| Description | Council meeting, 13 December 1803
[Sederunt given]
The Council allocated the Poor's Funds for 1804. The following alterations and additions were made to sums granted.
Payments to the poor from the Hospital charge:
John Lunan, decayed Burgess - £5
William Mortimer, decayed Burgess - £5
Mary Fraser - an additional 30 shillings to her pension
Margaret Fraser - an additional 30 shillings to her pension
Elspet Reid - an additional 30 shillings to her pension
George Christie, decayed Burgess - 20 shillings
James Chessar, decayed Burgess - 20 shillings
James Garden, decayed Burgess - to be removed from the Bedlam Fund and put on a pension of £8
Payments to the poor from the Guild Box:
John Shand, decayed Burgess - an additional £3 to his pension
Marjory Glenny, daughter of Thomas Glenny, merchant - an additional £1 to her pension
Mrs Walker, widow of Andrew Walker, merchant for her daughter - an additional £2 to her pension
Payments to the poor from Katherine Rolland's mortification:
Christian Gray, widow of John Findlater, merchant - to be settled on the mortification for £6
Mrs Philp, widow of Alexander Philp, shipmaster - to be settled on the mortification for £6
Barbara Strachan, widow of James Boyn, Custom House clerk - to be settled on the mortification for £5
Katherine Brown, daughter of John Brown - £2
Helen Martin, widow of James Troup, hosier, on account of her son - an additional £2 to her pension
Jean Allan, daughter of the deceased John Allan, merchant - an additional £1 6 shillings 8 pence to her pension
[No name given] Stuart, widow of William Pyper, shipmaster - to be removed from the Guild Box Fund and settled on the mortification for £4
[No name given] Downie, widow of John Young, merchant - to be removed from the Guild Box Fund and settled on the mortification for £4
The widow of Moses Birnie, merchant - to be removed from the Guild Box Fund and settled on the mortification for £6 The widow of Alexander Bower, maltster - to be removed from the Bedlam Fund and settled on the mortification for £3
Payments to the poor from Lady Drum's mortification:
Mary Troup, widow of Thomas Aiken, shipmaster - to be settled on the mortification for £6
Katherine Smith, widow of James Matthews, shipmaster - to be settled on the mortification for £3
Payments to the poor from John Gall's mortification:
Ann Gordon and Katherine Gordon, daughters of William Gordon, a Burgess - to be settled on the mortification for £6 between them
Payments to the poor from Andrew Ritchie's mortification:
Elizabeth Maxwell, widow of Mr Andrew Dun, Rector of the Grammar School - to be settled on the mortification for £3
Children on Dr Guild's mortification:
Andrew Dun, aged one, son of the deceased Mr Andrew Dun, Rector of the Grammar School and his widow, Elizabeth Maxwell - to be settled on the mortification for £4
Janet Aiken, aged eleven, daughter of the deceased Thomas Aiken, shipmaster - to be settled on the mortification for £4
Ann Matthews, aged two, daughter of the deceased James Matthews, shipmaster - to be settled on the mortification for £4
Payments to the poor from Lady Braco's mortification:
Barbara Thomson, daughter of the deceased John Thomson, grand daughter of a Burgess - to be settled on the mortification for £3, to be paid to Miss Thomsons bookseller
Payments to the poor from Robert Johnston's mortification and from the Bedlam Fund:
Margaret Duncan, residenter - an additional £1 to her pension
Thomas Spark, hosier, for his sister, a lunatic - an additional £2 to his pension
The Council directed all other pensions from the Town's funds, as listed in the office bearer's books at Michaelmas 1803, to be continued unaltered.
(149v - 151r)
The Council appointed George Gray, Burgess of Guild, to be Keeper of the Town's Mortcloths, in place of the deceased John Watson, at the salary of £40 Scots. (151r)
The Council remitted to the magistrates, the Dean of Guild and the Treasurer, or any three of them, the application from Collison Pirie & Company proposing to purchase the windmill, and its ground, near their factory in Windmillbrae. (151r - 151v)
The Council agreed to allow Colonel Leys' corps of volunteers to drill in Drum's Aisle. (151v)
The Council recommended that the magistrates inspect the gable wall on the west side of the Gallowgate dividing the properties of Alexander Strachan, barber, and William Low, merchant in Aberdeen; the wall was the subject of a process brought before the magistrates by Alexander Strachan. (151v)
The Council authorised the Treasurer and Shoremaster to borrow money necessary for their expenditure, and directed the Treasurer to grant a bond for payment with five per cent interest to John Bruce, late ship's carpenter in Chester, now residing at St Andrews, for £600, payable to him, his natural son, John Bruce younger and his heirs. (151v - 152r) |