MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
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A  special  meet/ng  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held 
at  the  College  Hall  on  the  evening  of  the  10th  of  December,  pursuant  to 
a  request  from  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  the  issuing  of  the  accustomed 
notice. 
The  President  of  the  College,  Charles  Ellis,  in  the  chair;  twenty  mem- 
bers present.  The  object  of  the  meeting  was  announced  by  the  Chair 
to  be  the  consideration  of  the  subject  of  a  new  location  for  the  College 
building. 
The  resolutions  referred  to  a  Committee  by  the  College  at  its  last  semi- 
annual meeting  in  September  were  read,  accepted,  and  the  Committee 
discharged. 
The  following  report  from  a  Committee  appointed  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  was  read  : 
"  The  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  appointed  to  view  the  lot 
of  ground,  &c,  in  the  vicinity  of  Tenth  aud  Cherry  streets,  the  property 
of  Samuel  Bettle,  offered  for  sale  to  the  College  as  per  diagram  drawn  by 
Charles  Richardson,  real  estate  broker,  being  directed  to  report  to  a 
special  meeting  of  the  College,  to  be  held  the  10th  inst.,  respectfully 
report — 
"That  they  have  examined  the  premises,  and  recommend  the  purchase 
by  the  College  of  the  dwelling  house  No.  145  North  Tenth  St..  together 
with  the  burial-ground  lot,  excepting  so  much  of  the  latter  as  is  included 
between  its  northern  boundary  and  a  line  drawn  at  right  angles  to  Tenth 
street  across  the  lot,  17  feet  6  inches  south  of  the  said  northern  boundary. 
"They  have  prepared  the  following  resolutions  for  the  action  of  the 
College,  and  recommend  their  adoption  : 
"Resolved,  1st.  That  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  agrees  to 
purchase  from  Samuel  Bettle  the  three-story  brick  dwelling  house  and 
lot- No.  145  North  Tenth  street,  with  a  portion  of  the  vacant  lot  lying 
back  of  Tenth  and  Cherry  streets  ;  the  whole  premises  agreed  to  be  pur- 
chased being  described  as  follows  :  Commencing  at  Tenth  street,  at  the 
N.  W.  corner  of  the  lot  No.  145  North  Tenth  street,  extending  east- 
wardly  on  a  line  at  right  angles  to  said  street  132  feet,  to  a  point ;  thence 
south,  on  a  line  parallel  to  Tenth  street,  72  feet  6  inches  ;  thence  west, 
on  a  line  parallel  to  Cherry  street,  43  feet,  and  including  a  certain  alley 
way  leading  to  Cherry  street,  6  feet  74-  inches  in  width  ;  thence  north,  at 
right  angles,  5  feet  to  a  point;  thence  west,  on  a  line  parallel  to  Cherry 
street,  43  feet;  thence  north,  on  a  line  parallel  to  Tenth  street,  50  feet, 
thence  west,  at  right  angles.  46  feet  to  Tenth  street ;  thence  north,  along 
said  street,  17  feet  6  inches,  to  the  place  of  beginning; — on  ground  rent, 
at  an  annual  rent  charge  of  six  hundred  and  thirty-nine  dollars  ($639),  to 
issue  out  of  and  be  secured  on  the  said  premises  in  the  usual  manner,  and 
