| Description | COUNCIL REGISTER, VOLUME 71, FOLIOS 206v - 208r
Council meeting, 17 July 1827
[Sederunt given]
The Provost reported that as a result of the death of His Grace the late Duke of Gordon in London on 17 June 1827 a letter of condolence had been sent to the Marquis of Huntly, now Duke of Gordon, expressing the Council's desire to show every possible mark of respect to the remains as they passed through the Town [reply from the Duke of Gordon engrossed]. The Provost proposed that the remains, which were expected this evening, and were to lie in state for the night in the New Inn, should be accompanied on the morrow from the Town Hall to the north end of George Street on the way to the family vault in Elgin. All which proposals being considered the Council approved these demonstrations of the Town's respect. (206v - 207v)
The Council remitted to the Standing Committee the consideration of the application from Stephen Pellatt Esq on behalf of Messrs Maberley & Company respecting the supply of water to their works at the Burn of Broadford especially as it relates to the supply to the Town's Mills. (207v - 208r)
The Council admitted James Smith, slater, as a Burgess of Guild. (208r) |