56 ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 17. 



this Society can be carried on to better advantage and its 

 plans of usefulness extended 



Voted, That the Directors of the Society are hereby 

 fully authorized to make all necessary arrangements to 

 carry into effect the plans proposed, and are hereby given 

 full power to appoint committees outside of their own 

 number for the purpose of raising funds or for any other 

 special purpose connected with the project, which they 

 shall deem expedient. This vote was unanimously passed. 



Mr. UPHAM, in speaking favorably of the proposed plan, 

 said that he had hoped that the Institute might find it ex- 

 pedient to open a part of its library, free to the public, 

 and open the way for an Essex Institute Free Library 

 which he sincerely hoped might come at no distant day, 

 but possibly it was not the time for it now. 



The meeting was strongly in favor of the plans proposed 

 in the report of the Directors and of the vote offered by 

 Mr. Putnam. 



The plans of the proposed alterations in the Daland 

 estate were shown, also an estimate of the probable ex- 

 penditures. 



THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR 



compiled from the several reports read at the meeting, and 

 the remarks of several members in relation thereto, pre- 

 sents the work of the Institute in its various departments 

 since the last annual meeting. 



MEMBERS. Changes occur in the list of our associates, 

 by the addition of new names and the withdrawal of some 

 by resignation, removal from the county or vicinity, or by 

 death. We have received information of the death of 

 the following members. 



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