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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 27, 1908&lt;br /&gt;Board met at Library. Present, R.B. McPherson, Geo. H. Chapel, A.D. Thompson, Thos. Gordan Jr. Geo. Barnes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After some discussion as to the policy of increasing the number of books as fast possible, the following bills were allowed:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel Librarian $25.00&lt;br /&gt;salary April&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown - Janitor 17.50&lt;br /&gt;salary April&lt;br /&gt;township half&lt;br /&gt;village half 17.50&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr - Ann Arbor&lt;br /&gt;Bill of books April 8 '08 18.12&lt;br /&gt;Eaton &amp;amp; Mains - Detroit 42.38&lt;br /&gt;Bill of books April 23 '08&lt;br /&gt;Interstate Long Distance 6.00&lt;br /&gt;Telephone Co. April - July 1 '08&lt;br /&gt;Electric Lights April 3.92&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Book Committee - B. McPherson &amp;amp; Gordan, authorized to purchase bill of books as furnished by Miss Chapel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geo. H. Chapel - director to supply ? ead shade trees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A motion A.J. Brown was given the position of janitor another year @ $35.00 per month to commence May 1, '08.&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Barnes Sec&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 2 1908&lt;br /&gt;Board met at Library. Present M.J. McPherson, Thos. Gordan Jr., Geo. Barnes, R.B. McPherson, Geo. H. Chapel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel Librarian $25.00&lt;br /&gt;salary May&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown - Janitor 17.50&lt;br /&gt;salary May&lt;br /&gt;township half &amp;amp; village half&lt;br /&gt;Thomas Gordan Jr.&lt;br /&gt;money advanced 2.20&lt;br /&gt;Electric Light &amp;amp; Water Com. 3.92&lt;br /&gt;lights - May&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr - Ann Arbor 13.33&lt;br /&gt;bill of books, May 26 '08&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reorganization of the board resulted as follows, the following officers being elected.&lt;br /&gt;Pres. M.J. McPherson&lt;br /&gt;Sec George Barnes&lt;br /&gt;Treas - R. Bruce McPherson&lt;br /&gt;Pres Pro Tem Thos. Gordan Jr.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Barnes Sect.</text>
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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 12 1908&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Board met at library. Present M.J. McPherson, Thos. Gordon Jr., Geo. Barnes, R. Bruce McPherson, Geo. H. Chapel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After considerable discussion for the good of the cause a standing book committee of two was appointed to submit lists of books to Board.&lt;br /&gt;Thos. Gordon Jr., R.B. McPherson.&lt;br /&gt;The same committee was appointed to look after publishing the annual report of the library.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Barnes&lt;br /&gt;Sec.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Invoice&lt;br /&gt;Howell Mich. Ma 31 1908&lt;br /&gt;Carnegie Library&lt;br /&gt;In Account With W.E. Beach Fire and Tornado Insurance&lt;br /&gt;Office in McPherson Block&lt;br /&gt;Subscriptions for 1908&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. American Magazine 1.00&lt;br /&gt;2. Atlantic Monthly 3.50&lt;br /&gt;3. Century 3.85&lt;br /&gt;4. Country Life in America 3.60&lt;br /&gt;5.Everybodys 1.35&lt;br /&gt;6. Harpers 3.50&lt;br /&gt;7. Illustrated London News 5.60&lt;br /&gt;8. Ladies Weekly 3.35&lt;br /&gt;9. Literary Digest 3.00&lt;br /&gt;10. McClure's .75&lt;br /&gt;11. Munsey? 1.00&lt;br /&gt;12. Outlook 3.00&lt;br /&gt;13. Popular Mechanics 1.00&lt;br /&gt;14. Popular Science Monthly 2.90&lt;br /&gt;15. Public Libraries 1.00&lt;br /&gt;16. Review of Reviews 2.25&lt;br /&gt;17. Scientific American 2.75&lt;br /&gt;18. Scribuers 3.00&lt;br /&gt;19. St. Nicholas 2.85&lt;br /&gt;20. Worlds Work 2.25&lt;br /&gt;21. Youth Companion 1.75&lt;br /&gt;22. Technical World 1.50&lt;br /&gt;23. American Boy .75&lt;br /&gt;24. Readers Guide 6.00&lt;br /&gt;pd March 31 Barnes $61.50&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 31 '08&lt;br /&gt;Board met. Present Thos. Gordon Jr., A.D. Thompson, Geo. H. Chapel, Geo. Barnes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel Librarian $25.00&lt;br /&gt;salary for March&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown Janitor 17.50&lt;br /&gt;salary for March - village 17.50 township 17.50&lt;br /&gt;W.E. Beach List of magazines for 1908 61.50&lt;br /&gt;Thomas Gordon Jr. Cash adv 11.60&lt;br /&gt;for sundry small bills &amp;amp; books&lt;br /&gt;A.F. Peavy &amp;amp; Sons 36.23&lt;br /&gt;10350 # coal&lt;br /&gt;Electric Light &amp;amp; Water Com 4.64&lt;br /&gt;Lights March&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Barnes Sec</text>
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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 25, 1907&lt;br /&gt;Board met at Library.&lt;br /&gt;Present M.J. McPherson, Thos. Gordon Jr. A.D. Thompson, Geo Barnes &amp;amp; Geo. H. Chapel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ed Rounsifer planting shrubbery $6.20&lt;br /&gt;H of to village &amp;amp; H to township 12.40&lt;br /&gt;J.A. Burden work with Team 10.00&lt;br /&gt;VanPark Half to village &amp;amp; half to tps 5.00&lt;br /&gt;George Wahr bookseller Ann Arbor bills&lt;br /&gt;Oct 30 15.08&lt;br /&gt;Nov 19 17.62 32.70&lt;br /&gt;R.E. Wright Labor on front doors and materials 11.15&lt;br /&gt;Seth B.Rubert coal 20275# 70.97&lt;br /&gt;C.D. Austin Draining? dirk 6.35&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel Librarian 25.00&lt;br /&gt;salary for November&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown janitor 17.35&lt;br /&gt;salary for November&lt;br /&gt;half to village half to tp&lt;br /&gt;Thomas Gordon Jr cash advanced .75&lt;br /&gt;for A.J. Parers bill of Oct 1 75 cents&lt;br /&gt;Electric Light &amp;amp; W Com 6.80&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported &amp;amp; carried that residents of the village of Howell in the Marion additions have full use of the library, same as seat of village.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Subscription to Livingston Democrat and Republican ordered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;List of magazines as vained? ordered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Barnes &lt;br /&gt;Sec&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jan 13 1908&lt;br /&gt;Board met at Library. Present M.J. McPherson, G.H. Chapel, A.D. Thompson, Bruce McPherson Geo. Barnes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following bills were allowed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel Librarian $25.00&lt;br /&gt;salary for December&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown Janitor 17.50&lt;br /&gt;half to village &amp;amp; half to Township&lt;br /&gt;salary for December&lt;br /&gt;Bennett Hardware Co merchandise 1.05&lt;br /&gt;Republican Office stationary &amp;amp; signs 4.25&lt;br /&gt;Blue &amp;amp; Blue Printers Kokomo binding books 22.49&lt;br /&gt;Electric Light &amp;amp; Water Com 6.08&lt;br /&gt;lights for December&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geo Barnes Sec</text>
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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nov 29, 1909&lt;br /&gt;Board met at Library. Present M.J. McPherson, L.S. Brooke, Geo. H Chapel, A.D.Thompson.&lt;br /&gt;Minutes of last regular meeting and minutes of special meeting read and approved.&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration, the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown, Janitor salry 1/2 vill 1/2 twp. $17.50&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel, Librarian salary 35.00&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr bill books Oct 30 '09 30.16&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr bill books Nov 19 '09 $83.58 list, $2.26 book 81.32&lt;br /&gt;not received&lt;br /&gt;James Canfield drawing manure 1.25&lt;br /&gt;A.F. Peavy &amp;amp; Sons 11720 # coal @$7.00 per ton 41.02&lt;br /&gt;Electric Lights for Nov 6.84&lt;br /&gt;total 213.09&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported and carried that list of juvenile books presented and list of magazines &amp;amp; periodicals for 1910 be ordered by book committee.&lt;br /&gt;On motion, board adjourned,&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson, Secy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dec. 28th, 1909&lt;br /&gt;Board met at Library. Present M.J. McPherson, L.S. Brooke, Geo. H. Chapel and A.D. Thompson.&lt;br /&gt;Minutes of last meeting read and approved.&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration, the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown, Janitor, salary 1/2 vill, 1/2 township $17.50&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel , Librarian salary 35.00&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr Bill books 12/3/09 lis .67 for book duplicated 28.05&lt;br /&gt;Geo Wahr bill books 12/14/09 42.47&lt;br /&gt;Geo Wahr bill books 12/21/09 35.49 less one book Lucy Chapel 1.00 less one bookd not received 1.58 32.91&lt;br /&gt;Electric Lights for Dec. 1909 $5.84 less 20 c 5.64&lt;br /&gt;total 161.57&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved supported and carried that list of books read by book committee be purchased by such committee.&lt;br /&gt;Meeting adjourned&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson Secy</text>
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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aug 30, 1909&lt;br /&gt;Board met at Library. Present: M.J. McPHerson, L.S. Brookes, Geo Barnes, Geo.H Chapel, R.B. McPherson, and A.D. Thompson.&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration, the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown Janitor salary 1/2 village, 1/2 township $17.50&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel, Librarian 30.00&lt;br /&gt;Bennett Hardware Co. 12.25&lt;br /&gt;Henry Helsner ? 2.57&lt;br /&gt;Book Shop Bindery (Chicago) 105.40&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr Bill 7/27/09 less book returned 0.67 40.41&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr bill Aug 2 '09 68.10&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr bill Aug 6 '09 51.83&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr bill Aug 21 '09 115.68 less book ret'd .84 114.84&lt;br /&gt;Amt voted to Congressional Library 10.00&lt;br /&gt;Electric Light August 3.68&lt;br /&gt;Total $ 456.58&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported and carried that we send Librarian of Congess $10.00 to check out.&lt;br /&gt;Book Committee presented list of books for consideration and after due consideration, Book Com was ordered to purchase them.&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported and carried that Geo. Barnes be authorized to purchase coal for use in Library.&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported and carried that L.S. Brooke and M.J. McPherson be a committee to see about fixing mens room in the basement and make estimate of cost.&lt;br /&gt;Meeting adjourned,&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 27, 1909&lt;br /&gt;Board met at Library.&lt;br /&gt;Present M.J. McPherson, L.S. Brooke, Geo. H. Chapel, R.B. McPherson and A.D. Thompson.&lt;br /&gt;Minutes of last meeting read and approved.&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration, the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown, Janitor, salary for Sept 1/2 vill, 1/2 township $17.50&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel, salary for Sept $35.00 bal on July 5.00 40.00&lt;br /&gt;J.O. Taft 5 tons coal @ 6.50 per ton 32.50&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr bill books Sep 2, '09 54.58 less books returned 1.47 53.11&lt;br /&gt;Geo Wahr bill books Sep 14, '09 44.37&lt;br /&gt;Geo Wahr bill books Sep 24 '09 71.07&lt;br /&gt;Electric Lights for Sept 4.24&lt;br /&gt;Total $ 262.79&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported and carried that application of Myotte H. Wilkinson for appreenticeship in Library be placed on file for future reference.&lt;br /&gt;R.B. McPherson was elected as chairman of Committee to fix mens room in basement, in place of M.J. McPherson who resigned. &lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported, and carried that Lucy Chapel be retained for another year at Library salary to be $35.00 per month from &lt;br /&gt;August 1st, A.D. 1909.&lt;br /&gt;On motion, meeting adjourned.&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson, Secy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</text>
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              <text>Please &lt;a href="https://howelllibrary.org/howell-area-archives/#archives-inquiry"&gt;submit an inquiry&lt;/a&gt; to the archives if you want a better quality digital image. Include the title of the image and reason for print/digital image with your inquiry. Archives staff will contact you regarding your inquiry.</text>
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              <text>Library board minutes are not eligible for U.S. copyright protection. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in these digital collections. Transmission or reproduction of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Researchers must make their own assessments of rights in light of their intended use. &lt;a href="https://howelllibrary.org/policies/permissions-policies/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;View Permissions Policy for more information.&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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                <text>Record of Proceedings Relating to the Howell Free Public Library and Carnegie Library Building. Howell, Michigan Pages 200-201</text>
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                <text>&lt;p&gt;Howell Carnegie Library board minutes and ledger entries approved by the board.&lt;/p&gt;
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;Board Met at Library. Present M.J. McPherson, L.S. Brooke, Geo. Barnes, Geo. H. Chapel and A.D. Thompson.&lt;br /&gt;Minutes were read &amp;amp; approved.&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration, the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown, Janitor salary village $17.50, township $17.50&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel, Librarian salary for June 30.00&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr bill May 9 1909 1.00&lt;br /&gt;bill for May 26 1909 16.26&lt;br /&gt;bill for June 9 $77.55 minus 2 books returned 75.38&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Parker sharpening lawn mower (pd by Thos Gordan Jr) .75&lt;br /&gt;The F. Bissell Co. one bill Apr. 1 '09 48.50&lt;br /&gt;F.M Lansing for book 1.75&lt;br /&gt;Electric Lights for June 3.04&lt;br /&gt;Total $194.18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported and carried that we purchase book of F.M. Lansing on Automobiles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported and carried that book committee be ordered to purchase list of books presented.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported and carried that Lucy Chapel be given a two weeks vacation with full pay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported and carried that M.J. McPherson be a committee to employ Mrs. Cleave during vacation of Lucy Chapel.&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported and carried we adjourn.&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson Secy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 26 1909&lt;br /&gt;Board met at Library.&lt;br /&gt;Present L.S. Brooke, Geo. H. Chapel and A.D. Thompson.&lt;br /&gt;No Quorum being present, meeting adjourned until Wednesday ngith at 73o July 28th 1909&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson Secy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Board met at Library July 28th as per adjourment.&lt;br /&gt;Present M.J. McPherson, L.S. Brooke, Geo. H. Chapel, Geo. Barnes, and A.D. Thompson.&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration, the following bills were allowed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown, 1/2 salary village 1/2 to township $17.50&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel, Librarian, salary 30.00&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. Emma Cleave salary half 15.00&lt;br /&gt;Interstate telephone Co. Rental 6.00&lt;br /&gt;H.E. Johnson bill 4.00&lt;br /&gt;John Ryan Printing 20.25&lt;br /&gt;Geo Barnes 5.00&lt;br /&gt;Pennisular Engineering Co 4.10&lt;br /&gt;Electric Lights for July 2.72&lt;br /&gt;total $131.08&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Book Committee presented report of books on American Literature Report accepted except as to English novels and Manon Crawford's works&lt;br /&gt;and Committee ordered to pass change? list after some were checked with Librarian.&lt;br /&gt;Meeting Adjourned&lt;br /&gt;A.D Thompson&lt;br /&gt;Secy</text>
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