| Description | Council meeting, 11 December 1805
[Sederunt given]
The Council admitted six Burgesses of Guild. [No names given.] (222r)
The Provost reported that he had received a letter from Mr Farquhar, Member of Parliament, which included a letter from Lord Hawkesbury intimating the King's pleasure on receipt of the Council's address concerning the victory obtained by the fleet under the command of the late Lord Viscount Nelson, over the combined force of France and Spain. (222r)
The Council considered a recommendation from the Dean of Guild Court to regulate digging for well springs, in order to prevent further fatal accidents. The Council enacted that every person who intended to dig for a well spring had to inform the magistrates twenty-eight hours before starting to dig, to allow the magistrates to issue instructions which would protect both workers and passers-by. The Council resolved that offenders against the Act would be liable for damages caused by their negligence, and must also pay a penalty [amount unspecified]. (222r - 222v)
The Council authorised the present metters (nine coal metters, four lime metters and one coal and lime metter) to continue their work, despited several metters not have been regularly appointed, as there had been no complaints about their conduct. However, those metters not appointed properly were bound to obey the regulations established by the magistrates; and those metters without cautioners for the discharge of their duty were directed to appear at the Town Clerk's office with sufficient cautioners. The Council appointed James Singer, Senior Metter, to take care of the weights and measures on payment of 40 shillings yearly for his trouble, and directed him to observe and report on the conduct of the other metters. (222v - 223r)
The Council authorised the Dean of Guild to subscribe a sum not exceeding £1,000 towards making a new turnpike road from the new Bridge of Broadiach, passing through the Lands of Easter Carnie and Wester Carnie belonging to the Dean of Guild, and ending at or near the Kirktown of Kincardine O'Neil. (223r - 223v)
The Council allocated the Poor's Funds for 1806. The following alterations and additions were made to sums granted.
Isabel Smith, daughter of Robert Smith - £8
Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Alexander Smith, Burgess - £5 for herself, and an orphan bursary of £3 for her grandchild, [no name given] Ramsay, aged four
Catharine Smith, widow of James Robson - £1 in addition to the allowances paid to her children
Jean Watson, widow of George Smith - £3 for herself, and orphans bursaries of £4 and £3 for two of her children
Ann Cruickshank and Christian Cruickshank, daughters of Robert Cruickshank, Burgess - £4 each
Elizabeth Boyle, widow of John Boyle, bookseller - £8
Katharine Simpson, widow of Peter Simpson, merchant - £4, in addition to the orphan bursaries of £7 for two of her children
Jean Black, daughter of James Black, late Churchwarden - £5
David Thom, merchant - £4
Mary Forbes, widow of James Walker, messenger - £3 by warrant
Agnes Pyper, residenter - £2 by warrant
George Mitchell, daughter of George Mitchell, druggist, Burgess - in her first year one of Dr Guild's orphan bursaries of £4
Margaret Johnston, widow of Rev Mr Farquhar - an additional £3
Francis Smith, slater - an additional £2 by warrant
William Paterson, merchant - an additional £2
Samuel Duncan junior - an additional £2 by warrant
Mrs Isabella Gordon, widow of Middleton Gordon, merchant - her daughter Isabella Gordon, aged three years, placed on Dr Guild's mortification for a bursary of £4
Alexander Duffus, Burgess - £2
Janet Gordon and Elizabeth Gordon - £2 each
Elizabeth Bean - £2
John Moir, Burgess - £2 (his allowance as Keeper of the Cranes was discontinued, and given to James Singer)
William Rannie (for thirty-two years Keeper of the Mealmarket) - £3 by warrant
Maria Bennet - £1 by warrant
Mary Tough - £2 by warrant
Helen Bisset - £1 by warrant
Isabel Horn - £1 by warrant
The Council remitted to the magistrates to allocate the specified amounts from the different Funds, according to the state of each Fund, and to continue the pensions listed in the office bearers accounts at Michaelmas 1805. (223v - 224v) |