| Description | Annual election, 23 September 1801
[Sederunt given]
George Henderson, baker, the other Trades councillor, was admitted Burgess of Guild at Michaelmas 1800 renouncing his Craft, and did not attend or vote at the Annual Election 1801. (59r)
The Council elected the following thirteen Burgesses to be members of the new Council for the year 1801 to 1802: Mr James Hadden, Baillie Charles Farquharson, Mr Alexander More, Mr Alexander Galen, Mr Thomas McCombie, Mr John Gill, Mr William Johnston, Mr George Tower, Mr James Young junior, Baillie James Murray, Mr George Mole, Mr John Young and Mr David Dingwall, all merchants in Aberdeen. (59r)
The Council elected the following four members of the old Council to be members of the new Council: Provost John Dingwall, Provost Thomas Leys, Baillie Peter Duguid and Baillie Walter Sime. (59r - 59v)
The Council elected Deacon George Angus, watchmaker, and Deacon Alexander Barron, baker, to be Trades councillors. (59v)
The Council (and John Allan, Daniel Mowat and Alexander Duffus, Burgesses of Guild, as Assistants) elected the following office bearers for the year 1801 to 1802:
James Hadden - Provost
Peter Duguid - Eldest Baillie
Charles Farquharson - Second Baillie
Walter Sime - Third Baillie
Alexander Galen - Youngest Baillie
Alexander More - Dean of Guild
Thomas McCombie - Treasurer
William Johnston - Shoremaster
John Gill - Master of Kirk and Bridge Works
John Young - Master of Mortifications
David Dingwall - Master of Guild Brethren's Hospital
(59v - 60r)
The Council elected James Hadden, Provost, Baillie Charles Farquharson and Baillie Walter Sime to be Keepers of the Keys of the Town's Charter Chest for the year 1801 to 1802. (60r)
The Council elected for the year 1801 to 1802 the Provost and the four Baillies, the Dean of Guild, Provost Thomas Leys, Provost John Dingwall, Baillie James Murray and Mr George Tower as Commissioners of Infeftments; and the two Trades councillors as Auditors of the Town's Accounts. (60r) |