| Description | Council meeting, 17 March 1819
[Sederunt given]
The Council resolved to oppose the imposition of any tax on coal, and approved a petition to the House of Commons requesting that no alteration be made to the inland duties on coal. The Council directed the Provost to sign the address, and to transmit it to Mr Hume, Member of Parliament for the District of Burghs, for him to present it to the House of Commons. (196r - 196v)
The Council granted the application from James Keel requesting admittance as a lime metter at the Shore, in place of John Reid, lately deceased, on condition that he find caution to the satisfaction of the magistrates. (196v)
The Council granted the application from Margaret Blackwell or Mennie, widow of the deceased John Mennie, merchant and Burgess in Aberdeen, requesting relief from the indigent circumstances in which she was left by her husband; the Council agreed to grant her £4 yearly from the Guildry funds. (196v)
The Council resolved to meet on 9 April 1819 to elect a Commissioner to attend the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on 20 May 1819. (196v) |