| Description | Council meeting, 28 October 1800
[Sederunt given]
The Council admitted the following to bursaries of four years duration at Marischal College. George Milne, son to James Milne, shoemaker in Gilcomston, and John Hutcheon, son of Convener Alexander Hutcheon, shoemaker in Gilcomston each awarded one of Sir Thomas Crombie's bursaries of £7. David Preston, son of [no name given] Preston in Newcastle, James Maitland, son of James Maitland, merchant in Aberdeen, George Grant, son of Mr Alexander Grant, minister at Calder, Robert Badenoch, son of the late Dr Badenoch of Whiteriggs and George Boyne, son of the deceased James Boyne of the Custom House of Aberdeen each awarded one of Mr James Cargill's bursaries of £6 10 shillings. William Malcolm, son of Mr John Malcolm, minister in Orkney awarded Mr Alexander Cruden's bursary of £5. (20v)
The Council approved the report of the committee appointed to reach an agreement with Francis Leys & Company over the purchase of the houses and sheds at Pocra, adjacent to the harbour entry, formerly used in the whale fishing trade. The Council authorised the Treasurer to pay £375 to Francis Leys & Company on receipt of a disposition to the property. (21r)
The Council resolved that no land on the common Links or belonging to the Town on the north side of the River Dee, should be leased out for the erection of buildings for the whale fishing trade, owing to the nuisance caused by the boiling of blubber by whale fishing companies in the Links, adjacent to the entry to the harbour. Also resolved that the lease of the Aberdeen Whale Fishing Company should not be renewed on its expiry at Whitsunday 1803. [Margin note indicates that this Act of Council was rescinded on 29 August 1806]. (21r - 21v)
The Council admitted Andrew Shepherd, son to Baillie William Shepherd, to George Cruickshank's vacant bursary at the Grammar School, in place of Gilbert Shepherd, his brother. The Council directed the Master of Mortifications to pay to Andrews Shepherd or to Baillie William Shepherd £4 yearly for the five years of the bursary. (21v)
The Council resolved to pay £30 yearly out of the Bedlam Fund to the Managers of the recently-opened Lunatic Hospital, commencing Whitsunday 1801, for the maintenance of five lunatic patients recommended by the magistrates. (21v - 22r)
The Council granted the petition of Sir Alexander Bannerman and Alexander Young, merchant in Aberdeen, proprietors of houses on the east side of Marischal Street, for liberty to raise the height of their houses to three floors above street level, to prevent smoke nuisance from the three-storey houses then being erected on the west side of Marischal Street. (22r - 22v)
The Council granted the petition of Robert Innes, merchant in Aberdeen, requesting repairs to his shop under the Town House [repairs required are detailed], similar to the alterations made to the other shop under the Town House, possessed by Alexander Low, clothier. (22v)
The Council remitted to the magistrates, the Dean of Guild and the Treasurer and the Clerks, the petition from the six Town Sergeants for an increase in their salary to meet the increase in the cost of living. (22v - 23r)
The Council authorised John Donald, Master of Mortifications, to grant a disposition in favour of William Littlejohn, merchant in Aberdeen, for the first lot of ground on Lady Drum's Hospital Houses and Garden in the Upperkirkgate, purchased by James Littlejohn, wright in Aberdeen, son of William Littlejohn, merchant, at a public roup on 5 May 1798. (23r) |