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of the large room and one of the small rooms in the attic, and the loft 

 over the kitchen; and may make such use of the parlor, hallway, dining 

 room and kitchen for ordinary living purposes as may not interfere, in the 

 opinion of the committee, with the proper use and maintenance of the 

 Cottage by the Association and any other duly authorized organizations. 



4. The Association shall number or otherwise designate in a suitable 

 manner all articles of furniture and other property belonging to the Asso- 

 ciation and make a list of the same, a duplicate copy of which shall be 

 delivered to the custodian. 



5. The Association shall not be liable for any loss of or damage to 

 property of the custodian or of any member of the custodian's family. 



6. The Association shall not be liable for any expenditures incurred by 

 the custodian except when such expenditures shall have been incurred on 

 the written order of the Board of Trustees of the Association or of the 

 committee in charge of the Cottage. 



7. The custodian shall comply with all municipal ordinances, including 

 those in regard to garbage disposal, snow removal, use of water, etc. 



8. The custodian in person or by a responsible representative shall be 

 regularly in attendance and prepared to admit members and visitors be- 

 tween the hours of 10 a. m. and 5 p. m. on week days and 2 to 5 p. m. on 

 Sundays, and shall admit at all other reasonable hours such members and 

 other persons as are entitled to free admission. Someone shall always be 

 in charge of the premises. 



9. The custodian shall exercise due diligence to protect the grounds, the 

 Cottage and its contents ; shall keep the Cottage and grounds in a clean, 

 neat, orderly, and suitable condition at all times, and provide, without ex- 

 pense to the Association, all tools (except lawn mower) and labor neces- 

 sary to keep the premises in such condition. 



{Memoradum. — It is not deemed necessary to recite details, but required 

 conditions would necessitate the ordinary sweeping of floors, dusting of 

 furniture, cleaning of windows, etc., keeping walks and flowerbeds free 

 of weeds, borders trimmed, and grass mowed except where specifically 

 exempted, etc., the toilet kept supplied with disinfectant and the contents 

 removed as frequently as may be necessary to assure that it shall not be 

 a source of offense or annoyance, etc.) 



10. The occupancy of the premises may be terminated on three months' 

 notice from either party to the other. But the Association may at any 

 time demand possession of the premises and require the custodian to va- 

 cate in the event of failure to observe these rules and regulations estab- 

 lished for the management of the Cottage. 



11. A copy of the foregoing conditions shall be signed by the custodian 

 in witness of his or her appointment as custodian and of the acceptance 

 of the foregoing as the conditions of occupancy. 



Seven meetings were held at the Cottage by the Daughters of the Amer- 

 ican Revolution, as follows : 



