The Park Governments of Chicago 



PART ONE 



I. BOARD MEETINGS 



TIME AND PLACE OF MEETINGS 



The time of regular meetings of the three large Park Boards 

 is as follows: 



South — Third Wednesday of each month. 



West — Second and fourth Tuesday of each month. 



Lincoln — Second Wednesday of each month. 



The South and West Park Boards also provide for annual 

 meetings, to be held soon after the close of the fiscal year. The 

 ordinances of the Lincoln Park Board provide, however, that 

 the first meeting each December shall be the annual meeting. 

 The fiscal year does not end until December 31, and it is there- 

 fore impossible for annual reports to be ready for considera- 

 tion at that meeting. For this reason it is suggested that the 

 annual meeting be held after the close of the year. 



It is also provided by the several Boards that special meet- 

 ings may be called. 



The ordinances of the South Park Board and (since 1908) 

 of the Lincoln Park Board provide that all regular meetings 

 shall be held in the park offices in Washington and Lincoln 

 parks respectively. For several years preceding 1911, however, 

 it was provided that the former Board might designate the 

 office of the Treasurer in the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank 

 as the place of regular meetings, and that, with the consent 

 of not less than four commissioners, special and adjourned 

 meetings may be held anywhere in the South Park district. 



Prior to 1909 the Lincoln Park Board held most of its reg- 

 ular meetings in private offices down town. During the last 

 five years special meetings of the Lincoln and South Park Boards 



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