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Tlie Committee on Extended Accommodations presented 

 the following Keport : 



Philadelphia, April 16, 1890. 



The Committee on Extended Accommodations, appointed January 17, 

 would respectfully report, 



That they have carefully considered the various propositions referred to 

 them ; and after due deliberation, concluded to request from J. M. Wilson, 

 Esq., Architect, plans for the alteration of the present building, such as 

 would render it completely fire-proof, harmonize with its surroundings, 

 and provide for the Society's present needs as well as its prospective ones 

 for a period of at least twenty years to come. 



He has submitted the accompanying plans and proposal, the adoption 

 of which we would recommend : and therefore offer the following reso- 

 lution : 



That the Committee on Extended Accommodations be continued and 

 empowered to enter into negotiations for alterations to the present build- 

 ings in accordance with the plan now submitted. 



W. P. Tatham, 



KlCHARD VAUX, 



Frederick Fraley, 

 J. Cheston Morris, 



Chairman. 



A discussion ensued upon the subject, in which Messrs. Mor- 

 ris, Hays, Baker, Dudley, Vaux, Tatham, Potts and others 

 took part. 



Dr. Hays moved that the subject be made the special order 

 for the next stated meeting and that notice thereof be put on 

 the meeting cards. 



Mr. Yaux moved that the subject be considered at a special 

 meeting, to be held on next Friday (April 25), and that notice 

 should be placed on the meeting cards, and further that the 

 Librarian should place on the cards the words " the plans can 

 be examined at the rooms of the Society." 



Mr. Vaux's motion was carried nem. con. 



On motion, the Treasurer was authorized and empowered 

 to satisfy a mortgage of William J. Norris for $4000, the same 

 having been paid off. 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



