| Description | Council meeting, 10 December 1800
[Sederunt given]
The Council ratified the loans secured by the magistrates for a part of the Town's subscription of £20,000 towards the cost of the proposed new streets, and empowered Mr Thomson, Treasurer, to grant bonds to the following for payment on 20 December 1801 at five per cent interest:
William Fiddler Esq, residing in Aberdeen - £6,000
The Minister and other members of the Kirk Session and Parish of Nigg - £500
The Minister and Parish of Kildrummie - £100
(23v - 24r)
The Council authorised Mr Fraser, Shoremaster, to borrow £400 from Alexander Pirie, merchant in Banff, to purchase the whale fishing houses and sheds in the Links adjacent to Pocra Pier which belonged to Francis Leys and Company, for the use of the harbour. (24r)
The Council agreed to receive £75, in addition to the £200 already sunk, from Miss Elizabeth Cruickshank, daughter of the deceased Thomas Cruickshank, merchant in Aberdeen, in return for an annuity of ten per cent of the total amount sunk. (24r)
The Council remitted to a committee of the Provost and the four Baillies, the Dean of Guild and the Treasurer, with Provost More, or any three of them, to ascertain whether water was being drawn from the Town's common loch by private pipes, and to note any encroachments which have been made on the loch or water courses. (24r - 24v)
The Council admitted Thomas Napier, Charles Ross and William Milne, merchants in Aberdeen, and William Dingwall Fordyce, advocate, as Burgesses of Guild. (24v)
The Council allocated the Poor's Fund for 1801. The following changes were made to sums granted.
Pensions paid from the Poor's Hospital Funds:
John Pittendrigh, merchant, to be settled on a pension of £8
Alexander Stephen, merchant, late churchwarden, to be settled on a pension of £6
Isabel Masson, widow of Joseph Donald, maltster, to receive an additional £2
John Allan, late Town Sergeant, to receive an additional £2
Francis Smith, slater, to receive an additional £2
Jean Milne, widow of William Philp, to receive an additional £2
Isabel Dauney and Margaret Hendry, grandchildren of Dr Alexander Will, to receive an additional £2 equally between them
Euphemia Smith, daughter of the late James Smith, maltster, to receive an additional £2
Helen Simpson, widow of Hugh Jaffray, merchant, to receive an additional £2
James Cruickshank junior, merchant, blind and delirious, to receive an additional £6
Elspet Chalmers, daughter of the late William Chalmers, merchant, to receive an additional £3 10 shillings
Jean Argo, widow of George More, maltster, to receive an additional £1 10 shillings
Payments to the poor from the Hospital funds, by warrant of the magistrates:
George Christie, merchant - £2
James Chasser, merchant - £1
James Farquhar, merchant - £5
James Duncan, son to Robert Duncan, maltster - £3
Payments to the poor from the Guild Box:
Patrick Barr, merchant to be settled on a pension of £14
William Paterson, merchant - £10
Isabel Hay, spouse to William Forrest in Braeside of Lumquhairn, and daughter of the deceased Baillie James Hay, merchant and Burgess of Aberdeen - £10 (being recommended as a relation of the late Mrs George Catanach and of the family of Drum)
Elizabeth Smith, daughter of the deceased James Smith, Newbridge, to be settled on the fund for £5
Samuel Duncan senior, merchant - £2
Payments to the poor from Katherine Rolland's mortification:
Christian Morison, widow of the deceased William Morison - £4
Mrs Stevenson, widow of George Stevenson, gardener - £5
Margaret More, sister of the deceased Alexander More, merchant - £5
Margaret Brown, daughter of Thomas Brown, tidesman - £4
Payments to orphans:
Isabel Gibbon, daughter of the deceased Captain Arthur Gibbon, aged two, to be settled on Dr Guild's mortification
Alexander Simpson, aged two, and William Simpson, aged one, children of the deceased Peter Simpson, Burgess of Guild. Former settled on Dr Guild's mortification for £4, the latter on Jean Guild's mortification for £3
[No name given] Morison, [child] of William Morison [see above, under pensioners on Katherine Rolland's mortification] [no age given] to be settled on Jean Guild's mortification for £3
The Council also remitted to the magistrates petitions from those who appeared to have no proper claim to the Town's public funds, and to pay them small sums out of the Poor's Funds as they saw fit. The Council directed all other pensions from the Town's funds, as listed in the office bearer's books at Michaelmas 1800, to continue unaltered. (25r - 26r)
The Council granted the application of George More Esq of Raeden for a Charter of Resignation on that part of the lands of Forresterhill called Firhill, which he had purchased from the heirs of the late John Gordon of Craig, for a reduced entry payment of half a year's rent. (26r - 26v)
The Council agreed to receive £100, in addition to the £200 already sunk, from Misses Helen and Marjory Crudens, daughters of the deceased William Cruden, merchant. The Council authorised Mr Sim, Dean of Guild, to pay an annuity of ten per cent of the total amount sunk during their joint lives, and during the life of the survivor. (26v - 27r)
The Council authorised Mr Thomson, Treasurer, to borrow from the following persons for the formation of the new streets [Union Street, King Street] and directed hims to grant bonds to the following, for payment on 20 December 1801, at five per cent interest:
Mrs Helen Duff, widow of the deceased John Duff of Hatton - £400
the minister and Kirk Session of Achindore - £100
Andrew Robb [in Auchindoir] - £100
John Gordon in Newtown of Auchindoir - £100
The Council authorised Mr Fraser, Shoremaster, to grant a bond to John Emslie of Fingask for £300, payable on 20 December 1801 at five per cent interest, in order to pay off debts on the Shoremaster's account. (27r)
The Council appointed William Gibbon as Berth or Haven Master in the upper or Town's Quays in the harbour, in place of the deceased Arthur Gibbon, his brother. The Council authorised the Shoremaster to pay to William Gibbon a salary of £25 annually, commencing Whitsunday 1801. (27v - 28r)
The Council remitted to a committee of the magistrates, the Dean of Guild and the Treasurer, or any three of them, consideration of the letter from Alexander Mather, Master of the English School of Aberdeen and Keeper of the Register of Baptisms, offering to resign from his posts in return for an annuity of £40 to be paid during his life. (28r) |