27. HON. GEORGE W. PERKINS.... 28. HON. N. TAYLOR PHILLIPS... 29. THOMAS REDFIELD PROCTOR.. 30. HON. J. HAMPDEN ROBB.. 31. COL. HENRY WOODWARD SACKETT.....New York. 32. HON. STEPHEN H. THAYER. 33. ALBERT ULMANN.. ... Yonkers, N. Y. 34. PROF. CHARLES DELAMATER VAIL.... Geneva, N. Y. 35. FRANK SPENCER WITHERBEE.. Executive Committee. .New York. GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ, PH. D., CHAIRMAN. New York. Committee on Sites and Inscriptions. REGINALD PELHAM BOLTON, CHAIRMAN....New York. GORDON H. PECK, CHAIRMAN......West Haverstraw, N. Y. HENRY K. BUSH-BROWN....... HON. THOMAS H. LEE... Newburgh, N. Y. . Stony Point, N. Y. FRANCIS WHITING HALSEY.. THE SECRETARY .New York. New York. Watkins Glen Reservation Committee. COL. HENRY W. SACKETT, CHAIRMAN....... PROF. L. H. BAILEY, Cornell University.. WILLIAM E. LEFFINGWELL.. JAMES B. RATHBONE.... .New York. . Ithaca, N. Y. Watkins, N. Y. Elmira, N. Y. PROF. CHARLES D. VAIL, Hobart College. . . . . Geneva, N. Y. PROF. L. H. BAILEY, Cornell University.. HON. ROBERT L. FRYER.... FRANCIS WHITING HALSEY. Fort Brewerton Reservation HON. THOMAS D. LEWIS, CHAIRMAN HON. THOMAS P. KINGSFORD THOMAS R. PROCTOR... Jamestown, N. Y. ..Ithaca, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. New York. Oswego, N. Y. New York. .Buffalo, N. Y. New York. New York. Tappan Monument Committee. Utica, N. Y. Yonkers Manor Hall Committee. [This committee, as originally appointed in 1907 upon receipt of the offer of Mrs. William F. Cochran to give $50,000 for the purchase of the Manor Hall, referred to on page 36, consisted of Col. Henry W. Sackett, Chairman, Reginald P. Bolton, Henry E. Gregory, Samuel V. Hoffman, Hon. George W. Perkins, Hon. N. Taylor Phillips, and those mentioned below. After the passage of the Manor Hall bill the smaller committee named below was appointed.] HON. STEPHEN H. THAYER, CHAIRMAN....Yonkers, N. Y. MISS MARY MARSHALL BUTLER.... MISS HELEN R. CROES. HAMPTON D. EWING... COL. RALPH E. PRIME... HON. D. McN. K. STAUFFER... CHARTER. Yonkers, N. Y Yonkers, N. Y. Yonkers, N. Y. Yonkers, N. Y. Yonkers, N. Y. An account of the founding of the Society by the Hon. Andrew H. Green in 1895 and its subsequent development will be found on pages sixteen to twenty-four of our Twelfth Annual Report. The Society was originally incorporated by a special act of the Legislature of the State of New York (chapter 166 of the Laws of 1895), under the title of "The Trustees of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects," which title was changed by chapter 302 of the Laws of 1898 to "The Society for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects," and by chapter 385 of the Laws of 1901 to "The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society." It had on January 1, 1908, a total membership of 578, an increase of 25 over the preceding year. Its charter reads as follows: The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The following persons: William H. Webb,* Samuel D. Babcock,* John M. Francis,* Andrew H. Green,* Charles A. * Dana,* Oswald Ottendorfer,* Chauncey M. Depew, Horace Porter, William Allen Butler,* Mornay Williams, George G. Haven,* Elbridge T. Gerry, Walter S. Logan,* Henry E. Howland, Edward P. Hatch, William L. Bull, James M. Taylor, J. Hampden Robb, Ebenezer K. Wright,* Alexander E. Orr, William M. Evarts,* Wager Swayne,* Charles R. Miller, Frederick W. Devoe, Elbridge G. Spaulding,* Frederick S. Tallmadge, Thomas V. Welch,* S. Van Rensselaer Cruger,* Frederick J. de Peyster,* Morgan Dix,* John A. Stewart, Charles C. Beaman,* Francis Vinton Greene, Peter A. Porter, M. D. Raymond, George N. Lawrence,* Benjamin F. Tracy, Augustus Frank,* Charles Z. Lincoln, John Hudson Peck, Sherman S. Rogers, William Hamilton Harris, Lewis Cass Ledyard, Alexander B. Crane, John Hodge,* Robert L. Fryer, J. S. T. Stranahan,* Samuel Parsons, Jr., Charles A. Hawley, Henry E. Gregory, Frederick D. Tappen,* Henry J. Cookingham, Henry R. Durfee, H. Walter Webb,* and such others as shall become associated with them in the manner and upon the terms and conditions prescribed by the by-laws of the corporation hereby created, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, with all the powers and subject to the provisions of the eleventh section of chapter thirty-five of the general corporation law as amended by chapter six hundred and eighty-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, except as otherwise provided by this act, and shall be capable of purchasing, taking, receiving and holding by gift, grant, devise, bequest, or otherwise, in trust or perpetuity, real and personal estate for the uses and purposes of said corporation, the value of which shall not exceed one million dollars. § 2. The objects of said corporation shall be to make recommendations to any municipality in the State of New York, or its proper officers, respecting movements in the scenic or material conditions thereof, to acquire by purchase, gift, grant, devise, or bequest, or in any other lawful manner, historic objects or memorable or picturesque places in the State or elsewhere in the United States, hold real and personal property in fee or upon *Now deceased. such lawful trusts as may be agreed upon between the donors thereof and said corporation or as may be constituted by a court of competent jurisdiction and accepted by said corporation, and to improve the same; admission to which shall be free to the public under such rules for the proper protection thereof as said corporation may prescribe, and which said property shall be exempt from taxation within the State of New York. § 3. The affairs and business of said corporation shall be conducted by a board of not less than five or more than thirty-five trustees, a quorum of whom for the transaction of business shall be fixed by the by-laws. The persons now constituting the board of trustees of said corporation shall continue to hold office until others are elected in their stead, as provided by the said by-laws. Vacancies in the board of trustees may be filled in the manner prescribed by the said by-laws. § 4. None of the trustees or members of said corporation shall receive any compensation for services, or be pecuniarily interested directly or indirectly in any contract relating to the affairs of said corporation, nor shall said corporation make any dividend or division of its property among its members, managers or officers. § 5. The board of trustees shall annually, at a time to be fixed by the by-laws, elect or appoint from their number the following officers: A president, four vice-presidents and a treasurer, who shall hold office for one year and until their respective successors are elected or appointed, and shall perform such duties as are provided by the by-laws. The board of trustees may also appoint a secretary and define his duties, and shall have the power to manage, transact and conduct all business of the corporation, to prescribe the terms of admission of its members, and to appoint and fix the compensation of and remove its employees at pleasure. The said corporation shall have no capital stock, and shall have no power to sell, mortgage or otherwise incumber any of its property. § 6. Said corporation shall annually make to the Legislature a statement of its affairs, and from time to time report to the Legislature, by bill or otherwise, such recommendations as are pertinent to the objects for which it was created, and may act jointly or otherwise with any persons appointed by any other State |