The Public Library of the city of Boston : a history . us that the institution had passedbeyond the period wherein it could be successfullyadministered under the existing conditions. In1878 Mayor Henry L. Pierce, in his inaugural ad-dress, suggested legislative action for the purpose ofplacing the Library on a permanent basis, and uponpetition of the City the Trustees were made a Cor-poration, by Chapter 114 of the Acts of that year,approved on the fourth of April, as follows: AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLICLIBRARY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. Be it enacted, &c,, as follows: Section
The Public Library of the city of Boston : a history . us that the institution had passedbeyond the period wherein it could be successfullyadministered under the existing conditions. In1878 Mayor Henry L. Pierce, in his inaugural ad-dress, suggested legislative action for the purpose ofplacing the Library on a permanent basis, and uponpetition of the City the Trustees were made a Cor-poration, by Chapter 114 of the Acts of that year,approved on the fourth of April, as follows: AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLICLIBRARY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. Be it enacted, &c,, as follows: Section 1. The trustees of the public library of thecity of Boston for the time being are hereby made a corpo-ration by the name of the Trustees of the PubHc Library ofthe City of Boston; and said trustees and their successors inoffice shall continue a body corporate for the purposes here-inafter set forth, with all the powers and privileges and sub-ject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities in the generallaws relating to such corporations. 76. d Ca.,Boste.
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