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1936-11-24City of Beverly, Massachusetts Public Meeting Minutes Board: Library Trustees Subcommittee: Date: 11/24/1936 Place: Beverly Public Library Board members present: Katharine P. Loring, Saul J. Cagan, James A. Cronin, Thomas F. Delaney, Fred H. Porter, and William A. Rowe Board members absent: Marian P. Motley, Clarence S. Pond, and Robert O. Small Others present: Recorder: Marjorie H. Stanton Beverly, November 24, 1936 The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at the Library on Tuesday, November 24th, at 4 o'clock, with Miss Loring, Messrs. Rowe, Delaney, Cagan, Cronin and Porter in attendance. The records of the meeting of October 29th were read and approved, as was the report of the Finance Committee giving a summary of expenditures to date. The Committee on Administration reported that after considering the qualification of the applicants for position of temporary janitor at the Farms Branch, they recommended that Merton N. Barden be hired at sixteen dollars a week, until such time as Civil Service Examination should be held and an eligible list established. Voted: that this report be accepted. The Committee on Circulation recommended the purchase of 103 new titles and the acceptance of 9 gifts. Voted: that this recommendation be approved. The report of the Librarian was read and placed on file. A note from Rev. Fred R. Lewis was then read, inviting the Trustees to a Memorial Service for the Misses Hunt, to be held at the Unitarian Church on Sunday, November 30th. Voted: to authorize the Finance Committee to prepare the Library budget for 1937, and submit it for discussion at the next regular meeting of the Board. The Annual Report, as prepared by Miss Loring, was then read, and it was moved and seconded that this be adopted as the Annual Report of the Board of Trustees, to be forwarded to the City Clerk at the proper time. Voted: to adjourn Adjourned Marjorie H. Stanton Secretary