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The President reported that he had not been able to get an offer for the property 163 Madison Street, nor had he received any intimation as to the value of the same.

President Haines reported that in accordance with the resolution passed at the meeting of the Executive Committee held October 21st, he had again called the attention of Counsel to the matter of the stipulations with Mr. Adrian Iselin and the Jerome Estate in regard to the return cornice on the New Headquarters.

Counsel stated that he had been under the impression that Mr. David Thomson, executor for the Jerome Estate, would prepare the necessary papers and submit the same to him. As Mr. Iselin and Mr. Thomson evidently expected the Counsel of the Society to draw up the document, however, he would proceed to do so at once.

The President further reported that in accordance with the resolution passed at the previous meeting, he had written to the Counsel on October 25th, asking his opinion as to the legal right of the Society to compel the executors of the Markley Estate to give bonds for the faithful performance of their trust.

Counsel stated that he had failed to receive the President's letter, but would give the [matter?] his immediate attention.

The President reported the appointment of Charles Stewart Schenck as Special Agent at Rye, Westchester County.

On motion, duly seconded, the action of the President was approved.

President Haines stated that H. A. Fletcher, the ambulance driver of the Society, was injured last July while in the discharge of his duty, having been kicked by a horse while it was being put into the ambulance. He had been treated by Drs. Wm. C. Kennedy and Robert F. Weir, who had rendered bills aggregating $108, and had later been entered at the New York Hospital as a free patient. The President stated that it had been the custom of the Society to take care of its employes injured in the discharge of their duty, but as Fletcher's injury was of such a nature as to probably incapacitate him for some time to come, he would like the advice of the Committee in the matter.

Mr. Gerry said that he was a member of the Board of Governors of the New York Hospital, and that he would first like