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Until the mid-1990s, hearings took place in the Old Sheriff Court in the Lawnmarket. [1] However, as the number of court cases in Edinburgh grew, it became necessary to commission a modern courthouse for criminal matters. The site the court officials selected had previously been occupied by a part of Heriot-Watt University. [2] [3]
The first criminal justice building in Edinburgh was the old tolbooth which was located in the Old Town and was completed in about 1400. [2] [3] [4] After the tolbooth became inadequate, sheriff court hearings were transferred to the old county hall which had been built to a design by Archibald Elliot on the corner of the Lawnmarket and George IV Bridge in 1816.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Scott County, Arkansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
The Arkansas General Assembly established the Arkansas History Commission through the Act of 1905 signed by Governor Jeff Davis on April 27. [2] Aligned with Department of Parks and Tourism since 1971, it was transferred to the Department of Arkansas Heritage on July 1, 2016, and renamed Arkansas State Archives.
Scott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,836. [1] The county seat is Waldron. [2] Scott County is Arkansas' 28th county, formed on November 5, 1833, [3] and named for Andrew Scott, a justice of the Supreme Court of the Arkansas Territory. [4] It is an alcohol-prohibited or dry ...
In Arkansas, counties have no inherent authority, only power given to them by the state government. This means the county executive, the county judge, and legislative body, the quorum court (members of the quorum court hold the title justice of the peace, usually abbreviated JP), have limited power compared to other states.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
Courts of Arkansas include: State courts of Arkansas. Arkansas Supreme Court [1] [2] Arkansas Court of Appeals [3] [2] Arkansas Circuit Courts (28 judicial circuits) [4] [2] Arkansas District Courts [2] Arkansas State District Courts (32 state judicial districts) [5] Arkansas Local District Courts (35 local district courts) [5] Arkansas County ...