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cient therefor, and the board of trustees of the said Staten Island associa- 

 tion of arts and sciences are empowered to enter into a contract with the 

 proper officials of the city of New York, looking to the leasing of such 

 rooms and building or buildings, and the care of its museum, collection and 

 library as herein provided. 

 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 

 State of New York, ) 



Office of the Secretary of State. ) 



I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, 

 and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and 

 of the whole of said original law. 



Samuel S. Koenig, 

 Secretary of State. 



No change was made in the general policy of museum administration 

 adopted last year, which was found to be as satisfactory as was possible 

 under the circumstances and conditions controlling our present position. 

 The museum and library was kept open to the public all day on Saturdays 

 and during the afternoons of every other week day except Monday, which 

 day each week was reserved for necessary work on the collections. 



The specimens on display were changed from time to time in many of 

 the cases, and on certain occasions special exhibits were installed. Espe- 

 cially worthy of note were the Hudson-Fulton celebration exhibit and 

 those by the art loan committee of the Section of Art. 



The Board takes advantage of this opportunity to commend the work 

 accomplished through the medium of the sections now organized, and to 

 urge upon the members of the Association the desirability of enrolling 

 and joining in their activities, or of organizing new sections according 

 as interest in special subjects may seem to warrant such action. The 

 success attained by the Section of Art and the Section of Biology, in pro- 

 viding the instructive exhibits and illustrated lectures which were so 

 thoroughly enjoyed by all, has demonstrated that this feature of the 

 Association should be further extended so as to include all of our mem- 

 bers who may wish to take an active part in the work of the Association. 

 Reports of the sections will be presented this evening, from which the 

 details of their organizations and activities may be learned. 



The scheme of conducting a course of public entertainments similar 

 to those of last year received the approval of the Board and was placed 

 in charge of a special committee of which Mr. Samuel McK. Smith was 

 appointed chairman. As finally arranged and carried out, the course 

 included a concert by the Olive Mead Quartette on November 5, readings 

 by Mrs. Bertha Kunz Baker on November 22; and a violin and piano 

 recital by Mr. and Mrs. David Mannes on December 10. It is to be 

 regretted that the course was not the financial success that its high class 

 character deserved. 



