated by

any vacancy among its members or by any defect in the appointment

or qualification of any member.

!! The Council may from time to time make and altnr l(1.l"s and

Regulations for the conduct of its business and for the su~noning and

:~SDoonduct of its meetings and in ¡wrticular with reference to (a) The

terms and conditions upon which tho Trlist subjects may be used forentertainments, me fltinr;s, s0c1.al rrithel'ini=s find otheir purposes, andthe sum (if any) to be pnid f01' such USA; (b) 'lhe nppointment of 8n

Audit0r, Treasurer and sl1ch other unpaid Officors as it may consider

necessary nnd th'. fixinG of their r0spective terms of office; (c)

The enga¿çement and dismissal of such paid Officers and servants for

the 'l'ru;,t subjectr, as it moy consider nncossory, and (cl) '.che number

of members who shall foi'm a '1uorum at its meetinr,s.

TENT All payments in respeo,t of the use of the 'l'rust subjects andall donations for thg bOSneftt th'3reof shall be paid into u Ti"ist

Acer'nnt a t the DElnJe of Scotland ~it G1.l1ane or at such other Bank asshall from time to time bo s'ib"tituted tlcrefor by the Council

EllVBNTH The moneys stanel1.np; to tlw credit of the said ßccmint shall

be applied as the Council sh"ll deciele in 1'C'pnirinr; am insuring theTrust sub.l"cts 01' the furniture and ef:lect~ therein and in Do;rinr: 011

rent (if aiiy), rnteg, tnxAs, salories of p"id Officers and 3"1'vùnts,

and other outgoinr;s and in providinr; furniture, r;ames, hooks, news-

:papers, periodicF(ls unel other lil;cl'aturo unci moans of roore'atlnnand otherwise for thc 1.pkeop and improvement of the Triiat subjects.

TiIEU'TH The CouneD ghnll provide the 'Lrus tees with sufficient fundsto meet all such ex¡iendit1\I'o (if any) in connection with the 'lrust

~~ ~~ .:subject3 8S the Trustees may be liablo for and shalL, keep the Trustees

indemnified a~ainBt all liability (if any) in respeot thereof.

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'lHIUT,':EHTH The Counoil may upnn " voto of a majority of its members and,

subjoct to the consÐnt of the Soottish Coimoil of Sooial Service (Inoor-

iporated) from time to tim~ ro~ulre the ïru3teos by heritable security or

othr:rwise, to obtain such UÙVBnces on the security of the Trust subjects

or any purt the roof us ¡nay bri I",'!uir8d for ",Ðintaining, extonding orimprovinß th" 011"", or any t"'I't tmreof,' or or"cting,any bu',lding thereonor for the vinrk cc,rri8ù on thriI'ein and may continu6 or repay in whole or inpurt and. from time to time Any existinß loun on the security of tm Tiiat

subjects.F(\TT~ T¡;¡'NlH Vucuncies in tho ornco of '-,'rus tee shull be fillrid up by pers'1ri

ap!)ointed by the Cnuncil, ileclcirinC' tlie,t th" number of J'rustees 'shall etno tin)" bÐ 1'1,":1 then threri; th'l 'll'iIGt"'C3 tliom""lve3 sh"ll not have 1'00"rto ussume n8vJ rllru~to8~; (\ 'l'ru~ìt':c muy he l'~innvo;c1L frnrn otfice by a m&.1or1tyof nnt ip,ss thiin 'tVlo-tli lrc1s of' the whole ineinhorship of tho Council, subjectalways to the aí':iroval of th", suld Scottisli C'11lncil of Social Service(Incorporated) .FIFT ',!':N'J' if thf) Connetl (lecid.. by " miijr:rity at uny time thBt on theground of "xrenRe 01' '1i;¡LOL'VLL.S', it is nec03~ary or advisabl", to discontinue

the use of thQ tri,i,it siib,i'lct:: in whnlo or in part, for the purpos'ès hsr9in';,.:0 mentioned, they sh,,1l 0011 a ineetini: of the inhabii;:;nts of the vr;ie of

Eiv,htoon yoors or iipW¡:rrl.3 in th', said Parish of whlch mnotinn; nnt i~3S thanfourtfJen (Ioys' ne,ticr) shall bCl r~lv9n by ',ootini, ~, cOI'Y of tiio liotice,

contuining a copy of I;li", pl'r:¡iosed I'Clsoliition to bEl nvlVf)d, in n colistiieiiou9rilaoe 01' placeR on the truiil; subjects and by nd.vertisinp; in a nnVls!)!luer

circnhiting in s uid i'ariRh, Ðncl if such elecis :lon 5ho11 bo coiifirinod by a

dijority of such pnrishion'lrs prAs0nt ii t such meetinr; enl voting the

Trustees may. subject to tho cons~nt of thA SAid Scottish Council of Social

Servtce (Incorrior~ted) Gnd th" 3ecratary r:f State for Scotland (or the

Scotl;.Lsh Conncil of Sooial Ur'1'vice on hls beholf), let or sell the 'lrust

"~'bj",cts 01' on:\, part th"reof. Hnd 011 moneys Rl'ising from such letting ors,d.,,/ ~~~~..~~~t~'

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aale (after sAtisfaction of any liabilities properly payable there-

:nut) shall be applied p,ither in the hire or purclwse of other subje'ot

apprOled by the Council, and to be held upon the trusts for the

ourposen an'l snbjAct to the provisions hereinbefore viritten, or as

n""r th"roto as ctrcuiæitancos will pormit, or towards ?uch othAr

"haritable purposen or objects for th" benefit of the inhabitants of

the said Parish as may he approved by the said ScotGish Council of

Social Service (Incorporated) and the Secretary of State for Scotland

(or the Sc"ttiiih Council of Social Servioe on'hia behalf); Rnd in theinterval suoh moneys shall be inve:ited in the name of thc '.lrustees and

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:inr; ineome thrroof In like mnnnor flS an iiddltion GO ,ind to be

applied ~ s the cap1. t.u 1 of s'.\c11 invo:¡ tmen ts, 01' shell be uscd for any

purpoiie fOl' vih:;ch ¡;he incnme of the 'J'rust subjects mey properly beA r'lrJl icd.

SIXTEElllH In Gha eV'lnt of the sRld Soottish Council of" Soci8l Service(Incorporated) eeasinß to exlst 8S u sepRrate body the 00wers and

dubles entrusted to them in these presonts will devolve unon'the

Carnegie United Klngdcim Trus tees Incorporated by Hoyel ChartAI' nnd

hovino; their orrice at Comaly Fork House, Dunformline; nnn.~/.~: ~

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,presents t.he lritl;'lr shall prcvoil; And we consent to registration hereoffor preservation: IN :rr¡i¿;3 "H',ILC:F t~ese presents typewritten on thii

and the Six preceding pages are subscribed as follows t by the said the

Reverend T'omas CllldwAii at Edinburgh on the Twenty eighth'day of June,

Nineteen hundr9d' and flfty one before these witnesses Chbrlotte Grandison

Colquhoun Kerr, Clerkess and ~illiam Johnston Graham, Secretary both ~f

One hundr.ed and twenty one Geot'ge Street, Edinburgh; by the said Alexsnde

YorkBton, at Edinburgh on the day, month and year last mentioned before

th'3se witnesses Goorp,e Turnbull, Goods Agent and Mary Reid Linkie, Clerkessboth of Granton Gf)ods Station, Edinb"rgh; by me the said Cornelius Smith

ì',:,' at Aberlady on the Second,day oi' July in the year last mentioned before

these witnesses Albflrt Watt, r'3tired, Winton Place, Aberlady and Euphemia

Wood, Housewife. One llickerton Place, Aberlady; and by the said Alexander

Ross at Aberlady on the ~~ird day of the month and year last mentioned

before these witness os ~illiam Llnkstone ~dBma, Stockbroker's Clerk, Nine

Rig Strset, Aberlady and John Roger Blamlre, School Master, "Greyfriars",

Aberlady.

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