Annual Reports 



Annual Report of the Board of Trustees 



The Board of Trustees, with the cooperation of the several standing 

 committees, the officers of the Association, and the members of the 

 museum staff, administered the routine and other business affairs of the 

 Association, the details of which are set forth in the appended and accom- 

 panying reports. 



A change in the ex-officio membership of the Board was occasioned by 

 the retirement of Darwin Long Bardwell from the position of District 

 Superintendent of Schools in the Borough of Richmond, and the appoint- 

 ment of William Louis Ettinger to the position. 



The Board held six meetings, as follows : the annual meeting on May 

 22, 1909; stated meetings on October 9, 1909, January 8 and April 2, 1910; 

 and special meetings on December 16, 1909, and February 26, 1910. 



At the annual meeting officers of the Association were elected as fol- 

 lows : president, Howard Randolph Bayne, first vice-president, William 

 Thompson Davis, second vice-president, William Hinman Mitchill, treas- 

 urer, Charles Arthur Ingalls, secretary, Arthur Hollick. 



At the stated April meeting Robert Percy Dow, B.A., was elected to 

 patronship in the Association, in recognition of his donation of specimens 

 to the museum collections amounting in value to more than $200. 



From time to time during the year the following nominees for active 

 membership were elected: Edward L. Andrews, Mrs. Gilbert S. Barnes, 

 Edward W. Brown, Mrs. Charles P. Benedict, Malcolm J. Cameron, 

 Brandish J. Carroll, Mrs. Adolph L. King, Michael H. Lucey, Pietro 

 Maerzen, Miss Marie C. Saxer, Roland J. Tiirpisch, Mrs. Jere V. Wright. 

 The Board records with regret the loss by death of the following active 

 members: Joseph J. Barth, Edward L. Bogert, Lester W. Clark, Jr., 

 David H. Gildersleeve, John F. Gould, Algernon K. Johnston, Walter C. 

 Kerr, David F. Simonson, John M. Tilley. 



Cordial and satisfactory relations with the municipal authorities have 

 been continued. Application was made to the Board of Estimate and 

 Apportionment for an appropriation of $4000.00 for the care, maintenance, 

 and equipment of the museum and library. The application was approved 

 and the amount asked for was included in the city budget for the year 

 1910. (See item 1359, p. 13, 964, City Record, December 7, 1909-) This 

 appropriation became available on January i, 1910, and it assures the con- 

 tinued usefulness of the museum and library to the public, and the care 

 and maintenance of the collections, during the current year. 



During the winter an unexpected condition arose, by reason of a move- 



