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Museum Bulletin 



At the annual meeting of the Association, held May 20, 

 the following were elected trustees to serve during the ensuing 

 three years : 



John Q. Adams, Edward W. Brown, Louis L. Tribus, James 

 R. Walsh, William G. Willcox. 



Subsequently Mr. George S. Humphrey resigned as a mem- 

 ber of the Board of Trustees and Mr. Anton W. Hoffmeyer was 

 elected by the Board to fill the vacancy. 



At the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees, held May 

 27, the following officers of the Association for the fiscal year 

 1916-17 were elected : 



President, Howard R. Bayne ; first vice president, William 

 T.Davis; second vice president, William H. Mitchill ; treasurer, 

 Charles A. Ingalls ; secretary, Arthur Hollick. 



Recent elections to active membership in the Association 

 by the Board of Trustees were Charles D. Durkee and Emily 

 H. Durkee, Grasmere ; Harold K. Decker, Westerleigh. 



Mr. Decker qualified as a life member. 



The Board of Trustees recently approved a suggestion 

 of the committee in charge of the Britton Cottage and adopted 

 the following resolution in connection therewith : 



Resolved, that the local chapters of the Daughters of the 

 American Revolution now in existence may have the privilege 

 of depositing, installing 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 es- 

 tablished by said committee. 



Abraham Cole Chapter of Tottenville was the first to co- 

 operate with the committee in accordance with the terms of the 

 resolution. The hallway was selected and approved as the part 

 of the Cottage to be taken in charge by the chapter. All wood- 

 work was repainted, ceiling kalsomined, walls repapered, suitable 

 furniture installed, and on Flag Day, Wednesday, June 14, a re- 

 ception was given by the chapter in celebration of the installation. 

 About fifty members and guests of the chapter were present 

 and a program appropriate to the occasion was carried out. 



The Committee in charge of the Cottage has formulated 

 and the Board of Trustees has approved the following rules 

 and regulations to govern admission to the premises. 



