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BRONX SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 



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APRIL 24, 1906. 

 Meeting of the Council. 



The Committees on Incorporation, Publications, and Pre- 

 servation of Historic Sites reported progress. 



Voted. That the Committee on Preservation of Scenic and 

 Historic Places be authorized to petition the Local Board to en- 

 large the dimensions of the Joseph Rodman Drake Park, so 

 as to include the square bounded by Longfellow and Halleck 

 Streets, Eastern Boulevard and East Bay Ave. ; that the co- 

 operation of the Society for the Preservation of Scenic and 

 Historic Places be asked, and that the Hon. James L. Wells 

 be asked to furnish the Society the names of the various own- 

 ers of the Cemetery and adjacent property required. 



Voted. That the Society authorizes the Secretary to pro- 

 ceed with power, to have the transactions of the Society pub- 

 lished by The New Era Printing Company and that one thou- 

 sand copies be ordered printed. 



Voted. That the program for the May meeting consist of 

 an address to be followed by an open discussion. 



Voted. That a communication from Mr. Bernard S. 

 Deutsch, relative to the formation of a club for the study of 

 local history, and to discuss an appropriate lecture, he referred 

 to the Committee on Historic Sites, with power. 



Voted. To commend to the Society the following names 

 for election to membership: E. J. Chauvet, D.S.S., Mr. De 

 Witt C Wheeler, Principal John T. Nolan, Hon. Thomas J. 

 Higgins, Mr. William T. Mathies. 



