Editing Dunbartonshire (section)

===Boundaries and the Cumbernauld exclave===
The county retained a large [[exclave]] situated {{convert|5|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} east of the main part of the county despite the boundary changes in the 1890s elsewhere in Scotland, consisting of the [[civil parish]]es of [[Kirkintilloch]] and [[Cumbernauld]], between [[Stirlingshire]] and [[Lanarkshire]]. This area had originally been part of Stirlingshire, but had been annexed to Dunbarton in the reign of [[David II of Scotland|David II]] at the request of [[Malcolm Fleming, Earl of Wigtown]], the owner of the land, who was also [[Sheriff]] of [[Dumbarton]].<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43430#s5 Cumbernauld, ''A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland'' (1846)(British History Online)]</ref>

The exclave was dealt with in 19th century legislation as greater administrative duties were given to the counties.

The [[Police (Scotland) Act 1857]] established police forces throughout Scotland. Section 70 of the act allowed for the parishes to be transferred to the jurisdiction of either [[Stirlingshire]] or [[Lanarkshire]] [[Constabulary]] on resolution of two-thirds of the [[Commissioners of Supply]] for the County of Dumbarton.<ref>Police (Scotland) Act 1857 (c. 72) s. 70</ref>

Similar provisions allowing for the transfer of the area for all purposes were included in the County General Assessment (Scotland) Act 1868.<ref>1868 (C.82) s.6</ref> No such resolution was made, and the two parishes remained in Dunbartonshire.

Section 40 of the [[Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Act 1878]] ([[41 & 42 Vict.]] c. 51) provided that for the purposes of that act all detached parts of counties should be placed in the county by which they were surrounded, or with which they had the longest boundary.<ref>Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Act 1878 ([[41 & 42 Vict.]] c. 51), s.40</ref> Accordingly, [[Cumbernauld]] and [[Kirkintilloch]] came under the control of the Stirlingshire Road Board. It was originally anticipated that the area would be transferred to Stirlingshire for all other purposes by the boundary commissioners proposed by the [[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889|Local Government Bill of 1889]].<ref name="hansard">{{cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1889/aug/06/local-government-scotland-bill-no-179 |title=Local Government (Scotland) Bill No.179 (HL Deb 06 August 1889 vol 339 cc447-531) |access-date=2008-06-30 |work=Hansard, Lords Sitting |date=1889-08-06 }}</ref> However, a clause was inserted in the bill that stated "the parishes of Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch, including the [[burgh]]s and police burghs situate therein, shall for the purposes of this Act, be considered as forming part of the county of Dumbarton". The clause was vigorously opposed by the Stirlingshire Commissioners of Supply as they had incurred considerable expense in maintaining the roads of the two parishes. The Act as passed provided that the Dunbartonshire County Council was to financially compensate Stirlingshire on the transfer of road powers.<ref>Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 1889 (c. 50) s.40</ref>

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