i8 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY 



Manning, Pentecost, and F. L. Olmsted, Jr.. and, at the dinner. Mr. Albert B. Russell, Junior Member, and 

 Mr. F. E. Carle, editor of the "Commercial Advertiser." .. 



Among the other matters discussed was the important one of the relation of the Society to Municipal 

 Art, and especially to the location of the proposed Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. 



February 13, 1900. First stated meeting and dinner at Hotel Jefferson, New York. 

 Present: Miss Bullard and Messrs. Lowrie. F. L. Olmsted, Jr., and Vaux. 

 0£Scial action deferred on account of lack of quorum. 



Letter from Mr. Fred S. Lamb regarding preservation of Palisades read and Secretary requested to 

 write to Albany for copy of the bill. 



February 27, 1900. Meeting of the Executive Committee at National Arts Club, 37 West 34th 

 Street, New York City. 



Present: Miss Jones and Messrs. Lowrie, J. C. Olmsted, and Vaux. 



Assembly Bill No. 651 N. Y., dated February i, 1900, having been called to the attention of the 

 Society by Mr. Fred S. Lamb, Secretary of the Palisades Committee of the Society for the Preser- 

 vation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects, the following letter was signed by members and 

 sent, and also copies of the letter were sent to all Fellows of the Society with request to sign and forward 



to Albany: 



"New York, February 16, 1900. 



"Hon. J. P. Allds, Chairman Ways and Means Committee, Albany, N. Y. 



"Dear Sir: We have read Assembly Act No. 651 Int., dated February i, 1900, and entitled, 'An 

 Act to provide for the selection, location, appropriation, and management of certain lands along the Pali- 

 sades of the Hudson River for an Interstate Park and thereby preserve the scenery of the Palisades, and 

 we hereby approve of its measures and urge the members of the Assembly to pass the act at the present 

 session. Yours truly, 



[Signed] "John C. Olmsted, President; 



Samuel Parsons, Jr., Vice-President; 



Charles N. Lowrie, Treasurer; 



Downing Vaux, Secretary; 



Beatrix Jones, Member of Executive Committee; 



Daniel W. Langton, | 



Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., V Members." 



Geo. F. Pentecost, Jr., j 



March 13, 1900. Meeting and dinner at National Arts Club House, New York City. 



Present: Miss Bullard, Miss Jones, and Messrs. Barrett, Langton, J. C. Olmsted and Parsons. 



The question being raised by Mr. Langton, it was unanimously decided that Junior Members should 

 be admitted to subscription dinners. 



Mr. Parsons having reported to the Secretary that there was a question whether there would be 

 a public exhibition of the competitive plans for parks at Yonkers, N. Y., for which parks several members 

 had submitted plans; the following letter was approved by the Society and directed to be sent to the 

 President of the Park Commission at Yonkers, N. Y.: 



"Dear Sir: I am directed by the American Society of Landscape Architects to write to you and urge 

 that a public exhibition be given of the plans submitted in the park competition, which you are about to 

 decide. 



"It is customary to hold such an exhibition when a profession is invited to enter a competition, and 

 a chance to see and compare the plans is certainly due to the public and to those competing. 



"Yours truly. Downing Vaux, Secretary." 



Mr. Langton called attention to Assembly Bill No. 1643, Int. 1293, introduced at Albany, March i, 

 1900. 'To regulate the use of grounds," etc., and intended to preserve the Riverside Park. The act was 

 read by the Secretary, and the following resolutions unanimously passed, the Secretary being directed to 

 send a copy of same to Assemblyman Weekes, at Albany, N. Y.: 



"Whereas, There has recently been introduced into the Legislature of the State of New York a bill 



