Trustees Records, Vol. 5, 1870 (page 171)

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Trustees, October 9^t, 1872

Voted, – that this meeting be adjourned to Thursday the
10^t inst., at Four o'clock P.M.

Sam^l Batchelder Jr., Secretary.

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Trustees, October 10^t, 1872

October 10^t, 1872.

An adjourned monthly Meeting of the Trustees was
held on Thursday, October 10^t, 1872, at Four o'clock P.M.

Present, Messrs. J. T. Bradlee, N. J. Bradlee, Brewer,
Choate, Perkins, Pickering and Snow

The record of the last two meetings was read & approved.

Monthly Schedule of Bills referred to President

A file of bills with accompanying schedule having
been submitted to the Board by the Treasurer, in compliance
with the requirements of the By=Laws, and the schedule
having been read by the President, it was

Voted, – that said bills be referred to the President for his
approval, and payment by the Treasurer if found correct.

Drinking=Fountain. Offer from M^rs Peter Hubbell to present.

The President submitted to the Board a communication
from M^rs Peter Hubbell of Charlestown, dated September 27, 1872,
offering to present to the Corporation a Drinking=Fountain, " provided
" that the corporation will place said Fountain in a small plot of
" land on Elm Avenue at the junction of Mistletoe Path, and
" agree to its being always supplied with pure water when the
" other fountains in the grounds are in use." The communication
was accompanied by drawings of the proposed Fountain, and
by a letter from the Superintendent dated the 8^t inst., containing
an estimate of the probable cost to the Corporation of placing
the same. After discussion, on motion of M^r Perkins, as
amended by M^r Snow, it was