38 The Chicago Academy of Sciences. 



5. That the building- should be started in the year 

 L893 and completed in 181*4. 



The commissioners of Lincoln park indicated a 

 willingness to enter into an agreement with the Acad- 

 emy and Mr. Latiin. by which a plot of ground in the 

 park should be designated for the occupancy of the 

 building - . At this point it was called to mind that 

 several years before, the state legislature, at the in- 

 stance of Mr. William C. Goudv. the attorney of and 



WILLIAM C. GOUDY. 



at this time president of the board of commissioners of 

 Lincoln park, had enacted a law which gave authority 

 to that board by which it mig-ht provide for the Acad- 

 emy of Sciences within the territory over which they 

 had control and enter into a perpetual contract. The 

 commissioners also expressed a willingness to con- 

 tribute to the expenses of construction, with the under- 

 standing that they were to have within its walls rooms 

 for their offices in perpetuity. 



