| Description | Council meeting, 13 June 1815
[Sederunt given]
The Council approved the sale of the following leases:
First, a three-year lease of the Upper or Flour Mill within the Town was taken by John Lumsden, merchant in Aberdeen, acting on behalf of George Henderson, residing in Aberdeen, for £130 rent. George Henderson proposed John Rae, merchant in Aberdeen, as his cautioner.
Second, a two-year lease of the Malt Mill was taken by Thomas Adams, residing in Aberdeen, for £130 yearly rent, with Alexander Kelman and Alexander Barron, bakers in Aberdeen, as his sureties.
Third, three-year leases of three lots of ground at the end of Carmelite Street, adjoining the factory belonging to Messrs Alexander Hadden & Sons, were taken by the following persons at the following rents: James Ignatius Massie, for £10; James Beattie, for £7; and Peter Monro, for £6.
(51v - 52r)
The Council remitted to the magistrates an application from Dr James Gregory, physician in Edinburgh, requesting permission to erect a monument in Drum's Aisle, over the arched doorway leading from the Synod House into the West Church, to the memory of his mother and daughter. (52r)
The Council granted the application of Francis Edmond, cartwright in Aberdeen, requesting that his son, Alexander Edmond, student of Divinity, be presented to the vacant Divinity bursary mortified by Mr John Johnston. (The Council had assurance from Dr Brown, Principal and Professor of Divinity, that Alexander Edmond was a deserving student.) The Council authorised the Master of Mortifications to pay £10 yearly to Alexander Edmond for four years. (52r - 52v)
The Council resolved that the marches on the south and east of the Lands of Kingswells should be adjusted along the line agreed by the Council's committee with the agent of Mr Alexander Jaffray of Kingswells, as the marches fixed in 1778 between Mr Jaffray and the late James Burnett Esq of Countesswells could no longer be ascertained. [Contract of Marches engrossed.] (52v - 54r)
The Council approved an alteration in the articles of agreement between the Town and the proprietors of houses on the west side of Belmont Street and the feuars of Union Terrace, regarding the maintenance of the planted bank on the west side of the Denburn. The Council resolved that, if the proprietors and feuars failed to repair any damage to the bank or walls within two months, the magistrates would undertake the repair and charge the cost to the proprietors and feuars. (54r - 54v)
The Council agreed to sell to James Davidson in Easter Kinmundy, part of the annual feu duty of the first lot of the Lands and Barony of Easter Skene belonging to him, for £30 16 shillings 3 pence and fifty bolls of meal, plus part of the casualties of superiority to which the Lands of Easter Skene are subject, for £1,666 5 shillings. The Council also agreed to sell the feu duty of Auchronie to Mr Crombie, advocate, at the same rate. (54v)
The Council praised the utility of the alphabetical index to the Council Registers compiled by Mr William Kennedy, advocate, and remitted to the Standing Committee to consider the remuneration to be paid to Mr Kennedy for his great trouble. (54v - 55r)
The Council granted the application from William Copland, advocate in Aberdeen, to continue in the post of Collector of the Cess for the City and Liberties for the current year, on sureties provided by Mr George More and Mr James Milne, merchants in Aberdeen. The Council agreed to give the Taxation Book to Mr Copland and charged him to collect the whole assessed taxes (less a discount of £50 for his trouble, risk and expense), and the small feu and teind duties owing to the Treasurer. (55r - 55v)
The Council authorised the Treasurer to grant bonds to Margaret and Mary Donald, daughters of the late Baillie John Donald, merchant in Aberdeen, for £1,000, and to grant a new bond to Harry Lumsden Esq for £2,000. The Council also empowered the Treasurer to borrow such sums of money, and to grant bonds to the lenders. (55v)
The Council fixed 27 June 1815 to perambulate the Town's Inner Marches, and to visit the Bridge of Dee and the Bridge of Don. (55v - 56r) |