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Voted: To accept the legacy of five thousand dollars bequeathed 

 to this Society by said will of Charles E. French and to hold the 

 same, to be known as the "John Allen French Fund," in trust, to 

 distribute the income therefrom in prizes for such specimens of 

 flora as the Trustees may select. 



The resignation of the Treasurer of the Society and Superin- 

 tendent of the Building, Charles E. Richardson, was read and 

 accepted to take ett'ect January 15, 1907. On motion of Mr. 

 Craig it was voted to appoint a committee of three to draw up 

 resolutions on the retirement of Mr. Richardson as Treasurer. The 

 President appointed as this committee Messrs. Craig, Hunnewell,. 

 and Elliott. 



Prof. Sargent, chairman of the committee appointed at the 

 previous meeting to investigate and report upon the administration 

 of the affairs of the Society's building, presented a report in which 

 the following recommendations were offered: 



The resignation at this time of the Treasurer, Mr. Richardson, after 

 many years of faithful service, makes the election of a new Treasurer 

 necessary and opens the question of the advisability of our following 

 the example of other Boston corporations of a semi-public nature, like the 

 Museum of Fine Arts, The Institute of Technology, the Massachusetts 

 Society for Promoting Agriculture, etc., in choosing an unpaid Treasurer 

 from the business men interested in the Society. 



Your conunittec believes that if it was possible to put the management 

 of this building in the hands of one man, dutiei^then can be better defined 

 and responsibility fixed. This means efficiency and economy. 



It recommends, therefore, that Mr. Walter Hunnewell, who has expressed 

 a willingness to assume the duties of the office, be elected Treasurer of the 

 Society, that Mr. William P. Rich be elected manager of the building, 

 Secretary', and Librarian, with the understanding that it shall be a part of 

 his duty to render such assistance to the Treasurer as may be decided on 

 between them. 



Your committee further recommends that in order that Mr. Rich may 

 be able to perform satisfactorily the duties of his office he be authorized to 

 employ an assistant who shall be a stenographer and accountant. If 

 this plan is adopted, it is perhaps possible that the expenses of adminis- 

 tration can be reduced. 



On motion of Mr. Lawrence it was voted that the report of the 

 committee be accepted and its recommendations adopted. 



On motion of Mr. Farquhar it was votgd to appoint Mr. Walter 



