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Record of Proceedings Relating to the Howell Free Public Library and Carnegie Library Building. Howell, Michigan Pages 340-341

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Record of Proceedings Relating to the Howell Free Public Library and Carnegie Library Building. Howell, Michigan Pages 340-341

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Record of Proceedings Relating to the Howell Free Public Library and Carnegie Library Building. Howell, Michigan Pages 340-341

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

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Page 340
Record of Proceedings Relating to The Howell Free Public Library and Carnegie Library Building.
Howell, Mich., April 24, 1922.
A regular meeting of the Library Board was held April 24, 1922. M. J. McPherson and Mrs. W. C. Huntington present.
Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
A resolution on the deaths of A. Garland and Dr. Avery prepared by Mrs. Huntington were read and approved by Mr. McPherson. The president requested that the memorial be inserted in the records.
The following bills were allowed and orders drawn:
#200. A. J. Brown Apr. salary — $60.00
Esther Yerkes Apr. salary — 45.00
Winnifred Brown Apr. salary — 60.00
Detroit Edison Co. Ap. Electricity [No amount listed]
Mich. State Telephone Co. Phone [No amount listed]
W. E. Beach — Insurance
Hartford Fire Ins. Co. #3335 expires Sept. 11, 1923, $1000 — 7.00
Mich. Fire Ins. Co. #104442 expires Sept. 11, 1923, $1000 — 7.00
Home Fire Ins. Co. #1747 expires Oct. 7, 1923, $1000 — 7.00
Ins. Co of North America #1536 expires Dec. 16, 1923, $1500, on furniture, fixtures (3 years) — 20.25
Ins. overdue unpaid 1917–1920 — 58.50
Amount pd — $105.75
Purdy & Woodruff — coal
Dec. 30 1921. Splint — 9.31
Feb. 7 1922. Splint — 9.76
Feb. 7 1922. Splint — 17.25
Mar. 10 1922. Splint — 10.40
Mar. 10 1922. Splint — 10.70
Mar. 29 1922. Egg hd coal — 13.30
Ap. 4, 1922. Splint — 10.32
Ap. 4, 1922. Stove — 22.54 (Order #199)
Amount pd — $103.73

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Page 341
Record of Proceedings Relating to The Howell Free Public Library and Carnegie Library Building.
Howell, Mich., May 1, 1922.
A special meeting of the Library Board was called May 1st 1922. Members present: Mrs. W. C. Huntington, Mr. M. J. McPherson and Mr. Frank J. Shields.
Mrs. Huntington was elected secretary. Mr. Frank J. Shields was elected treasurer.
Moved by Mr. Shields that librarians' annual report be accepted and placed on file. Carried.
Moved by Mr. Shields that Assistant's (Miss Esther Yerkes) salary be increased five dollars ($5.00) per month. Carried.
Motion to adjourn. Carried.
A. L. Huntington, Sec. per M.W.B.
Insurance papers are placed in city’s vault at water office.
The following bills allowed:
#206. Esther Yerkes May salary — $50.00
Winnifred Brown May salary — 60.00
A. J. Brown May salary — 60.00
Detroit Edison Co. — 6.65
Mich. State Telephone Co. — 2.88
Chas. N. Sutton Hdw. — 2.00
City of Howell water — 13.73

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Library buildings
Libraries
Carnegie libraries
Library boards

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1921/1922

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“Record of Proceedings Relating to the Howell Free Public Library and Carnegie Library Building. Howell, Michigan Pages 340-341,” Digital Archive of the Howell Carnegie Library Archives, accessed May 24, 2026, https://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/14265.
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