1919-04-09 City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: 09/04/1919
Place: Mayor's Office, City Hall
Board members present: William R. Driver, Charles H. Henderson, Joseph C. Kilham,
Katharine P. Loring, and Louis D. Webber
Board members absent: Florence W. Braden, Lawrence A. Ford, Helen L. Marsters, and
Elizabeth P. Sohier
Others present:
Recorder: Charles H. Henderson
Beverly Sept. 4th 1919
Upon the request of His Hon. The Mayor a special meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at the
Mayor's Office, City Hall.
Meeting called to order at 8 P.M. by Chairman Driver, there being present Messrs. Driver, Kilham,
Webber & Henderson and Miss Loring.
The business for which the meeting was called was to act upon and approve the action of the City
Council as expressed by them in the following vote - as passed by them -to wit -
By the City Council Voted-
"That the sale - by Geo. A. Vickery surviving Trustee of the Will of the late Joseph W. Lefavour of
certain Real Estate (here-in-after described) in which by said Will one undivided third is devised to
the City of Beverly for the benefit of its Public Library - to Louise Rosenthai of Boston in the county
of Suffolk in said Commonwealth for the sum of $70,000.00 be and is here-by confirmed"
Above vote having been passed by the City Council it came before the Board of Trustees of the
Public Library for their approval.
By the Board of Trustees it was voted- To approve and accept the same and the Sec.was
instructed to place a full copy of above vote on file with records of the Library.
Voted to adjourn
C.H. Henderson, Sec.