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tions of all the commissioners ; and these outlines were defi- 

 nitely agreed upon before the close of the yeRT. By Decem- 

 ber the plans of the board had sufficiently matured so that, 

 on December 6, a committee of two was appointed "to wait 

 upon John E. Emery, Esq., and consult with him about pro- 

 curing his legal services for the commission,^' for the pur- 

 pose of preparing a charter for a succeeding commission. 



Thus at the close of 1894, all was yet smooth sailing. We 

 were nearing the port of destination, and the harbor of safe 

 condition for an attractive and most creditable county park 

 system did not seem far beyond. 



