Statuary: Minority Report, 1831.039.003-003 p3

of which was that the moneys received
from the sales of lots should be expended
for no other purpose than those stated
in this report. -

It is obvious from the terms of the
charter, that the right to erect an expensive
chapel and furnish it with splendid
statuary, or other works of art, if it exists
at all, must be derived from the authority
to embelish the grounds. -

An opinion has been given by one of the
present Committee, (Mr Curtis), that the
Trustees do possess the legal right, at
least so far as to expend fifteen thousand
dollars for Statuary; which opinion is on
the Records of the Corporation; and as it
has been accepted and acted upon by the
Trustees, it is not necessary here to discuss
the question, no to say how large a field
the word "embelishment", appears to ^ ^{the undersigned} some of
the Committee to cover -

If then it be assumed for the purposes
of this discussion that the Trustees have
the legal right, the next question is as to
the expediency of spending money for such
embelishments. - We