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Record of Proceedings Relating to the Howell Free Public Library and Carnegie Library Building. Howell, Michigan Pages 036-037

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Howell Carnegie Library board minutes and ledger entries approved by the board.

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING

prints to be delivered to him upon the acceptance of said Kuehnle's bond by this Board. Carried.

Resolved, that we rescind the resolution of Oct. 17, 1902 permitting original tracing or plans being allowed out of the hands of the clerk or architect . Carried.

Frank J. Holt
Township Clerk

Letter

Andrew Carnegie
5 West 51st Street
No. 2 East 91st St.
New York

November 26, 1902

M.H.S. Wood, Esq.,
Howell, Mich.

Dear Sir,
Yours of November 12th received.
Mr. Carnegie regrets that he cannot add anything to the allowance made because he considers that $10,000 is ample to provide
a Library Building for a town of your population.

Very truly yours,
Jas. Bertram
P. Secretary

Dec. 15, 1902
A meeting of the township board was held at the office of the township clerk, Monday, Dec 15, 1902 at 1:00 P.M.

Present: W.H.S. Wood Supervisor, J. L. Pettibone & D.D. Harger, Justices of the Peace and Frank J. Holt, Clerk.

Moved by Harger, seconded by Pettibone that the following resolution be adopted.

Resolved that the bond of A.G. Huehnle, with Gottlieb Kuehnle, Fred Kuhn, James H. Wallace and James A. Worthington as sureties, dated Dec 15, 1902,
for $9800.00 to secure the performance of the Libary building Contract with said A.H. Kuehnle, be accepted and the sureties approved and that the same
be filed with the Township Clerk, for safe keeping with the original contract and specifications after which the duplicate contract and duplicate
specifications may be delivered by him to the said contractor. Carried.
On motion board then adjourned.
Frank J. Holt
Township Clerk

Dec 15 1902 Letter of E.E. Myers
Dec 18 1902 Letter of C.G. Kuehnle (unsigned)

Clipping/picture of Law Office of W.H.S. Wood
Howell, Mich., June 1, 1903

AN EVENTFUL CAREET
Ten years of quiet life in Howell finds Mr. Wood at the age of 44, and he says he would like to draw the wills of 2,500 of his friends before it is
everylastingly too late.