| Description | Council meeting, 16 May 1808
[Sederunt given]
Duncan Davidson, advocate, informed the Council that the leases of the Shore and Harbour Dues and Ballast Lighters had been purchased by him on behalf of Alexander More, merchant. Sureties given by Baillie William Shepherd and Alexander Duthie, merchants in Aberdeen. The Council authorised the Shoremaster to enter into tacks with Alexander More. (64v)
The Council approved the purchase of two tenements on the south side of the Schoolhill, one from Mr Charles Farquharson, merchant, at £550, the other from Lewis Gordon, merchant, at £450, to facilitate the construction of the new street between Union Street and Tannery Street. (64v - 65v)
The Council approved the sale of the feu duties and casualties of the seventh and part of the sixth lot of the Lands of Gilcomston called Fountainhall, together with the casualties of superiority being one tenth of the feu duty for an heir and one half for a singular, to Professor Patrick Copland for the sum of £454 7 shillings 9 pence. This to include a half year's feu duty as a composition for his own entry, due by him as successor to the late Dr George Skene. (65r - 65v)
The Council remitted to a committee of magistrates consideration of the petition from William Gall, farmer in Glenbucket, to open a door from the rear of his house in Upperkirkgate into Drum's Lane. (65v)
The Council authorised the sale by public roup of the Pack House and Weigh House Dues for a period of one year from 1 June 1808. (65v)
The Council remitted to a committee of the magistrates and Provost, or any three of them, to negotiate with the Tannery Company for the purchase of their property on the east side of Tannery Street to facilitate the widening of Tannery Street between George Street and Union Street. (65v)
The Council set 24 May 1808 for the Perambulation of the Inner Marches and Visitation of the Bridge of Dee and the Bridge of Don. (66r)
The Council visited the Harbour and Piers which were found to be in good repair, however the following suggestions were made; three of the posts between John Rae's Dockyard and the Pocra Pier to be brought nearer the navigation channel; the bank of sand there to be cut to straighten the navigation channel; a small part of the shoing of the North Pier to be repaired; the buoy at the Harbour Mouth to be replaced to which end Baillie Tower was requested to apply to Sunderland for estimates and a description of a replacement; the beacon on the south side of the Harbour Mouth to be replaced; a platform for carrying a capstone to be erected upon the head of the South Pier; a suitable location for the mooring of pilot and fishing boats to be found. These suggestions were approved but action was postponed until after a meeting between the magistrates and Mr Telford, engineer, who was expected in Aberdeen. (66r - 66v) |