| Description | Council meeting, 4 April 1801
[Sederunt given]
The Council agreed to lease to the Union Whale Fishing Company a piece of ground [described more fully in the committee report] at the back of Torry Pier, for nineteen years from Whitsunday 1801, for the yearly rent of 1 shilling for the first three years (in order to encourage whale fishing), and thereafter for £10 yearly for the duration of the lease. Conditions of the lease are specified: the Company had to return the ground to the Council within twelve months' notice, if it was required for a public purpose; the Company had to vacate the ground within twelve months' notice if they ceased whale fishing; and any buildings erected on the ground had to conform to the specifications in the committee report. (32v - 34r)
The Council agreed to lease to the Aberdeen Shipping Company a piece of ground [described more fully in the committee report] at the south-west corner of the Boatman's House at the Block House, for the yearly rent of £5, on condition that they vacate the ground within 3 months, if requested to do so. (34r)
The Council approved the report of the committee appointed to consider the Tables of the Bell and Petty Customs and of the Flesh Market Customs, which recommended that no changes were required. The Council remitted to the magistrates to frame articles of roup for the lease of the Bell and Petty Customs and for the lease of the Flesh Market. (34r - 34v)
The Council approved the report of the committee appointed to consider the Flesh Market rents, and empowered the Dean of Guild to raise the rents as follows, owing to the expense of maintenance: rent of sale shops increased to £2 10 shillings; and rent of slaughter shops and market pillars to be doubled. The Council remitted to the new Council the committee's recommendation that the shops and pillars of the Flesh Market should be let by public roup. (34v - 35r)
The Council adopted the recommendations of the committee on the salaries of the Town Sergeants and John Horne, Town House Keeper, and empowered the Town's Office Bearers to increase their salaries by £10 annually, owing to the great increase in the cost of living. (35r - 35v)
The Council agreed to grant to the Police Commissioners the use of as much ground on the east side of Heading Hill as necessary for the construction of a magazine for gunpowder, for yearly payment of 1 shilling rent or tack duty, on condition that they vacate the ground within twelve months, if requested to do so. (35v - 36r)
The Council ordered George Turreff, Dean of Guild's Officer, to appoint scavengers to collect the dung from the Slaughter Market and the Sale Market, to sell the dung by public roup, and to pass any profits to the Boxmaster of the Butcher Trade, to be used for the benefit of the poor. The Council forbade live cattle or carts to be brought into the Sale Market; ordered barriers to be erected at the north and south entries next to Castle Street and Queen Street, and between the two markets; and ordered any entrances to the markets from private houses in Lodge Walk to be closed. The Council agreed to provide accommodation for live cattle before slaughter in part of the gardens adjacent to the Butcher Market belonging to William Naughten and Miss Neilson, as soon as access can be got thereto; butchers using the accommodation were to pay an increase of ten per cent on their current rent. (36r - 36v) |