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and also many adjourned regular meetings of the latter have 

 been held in various private offices down town. Matters of 

 much public importance were often considered at these adjourned 

 and special meetings, which, owing to the private character of 

 the place of meeting, did not secure the degree of publicity to 

 be desired. 



The West Park Board has held all its meetings at the park 

 offices in Union park. This Board has also been the only one 

 to give regular notice of all its open meetings to the Chicago 

 press. The failure of the other boards to do so prevents the 

 wholesome influence which the press is able to exercise. 



The following tabulations show the number of regular, ad- 

 journed and special meetings of the South and Lincoln Park 

 Boards held during the last five calendar years, and whether 

 they were held in the park offices or elsewhere: 



SOUTH PARK BOARD. 



1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 Total. 



Regular meetings 11 11 12 10 10 54 



Adjourned meetings 12 22 11 13 9 67 



Special meetings . . . . . . 3 3 



Totals 23 33 23 23 22 124 



Park offices 22 24 17 13 16 92 



Elsewhere 1 9 6 10 6 22 



LINCOLN PARK BOARD. 



1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 Total. 



Regular meetings 10 11 12 11 11 55 



Special meetings 13 9 5 5 9 41 



Totals 23 20 17 16 20 96 



Park offices 4 1 7 13 15 40 



Elsewhere 19 19 10 3 5 56 



EXECUTIVE SESSIONS 



The policy of the Park Boards of maintaining standing 

 committees, criticized later in this report in the discussion 



