| Description | Council meeting, 21 September 1819
[Sederunt given]
The Council considered a petition from heritors, burgesses, tenants or inhabitants in Aberdeen stating that the north approach to Aberdeen by King Street was inconvenient, and that the expensive Ellon Turnpike Road was of little service because of the state of the old Bridge of Don. The petitioners requested that a new bridge be constructed over the river to connect King Street and the Ellon Turnpike Road. Dr Dauney, Town's legal assessor, stated that it would be commendable to use the accumulated Bridge of Don funds, mortified by Sir Alexander Hay, as security to borrow sufficient money for the construction a new bridge. [Opinion engrossed.] The Provost reported that it was agreed to include powers to construct a new bridge at or near the present bridge of Balgownie or Polgownie or at any other point downstream of the present bridge, in the Parliamentary notices for a new Turnpike Act for the County of Aberdeen. The Council recommended to the new Council to consider the matter, and to grant such aid from the Bridge of Don funds towards the construction of a new bridge. (208r - 210r)
The Council recommended to the new Council to consider the proceedings of the magistrates and the General Purposes Committee of the Commutation Road Trustees of Aberdeen District regarding the roads to the Bridge of Dee and the Bridge of Don. The magistrates and Committee agreed that, since the funds at the disposal of the magistrates were insufficient to keep the Bridge of Dee in repair, a toll should be erected on the Bridge of Dee road for keeping the road in repair and for relieving the Commutation funds from the expense of maintenance. It was also agreed that a toll could not be exacted on the Bridge of Don road until the road had been completed. The proceedings had been approved at a general meeting of the Commutation Road Trustees on 3 September 1819. (210v - 211r)
The Council recommended to the new Council to consider the claim by Mr James Watson, Governor of the Bridewell, for £107 0 shillings 4 pence as his salary from March 1817 to March 1819 as Keeper of the subsidiary jail at the Bridewell. (211r)
The Council admitted one Burgess of Guild and two Tradesmen. [No names given.] (211r) |