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ANNUAL MEETING, 

 May i8th, 1907. 



The second annual meeting of the Association was held at the Staten 

 Island Academy, New Brighton, 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair. 



Twenty-three members were present. 



The minutes of the meeting of April 20th, 1907, were read and 

 approved. 



The following reports were read, accepted, and ordered placed on file; 



ANNUAL report OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



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

 May 26, igo6; stated meetings on October 6, 1906, January 5, 1907, 

 and April 6, 1907, and a special meeting on November 2.2, 1906. 



At the annual meeting officers of the Association were elected in 

 conformity with Article II of the Constitution, and one vacancy in the 

 Board, caused by the declination of Mr. Adolph Charles Knothe, was 

 filled by the selection of Mr. John De Morgan. 



One honorary member, Mr. Ira Konover Morris, and one corre- 

 sponding member, Dr. Leland Ossian Howard, were elected. 



The rules and regulations of the Board were amended in certain par- 

 ticulars, in order to meet contingencies that had not been originally 

 foreseen. 



Amendments to the By-Laws, which a year's experience showed to 

 be necessary, were discussed by the Board, 'formulated, submitted to 

 the Association, and adopted. 



Negotiations with the municipal authorities, in connection with the 

 housing, furnishing and maintenance of the museum and library of the 

 Association, were continued. Formal permission was obtained from 

 the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund and the President of the 

 Borough to occupy the room in the Borough Hall assigned for the use 

 of the Association. Plans for the museum cases and other furnishings 

 have been prepared by the city architects and estimates obtained for 

 the cost of construction. The matter of instalation and future main- 

 tenance is yet under advisement, as will be explained by the President 

 in his annual address. 



The several standing committees provided for under the rules and 

 regulations of the Board transacted such business as came within the 



