| Description | Council meeting, 12 January 1807
[Sederunt given]
The Council remitted to a committee of the magistrates the leasing by public roup of the Town's Common Mills, at present let to George Henderson; the Bell and Petty Customs, at present held by Alexander Mearns; the two shops under the Town House, occupied by Alexander Low & Company and Robert Caie; the cellars under the Printing Office, held by John Allan, mealseller and George Mearns, merchant; the cellars under the bridge at Virginia Street, held by John Garden and William Thomson. (7v - 8r)
The Council approved the valuation by Alexander Gildawie, mason in Aberdeen, of the Fraserfield houses at Netherkirkgate and the property opposite the end of the Town House possessed by Miss Thomson - the valuations being £1500 and £550 respectively - and authorised the Dean of Guild and Treasurer to make payment on behalf of the New Street Trustees. (8r)
The Council approved of the purchase for £140 of two tenements in the Dubbierow from Janet Bowies, widow of John Christie, wood-sawyer in Aberdeen, and John Cooper, his nephew, son of Alexander Cooper in Braes of Tolmaads, to allow the building of the proposed new street between Union Street and Tannery Street. (8r - 8v)
The Council resolved to grant Donald Sage, student at Marischal College, one of Sir Thomas Crombie's bursaries of £7 on the recommendation of Dr Robert Hamilton. (8v)
The Council resolved to settle upon John Bruce, Burgess of Guild, £10 from the Poor's Fund and upon William Mortimer, bookbinder, a supplement of £3. (8v - 9r)
The Council remitted to the magistrates the sale by public roup of the feu duties of Easter Kinmundy in the Parish of Skene. (9r)
The Council agreed to authorise a subscription of £1000 by the Town, as security to various banks, in order to facilitate the construction of the Bridewell Prison under the terms of the Act of Parliament for the Erection of a Bridewell. (9r - 10r)
The Council accepted the offer by Messrs Brebner, Gibbons & Company of £15 annual payment for a period of three years from Whitsunday 1807, in lieu of the multure ordinarily levied on their grain, because of a decrease in trade. (10r - 10v) |