| Description | Council meeting, 29 April 1808
[Sederunt given]
The Council resolved to oppose the Parliamentary Bill brought by the Lord Advocate which proposed that the right to register deeds and other writings in the books of the Royal Burghs be transfered to the Sheriff and Stewart Clerks. It was noted that the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen had declared the Bill an infringement of the rights and privileges of the Royal Burghs of Scotland as secured by the 21st and 24th Articles of the Treaty of Union. The Council agreed to request that James Farquhar Esq of Inverbervie, Member of Parliament for the District, and James Ferguson Esq, Member of Parliament for the County, resist this Bill. Further, it was decided to transmit an extract of this minute and resolution to the Lord Provosts of Glasgow and Edinburgh. (63v - 64r)
The Council admitted one Craftsman. (64r)
John Reid, residing in Aberdeen, was recommended to the magistrates by the Council to be admitted as one of the lime metters at the Quay. (64r - 64v) |