1931-04-30 City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: 04/30/1931
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Katharine P. Loring, James A. Cronin, Thomas F. Delaney, and
William A. Rowe
Board members absent: Caleb B. Hood, Marian P. Motley, Rev. Clarence S. Pond, Fred H.
Porter, and Robert O. Small
Others present:
Recorder: Marjorie H. Stanton
Beverly, April 30, 1931
The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at the Library on Thursday, April 30th
at 4 P.m.
There were present of the Board, Miss Loring, and Messrs. Delaney, Rowe and Cronin.
The records of the meeting of March 26 were read and approved.
The Finance Committee made the monthly report of expenditures and balances.
Voted: to approve the same.
The Committee on Circulation recommended the purchase of 115 titles and the receipt of 44
gifts.
Voted: that this recommendation be accepted.
After informal discussion it was decided that Mrs. Frank Palmer be allowed three dollars a
week from the Trust Funds, to cover expenses of delivering books to shut-ins and people who live
at a distance from the library.
Voted: that a special voted of thanks be sent to Mrs. H. B. Sawyer for her kindness in sending
flowers, each week, to the Library.
The matter of a railing for the front steps was referred to the Committee on Administration.
Voted: to adjourn.
Adjourned.
Marjorie H. Stanton, Secretary