New invented Act of Parliament, for the benefit of young men, old men, wives, widows, old maids, bachelors, &c. : At a meeting of several ladies and gentlemen of this town, held for the better management and conducting order and regularity in society, Mr Steady in the chair, the following resolutions were passed:---.
Edinburgh : Sanderson, printer, High Street,
[between 1835 and 1836]
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Coat of arms above title.
The list begins: Resolved, 1st - That no lady shall wear a bonnet more than one yard ronnd; [sic] and no more than two to be allowed to walk arm in arm together, so that they may not obstruct tae [sic] way, (to prevent persons being turned off the pavement by the said bonnets) under the penalty of five pounds.
A satire giving a list of resolutions for a proposed Act of Parliament.
Scotland Edinburgh.