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The Board also formally approved the suggestion of the committee in 

 regard to cooperation with the Daughters of the American Revolution in 

 relation to the furnishing of the Cottage, and adopted the following reso- 

 lution in connection therewith : 



Resolved, that the local chapters of the Daughters of the American 

 Revolution now in existence may have the privilege of depositing, install- 

 ing, and arranging in the Britton Cottage such household articles and other 

 objects as shall be approved by the committee of the Association in charge 

 of the Cottage, upon conforming to rules and conditions applicable thereto 

 established by said committee. 



In accordance with this resolution the committee formulated the follow- 

 ing terms of agreement, which were submitted to and accepted by each of 

 the local chapters : 



Terms of Agreement 



BETWEEN 



The Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 

 AND THE Several Local Chapters of the 

 Daughters of the American Revolution 



1. The Association, through its Board of Trustees, grants to the mem- 

 bers of the several local chapters of the Daughters of the American Revo- 

 lution who have installed by permission furniture and historical material 

 In the Britton Cottage the privilege of free admission to and use of the 

 Britton Cottage and grounds on exhibiting, their cards of membership in 

 their respective chapters. 



2. A chapter may be permitted to install furniture or historical material 

 suitable for the purpose in the space assigned, but no article shall be in- 

 stalled without the approval of the committee of the Association in charge 

 of the Cottage. 



3. While the Association instructs its custodian to take good care of all 

 furniture and other articles so installed in the Cottage, it shall not be 

 responsible for any damage to or loss of the same. 



4. The Association shall not be responsible for any expenditures made 

 or any debts incurred by any of the chapters or their members, except if 

 such expenditures or debts shall have been made or incurred on written 

 authority of the Board of Trustees or the committee. 



5. The furniture and other articles installed in the Cottage by any of the 

 chapters shall be numbered or otherwise designated so that the owner- 

 ship in each instance may be readily ascertained and determined ; and each 

 chapter shall make a list of the property installed or deposited by it and 

 deliver two copies of such list to the secretary of the Association, duly 

 certified. No furniture or other article shall be removed from the Cottage 

 without at least three days' notice to the Association. 



