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Proceedings of the Special Meeting, held Thursday, October 2, 1913
THE FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE
(Proceedings of the Special Meeting, held Thursday, October 2, I9Z3.) HALL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA, October 2, 1913.
In pursuance to the following call: THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, 15 South Seventh Street,
September 27, 1913. A Special Meeting of the Institute will be held on Thursday, October 2d, at / o u r o'clock P.M., in the Hall of the Institute, to determine whether the site acquired at Sixteenth and Arch Streets for the use of T h e F r a n k l i n Institute has become unsuitable for or unadapted to the purposes of T h e F r a n k l i n Institute, and to pass upon the action of the Board of Managers in acquiring a new site. R. B. OWENS,
Secretary. a special meeting of the Institute was held this a f t e r n o o n at four o'clock. PRESIDENT WALTON CLARK in the Chair. A quorum being present, Mr. H e n r y Howson, C h a i r m a n of the Institute's F r a n k l i n F u n d and Building Committee, stated that the Board of Managers recommended to the Institute the sale of the Institute's property on the southeast corner of Sixteenth and Arch Streets, it having become unsuitable and unadapted to the purposes of the Institute by reason of the plotting across its surface of the P a r k Boulevard, and offered the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted:
"'Resolved, That, in the j u d g m e n t of the members of The Franklin Institute, the plot of g r o u n d situate on the southeast corner of Sixteenth and A r c h Streets, 44 feet on Arch Street by 15o feet on Sixteenth Street, acquired for the purpose of erecting thereon a building for the use of The F r a n k l i n Institute, has, by reason of the plotting across its surface of the P a r k Boulevard, become unsuitable for and unadapted to the purposes of T h e F r a n k l i n Institute, in carrying out the provisions of the t r u s t created u n d e r the agreement of F e b r u a r y 4, 19o7, with the City of Philadelphia, therein created Trustee. "Resolved, T h a t the City of Philadelphia, Trustee, is hereby requested and authorized to sell the said lot of ground situate on the southeast corner of Sixteenth and Arch Streets, 44 feet on Arch Street by 15o feet on Sixteenth Street, for such price and upon such terms as may to it seem right and proper, and that the purchaser under such sale shall take title, without 59I
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any responsibility concerning the application of the purchase money or other consideration; we hereby consenting to such sale, and to the application of the proceeds thereof in the pt~chase by the said City of Philadelphia, Trustee, of other premises and the erection thereon of another building or buildings for the purposes and upon the trusts prescribed in the said agreement of February 4, 19o7. "Resolved, That the proper officers be, and they are hereby, authorized to certify to the passage of the above resolution and to attach the seal of the Institute thereto. "'Resolved, That the President of The Franklin Institute be authorized, on behalf of said Institute, to join with the City of Philadelphia, Trustee, in a petition to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, setting forth the fact that the plot of ground situate on the southeast corner of Sixteenth and Arch Streets, 44 feet on A*rch Street by 15o feet on Sixteenth Street, acquired for the purpose of erecting thereon a building for the use of The Franklin Institute, has, by reason of the plotting across its surface of the Park Boulevard, become unsuitable for and unadapted to the purposes of The Franklin Institute, in carrying out the provisions of the trust created under the agreement of February 4, 19o7, with the City of Philadelphia, therein created Trustee, and asking the consent of the said Court to the sale of said property for such a price and upon such terms as may be fixed by the City of Philadelphia, Trustee, and to the application of the proceeds thereof in the purchase by the said City of Philadelphia, Trustee, of other premises and the erection thereon of another building or buildings for the purposes and upon the trusts prescribed in the said agreement of February 4, I907." Mr. Howson then stated that the Board of Managers had obtained options on the following properties betweenqRace and Cherry Streets: 1826, 1828, I83O, 1832, and 1834 Race Street; 133, 137, 139, and 141 North Nineteenth Street, and asked the Institute's approval of this choice by the Board of Managers of a site for a new building. On motion, duly seconded, it was resolved that the action of the Board of Managers in securing options on the above properties be approved and that the Board of Managers be requested to complete the purchase. R. B. OWENS,
Secretary. (Proceedings of the Stated Meeting held l/Vednesday, October 15, I913. ) HALL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA, October 15, 1913VIcE-PRESIDENT JAMES M. DODGEin the Chair. Additions to membership since last report, lO5. The following proposed amendment to the By-laws, presented at the May meeting, was submitted for final action:
Article iv, Section I~ of the By-laws to be amended by striking out everything after " J a n u a r y " in the third line, and substituting the following words :
INSTITUTE
(Proceedings of the Special Meeting, held Thursday, October 2, I9Z3.) HALL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA, October 2, 1913.
In pursuance to the following call: THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, 15 South Seventh Street,
September 27, 1913. A Special Meeting of the Institute will be held on Thursday, October 2d, at / o u r o'clock P.M., in the Hall of the Institute, to determine whether the site acquired at Sixteenth and Arch Streets for the use of T h e F r a n k l i n Institute has become unsuitable for or unadapted to the purposes of T h e F r a n k l i n Institute, and to pass upon the action of the Board of Managers in acquiring a new site. R. B. OWENS,
Secretary. a special meeting of the Institute was held this a f t e r n o o n at four o'clock. PRESIDENT WALTON CLARK in the Chair. A quorum being present, Mr. H e n r y Howson, C h a i r m a n of the Institute's F r a n k l i n F u n d and Building Committee, stated that the Board of Managers recommended to the Institute the sale of the Institute's property on the southeast corner of Sixteenth and Arch Streets, it having become unsuitable and unadapted to the purposes of the Institute by reason of the plotting across its surface of the P a r k Boulevard, and offered the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted:
"'Resolved, That, in the j u d g m e n t of the members of The Franklin Institute, the plot of g r o u n d situate on the southeast corner of Sixteenth and A r c h Streets, 44 feet on Arch Street by 15o feet on Sixteenth Street, acquired for the purpose of erecting thereon a building for the use of The F r a n k l i n Institute, has, by reason of the plotting across its surface of the P a r k Boulevard, become unsuitable for and unadapted to the purposes of T h e F r a n k l i n Institute, in carrying out the provisions of the t r u s t created u n d e r the agreement of F e b r u a r y 4, 19o7, with the City of Philadelphia, therein created Trustee. "Resolved, T h a t the City of Philadelphia, Trustee, is hereby requested and authorized to sell the said lot of ground situate on the southeast corner of Sixteenth and Arch Streets, 44 feet on Arch Street by 15o feet on Sixteenth Street, for such price and upon such terms as may to it seem right and proper, and that the purchaser under such sale shall take title, without 59I
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T t t E F R A N K L I N INSTITUTE.
[J. F. I.
any responsibility concerning the application of the purchase money or other consideration; we hereby consenting to such sale, and to the application of the proceeds thereof in the pt~chase by the said City of Philadelphia, Trustee, of other premises and the erection thereon of another building or buildings for the purposes and upon the trusts prescribed in the said agreement of February 4, 19o7. "Resolved, That the proper officers be, and they are hereby, authorized to certify to the passage of the above resolution and to attach the seal of the Institute thereto. "'Resolved, That the President of The Franklin Institute be authorized, on behalf of said Institute, to join with the City of Philadelphia, Trustee, in a petition to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, setting forth the fact that the plot of ground situate on the southeast corner of Sixteenth and Arch Streets, 44 feet on A*rch Street by 15o feet on Sixteenth Street, acquired for the purpose of erecting thereon a building for the use of The Franklin Institute, has, by reason of the plotting across its surface of the Park Boulevard, become unsuitable for and unadapted to the purposes of The Franklin Institute, in carrying out the provisions of the trust created under the agreement of February 4, 19o7, with the City of Philadelphia, therein created Trustee, and asking the consent of the said Court to the sale of said property for such a price and upon such terms as may be fixed by the City of Philadelphia, Trustee, and to the application of the proceeds thereof in the purchase by the said City of Philadelphia, Trustee, of other premises and the erection thereon of another building or buildings for the purposes and upon the trusts prescribed in the said agreement of February 4, I907." Mr. Howson then stated that the Board of Managers had obtained options on the following properties betweenqRace and Cherry Streets: 1826, 1828, I83O, 1832, and 1834 Race Street; 133, 137, 139, and 141 North Nineteenth Street, and asked the Institute's approval of this choice by the Board of Managers of a site for a new building. On motion, duly seconded, it was resolved that the action of the Board of Managers in securing options on the above properties be approved and that the Board of Managers be requested to complete the purchase. R. B. OWENS,
Secretary. (Proceedings of the Stated Meeting held l/Vednesday, October 15, I913. ) HALL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA, October 15, 1913VIcE-PRESIDENT JAMES M. DODGEin the Chair. Additions to membership since last report, lO5. The following proposed amendment to the By-laws, presented at the May meeting, was submitted for final action:
Article iv, Section I~ of the By-laws to be amended by striking out everything after " J a n u a r y " in the third line, and substituting the following words :