Twenty-second Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association FOR THE YEAR ENDING September 14, 1911 BAR HARBOR, MAINE W. H. Sherman, Book and Job Printer 1912 Twenty-second Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association FOR THE YEAR ENDING September 14, 1911 BAR HARBOR, MAINE W. H. Sherman, Book and Job Printer 1912 OFFICERS FOR 1911-1912 PRESIDENT : L. B. Deasy. VICE-PRESIDENTS : Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, Dr. A. F. Schauffler, John I. Kane. SECRETARY : H. M. Conners. TREASURER : F. C. Lynam. STANDING COMMITTEES FINANCE COMMITTEE : L.A. Austin, Chairman Henry Lane Eno, Fred C. Lynam, Thomas Searls. VILLAGE COMMITTEE : Miss Fanny Norris, Chairman Miss Bell B. Gurnee, Miss Sarah Lawrence, Mrs. John I. Kane, Miss Juliette Nickerson, Mrs. Fred C. Lynam, Mrs. C. F. Ostrander, Dr Augustus Thorndike,J. Alden Morse. 4 COMMITTEES GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE : Miss Juliette Nickerson. TREES AND PLANTING COMMITTEE : George B. Dorr, Chairman. Mrs. John Markoe, Miss Beatrix Jones, Mrs. John Harrison, Mrs. John S. Kennedy, Mrs. John C. Livingston. SANITARY COMMITTEE : Dr. Robert Abbe, Dr. J. H. Patten, Dr. G. R. Hagerthy, Dr. R. G. Higgins, Dr. F. Fremont-Smith, Dr. C. C. Morrison, Dr. Horace S. Stokes, Dr. E. J. Morrison, Dr. J. Madison Taylor, Dr. George A. Phillips, Dr. R. W. Wakefield. ROADS AND PATHS COMMITTEE : John I. Kane, Chairman. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Miss Eloise Derby, Herbert Jaques, George B. Dorr, Edward L. Rand, Mrs. William P. Draper, Clarence M. Watson, Miss Mary R. Coles. VILLAGE GREEN COMMITTEE : Mrs. John Harrison, Chairman. George B. Dorr, Fred C. Lynam, Miss Fanny Norris, Mrs. William B. Rice, Mrs. F. E. Sherman, Miss Louisa Minot. COMMITTEES 5 GLEN MARY PARK COMMITTEE : Dr. Augustus Thorndike, Chairman. George B. Dorr, Mrs. John Harrison. SPECIAL COMMITTEES. WOODBURY PARK COMMITTEE : D. C. Blair, Chairman. John How, A. C. Gurnee, Philip Livingston MILK COMMITTEE. Dave Hennen Morris, Chairman. Dr. Robert Abbe, Dr. R. W. Wakefield, Dr. C. C. Morrison, Dr. Nathaniel Gildersleeve 6 ANNUAL REPORT Twenty-seoond Annual Report While nothing new has been undertaken the work of the Association has during the past year gone on successfully. This Association has ever made good and economical use of its limited resources. None of its funds have ever been wasted or devoted to purposes of doubtful utility. It has admin- istered its trust wisely, prudently and well. The president can say these things with becom- ing modesty because the entire credit is due to the Association's very efficient committees under whose supervision and direction its work is done. The president makes only one suggestion and recommendation as follows :-besides its care of the entire path system, its planting and care of roadside trees and its important sanitary work especially in connection with the milk supply, this Association has entire control of Bar Har- bor's parks. Glen Mary Park, Woodbury Park and Fawn Pond Park are owned in fee by the Association. The Village Green is held by it under a lease from the town. In the development and beautifying of the Village Green wonders have been accomplished with small means. ANNUAL REPORT 7 A special committee has been appointed to have the care of Woodbury Park. The president recommends that the Associa- tion consider carefully whether anything should be done and can be done to develop, beautify and make more useful the other public recrea- tion grounds which it holds and controls. The thanks of the Association are extended to the Y. M. C.A. for allowing the use of its rooms for meetings of the Association. L. B. DEASY, President. H. M. CONNERS, Secretary. 8 TREASURER'S REPORT Treasurer's Report For the fiscal year ending September 14, 1911 RECEIPTS Dues and General Donations, $1,502.50 Special Donations : For Paths, 235.00 Total Dues and Donations, $1,737.50 Interest on $2,000 investment, 96.28 Interest on $5,000 legacy, 250.00 Total Income for year, $2,083.78 Balance on hand September 8, 1910, 1,017.58 $3,101.36 PAYMENTS Village Committee, $524.38 Village Green Committee, 266.28 Roads and Paths Committee, 731.70 Glen Mary Park Committee, 5.00 Canvassing, 1910, 36.00 Canvassing, 1911, 30.00 Printing and Postage, 68.60 TREASURER'S REPORT 9 Secretary's Salary, 50.00 Miss Nickerson, for servicesest25"1910 50.00 Tools, 2.75 $1,764.71 Balance on hand September 14, 1911, $1,336.65 The Association owns $5,000 of Rodick Realty Company Bonds purchased with the legacy from the late Waldron Bates. The Association owns $300 par value Bar Harbor Water Company Stock. The Association has on deposit bearing inter- est $1,700. FRED C. LYNAM, Treasurer. 10 FINANCE COMMITTEE Report of Finance Committee For the year 1911. As the financial condition of the Association for the year ending September 14, 1911, is fully covered by the report of the Treasurer it does not seem necessary for your Committee to make an extended report other than call your atten- tion to a few items in connection with that report. The dues and general donations this year are $1,502.50 against $1,624.00 last year. Special donations this year $235 against $100 last year. Total dues and donations this year $1,737.50 against $1,724.00 last year. The total income for the year 1911 was $2,083.78 against $2,258.24 for the year 1910, showing our total income this year $174.46 smaller than last year. In connection with this difference in income your Committee would state there was received last year from the Village Green Fair the sum of $223.42 and this year no similar Fair has been held. We have a balance in the Treasury this year of $1,336.65. Last year our balance was $1,017.58. L. A. AUSTIN, Chairman Finance Committee. VILLAGE COMMITTEE 11 Report of Village Committee In submitting this report of work taken in charge towards the end of July, by practically a new Committee, the Chairman is fully con- scious of the many things left undone. The street borders remained untrimmed for several weeks, as the Association voted at the meeting held in June that this work should be left to the town. However, this could not be arranged, but the Commissioner agreed to re- move the piles of grass cuttings, weeds, etc., if the man employed by the Association would cut the borders a couple of hours before the town's employers cleaned the principal streets. This method has saved cartage and has proven satis- factory. Two men only, have been employed this sum- mer ; one man has trimmed and weeded the sides of every street in turn, has raked the paths leading to the Shore Path, and has watered and cut the grass in the cemetery. The whole time of the other man is spent in picking u.p. the papers, cigarette and candy boxes which thoughtless men and women throw on the streets and the Shore Path, in spite of the capacious barrels provided for their recep- tion. However, that many people are aware of 12 VILLAGE COMMITTEE the existence of these barrels is shown by the fact that twenty-five are emptied twice a week, and those in the most frequented places are at- tended to more often. The signs along the Shore Path were re- lettered and varnished in the spring, but were not placed in position until late in the season. The Committee disapproving of defacing trees, stakes for the signs were donated by a member, and Mr. Leon Tabbut kindly contributed the time of a man to put them in place. The fact that the members of the Committee live in different parts of the town has been a great advantage, each member having super- vision of her own district and reporting to the Chairman. The amount spent from September 9, 1910, to September 14, 1911, is $524.38. No definite appropriation having been allotted to this Com- mittee, great care has been taken to keep down the expenses. Before closing a word of thanks is due to the two men employed who have cheerfully and promptly responded to every suggestion made by the Chairman and who have done their work most faithfully. Thanks are also due Miss Nickerson. Respectfully submitted, FANNY NORRIS, Chairman of Village Committee. VILLAGE GREEN COMMITTEE 13 Report of Village Green Committee The report of the Village Green for the last month differs but little from those that preceded it since June. It is however pleasant to record that the whole season of 1911 has been marked by not only a greater appreciation than ever of the popularity and real enjoyment of the Green, but by far less frequent complaints of careless- ness in various ways of those who most frequent it. Of course at this season of the year it is most difficult to keep the Green looking tidy all the time on account of the constant falling of the leaves, and of course, the immediate neigh- borhood of the one famous apple tree in connec- tion with the hungry boy-is quite hopeless. There are more benches needed, and an exten- sion of the present hedge would certainly be very attractive, and it is earnestly hoped that during the winter a small sum could be raised by the residents of Bar Harbor to provide the Green with these improvements. Financially we feel that the Green has made a good record, the amount expended having been but $266.28. EMILY L. HARRISON, Chairman Village Green Committee. 14 MILK COMMITTEE Report of Milk Committee Your Milk Committee reports as follows : 1. In answer to request for funds, the fol- lowing persons have subscribed $310.00. Mrs. W. S. Gurnee, $10.00 Mrs. Alfred M. Coats, 15.00 Mrs. John S. Kennedy, 25.00 Mrs. W. P. Draper, 10.00 Miss Amelia Morrill, 10.00 Mrs. J. E. Carpenter, 10.00 Mrs. J. J. Emery, 15.00 Mrs. Henry Eno, 25.00 Dr. and Mrs. S. Weir Mitchell, 10.00 Dr. Robert Abbe, 25.00 Mr. C. deR. Moore, 10.00 Mr. John I. Kane, 25.00 Mr. Wm. F. Cochrane, 10.00 Mr. D. C. Blair, 10.00 Prof. R. E. Brunnow, 10.00 Mr. Geo. S. Bowdoin, 25.00 Mr. W. Butler Duncan, 10.00 A friend, 10.00 Mrs. John W. Auchincloss, 10.00 Mr. Walter G. Ladd, 25.00 Mrs. Wm. Lawrence, 10.00 $310.00 MILK COMMITTEE 15 2. Your Committee have inspected together 14 farms and have made 8 chemical and 12 bac- teriological tests of milk ; and 5 chemical and bacteriological tests of cream. The results of the tests are as follows : Chemically, all milk samples examined were excellent. The bacterial content was as follows : Dairy Number Number of bacteria per C. C. MILK 1 3 examinations, 40,000 35,000 45,000 resp. 2 170,000 3 2 examinations, 145,000 60,000 resp. 4 125,000 5 40,000 6 35,000 7 90,000 8 135,000 12 14,000 CREAM 1 90,000 2 200,000 3 220,000 4 165,000 5 85,000 Other samples are in process of examination. 3. Your Committee is of the opinion that the farmers, supplying the milk for Bar Harbor are intelligent and willing to do what is in their 16 MILK COMMITTEE power to meet suggestions. While the number of bacteria in most of the milk examined is ex- cessive, as shown in the tests above, it is certain that a few improvements if adopted by the far- mers, will reduce the bacterial content to within a reasonable limit. 4. The chief faults are : A. Dark, unventilated, unwhitewashed and unscreened cow barns : B. Bacteriologically unclean utensils and bottles, due to a lack of milk rooms used solely for bottling and refrigerating purposes : C. Lack of information, on the part of the farmers, as to what is required and how to do it : D. Lack of interest on the part of the con- sumers. Your Committee has been everywhere cordi- ally received. The dairymen have shown great readiness to explain their methods. Your Committee believes that the majority of the dairymen will adopt many of the sugges- tions made to them, and in consequence, that the results will be correspondingly satisfactory. Your Committee urges each consumer to take a personal interest in the quality of milk sup- plied him, by pertinent inquiries of his dealer, as well as by a visit to the farm where the milk is produced. Each member is also requested to aid the MILK COMMITTEE 17 Committee by notifying his dealer that the milk supplied must conform to the standard to be set by the Committee. 5. The financial report is as follows: Contributions received and depos- ited with the B. H. B. & T. Co. $310.00 Bills paid : The Bar Harbor Press Co. (printing), $ 9.32 Bills payable : N. Gildersleeve (literature to farmers and expenses) 14.84 Cleaves Livery, 28.00 52.16 Available cash on hand, $257.84 MILK COMMITTEE : DR. ROBERT ABBE, DR. R. W. WAKEFIELD, DR. C. C. MORRISON, DR. NATHANIEL GILDERSLEEVE, DAVE HENNEN MORRIS, Chairman. 18 LIFE MEMBERS Life Members Givers of $25 in one sum, $10 annually for three years, or $5 annually for seven years. (By-Laws, Article II, Sec. 3.) Abbe, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Anderson, Mrs. Nicholas L. Auchincloss, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Babcock, Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Banks, Mrs. A. Bleecker Barney, Mrs. A. C. Bass, Col. and Mrs. E. W. Bass, Hon. J. P. Biddle, Miss Christine W. Blair, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Bowdoin, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Bowen, Mrs. Joseph T. Bridgham, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Brigham, Mr. L. F. Brooks, Mr. H. Mortimer Carpenter, Miss Agnes Carpenter, Mrs. Miles B. Cassatt, Mrs. A. J. Clarke, Miss Anna M. Coats, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Coles, Mrs. Edward Coles, Miss Mary R. LIFE MEMBERS 19 Coxe, Mrs. Alexander B. Crafts, Miss Mary E. Crocker, Mrs. U. H. Cuyler, Miss E. de G. Davis, Mrs. A. J. Dehon, Miss M. H. Derby, Dr. Hasket Dimock, Mrs. H. F. Dodge, Mrs. George E. Dorr, Mr. George B. Draper, Mr. George A. Draper, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. P. Duncan, Mr. W. Butler Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Emery, Mrs. J. J. Eno, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Fabbri, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Fahnestock, Mr. Harris C. French, Miss C. L. W. Gray, Mrs. H. W. Green, Mr. Wm. L. Griswold, Mrs. F. G. Gurnee, Mr. A. C. Gurnee, Miss D. E. Gurnee, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Harrison, Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Hon. and Mrs. F. B. Harrison, Mrs. John Hatfield, Mr. Henry R. Hinkle, Mrs. A. H. 20 LIFE MEMBERS Hoffman, Miss Mary Hone, Mr. and Mrs. John How, Mr. John B. Hubbard, Gen. and Mrs. T. H. Hunt, Mrs. Platt Ingraham, Hon. George L. Jackson, Mrs. C. C. Jaques, Mr. Herbert Jesup, Mrs. Morris K. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Jones, Miss Beatrix Jones, Mrs. Cadwalader Kahn, Mr. and Mrs. Otto H. Kane, Mr. and Mrs. John I. Kennedy, Mrs. John S. Ketterlinus, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kingsland, Mrs. Wm. M. Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Laugier-Villars, the Countess Lawrence, Rt. Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Leeds, Mr. and Mrs. Warner M. Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Livingston, Mr. Johnston Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Longstreth, Dr. Morris Luquer, Mr. and Mrs. L. McI. McCagg, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Maitland, Mrs. Alexander Markoe, Mrs. John LIFE MEMBERS 21 May, Mrs. J. Frederic Minot, The Misses Mitchell, Dr. and Mrs. S. Weir Morgan, Miss C. L. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Morrell, Hon. and Mrs. Edward Morrill, The Misses Morris, Mrs. D. H. Newbold, Mr. Clement B. Ogden, Mr. David B. Opdycke, Mrs. Emerson Opdycke, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Parsons, Mrs. Herbert Peabody, Mrs. A. P. Peabody, Mr. F. H. Pearson, Mrs. Frederick Phelps, Mrs. Austin Place, Mrs. George Platt, Mrs. A. E. Potter, Mrs. R. B. Pratt, Mr. John T. Pulitzer, Mrs. Joseph Rhinelander, Miss Serena Rice, Mrs. W. B. Robbins, Mrs. George A. Schauffler, Dr. A. F. Schieffelin, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Schiff, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob H. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sears, Miss Helen 22 LIFE MEMBERS Sears, Mrs. J. M. Seely, Mrs. W. W. Shepard, Mrs. Elliott F. Sherman, Mrs. Gardiner Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. Morton Smith, Mrs. Edward A. Smith, Miss Josephine C. Stewart, Mr. W. R. Thacher, Dr. John S. Thompson, Miss Anne Thompson, Mrs. George L. Thorndike, Mrs. G. Quincy Townsend, Mrs. R. H. Trevor, Miss Emily Trevor, Mrs. John B. Tucker, Mrs. Alanson Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Walcott, Mrs. F. C. Weeks, Mr. F. Delano Winthrop, Miss Marie Wright, Mrs. C. K. EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS 23 Ex-Officio Members (By-Laws, Article I, Section 4) Bird, Mr. Walter L., Health Officer. Brewer, Mr. Orient E., Selectman. Graham, Mr. E. A., Sewer Commissioner. Green, Rev. Stephen H. Hagerthy, Dr. G. R. Hamor, Mr. M. L., Road Commissioner. Higgins, Mr. Ezra H., Road Commissioner. Higgins, Dr. R. G. Jobe, Rev. S. H. Judd, Rev. B. P. MacDonald, Rev. A. M. Marshall, Mr. Howard W., Building Inspector. Morrison, Dr. C. C. Morrison, Dr. E. J. Morrison, Mr. M. C., Selectman. Morse, Mr. J. A. Health Officer. O'Brien, Rev. James S. Paine, Mr. C. F., Town Treasurer. Palmer, Ernest L., Superiniendent of Schools. Patten, Dr. J. H. Phillips, Dr. George A. Sherman, Mr. W. H., Town Clerk. Silk, Mr. Walter, Selectman. 24 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Smith, Rev. O. D. Smith, Dr. F. Fremont Stanley, Mr. Robert E., Health Officer. Stokes, Dr. Horace S. Taylor, Dr. J. Madison Thorndike, Dr. Augustus Wakefield, Dr. R. W. DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES 25 Donations and Membership Dues Acknowledged in 21st Annual Report $116.00 Abbe, Dr. and Mrs. Robert 25.00 A Friend, 20.00 Adamowski, Mrs. T. 5.00 Allen, Mr. J. Milton 1.00 Anderson, Mrs. Nicholas L. 10.00 Auchincloss, Mrs. John W. 10.00 Baker, Mrs. H. M. 5.00 Bass, Col. E. W. 5.00 Bee, Mr. A. W. 1.00 Biddle, Miss C. W. 1.00 Bliss, Mrs. George T. 10.00 Baylies, Mrs. N. E. 4.00 Blair, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. 25.00 Bowdoin, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. S. 100.00 Bowen, Mrs. Joseph T. 10.00 Bridgham, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. 10.00 Brigham, Mr. Lincoln F. 5.00 Brunnow, Mr. Rudolph E. 5.00 Chapman, Mrs. Henry C. 5.00 Cochran, Mrs. Wm. F. 10.00 Coles, Mrs. Edward 10.00 Coles, Miss Mary R. 10.00 Conrad, Mrs. Thomas K. 5.00 Crocker, Mrs. Uriel H. 5.00 26 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Cushman, Mrs. E. C. 5.00 Dabney, Mrs. W. 2.00 Draper, Mrs. George A. 5.00 Draper, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. P. 10.00 Duncan, Mr. W. Butler 25.00 Dutilh, Miss Emily 5.00 Emery, Mrs. J. J. 50.00 Fahenstock, Mr. H. C. 25.00 Furfey, Dr. J. Austin 5.00 Green, Mr. Charles S. 1.00 Gregerson, Miss E. 1.00 Gurnee, Mr. A. C. 25.00 Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Burton 50.00 Harrison, Mrs. John 15.00 Hatfield, Mrs. Henry R. 5.00 Hewitt, Miss Eleanor G. 10.00 Higgins, Mr. B. C. 1.00 Hoffman, Miss Mary U. 10.00 Hone, Mr. and Mrs. John 5.00 Hubbard, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. 10.00 Huguenin, Miss S. 1.00 Hudson, Mr. C. I. 10.00 Ingraham, Mr. George L. 10.00 Jesup, Mrs. Morris K. 50.00 Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Howe 10.00 Kane, Mr. and Mrs. John I. 25.00 Kennedy, Mrs. John S. 100.00 King, Mr. David James 10.00 Kingsland, Mrs. William 25.00 Kittredge, Mr. R. H. 1.00 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES 27 Kurson, Mr. Julius 1.00 Ladd, Mr. C. C. 1.00 Ladd, Mr. Walter G. 50.00 Larkin, The Misses 2.00 Lawford, Mr. H. A. 1.00 Lawrence, Miss Sarah 5.00 Lawrence, Rt. Rev. William 10.00 Leland, Mr. A. B. 1.00 Linzee, Miss Elizabeth 5.00 Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. John C. 10.00 Lynam, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. 2.00 Major, Miss M. T. 1.00 Manning, Miss Abbie F. 5.00 Markoe, Mrs. John 10.00 May, Mrs. J. F. 10.00 Mellon, Miss Mary F. 5.00 Meserole, Mr. Abraham 10.00 Minot, The Misses 10.00 Mitchell, Dr. and Mrs. S. Weir 25.00 Moore, Mr. C. de R. 5.00 Morgan, Miss Caroline L. 10.00 Morrell, Mr. Edward 25.00 Morrill, The Misses 15.00 Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Dave H. 10.00 Norris, The Misses 5.00 Opdycke, Mr. L. E. 25.00 Ostrander, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. 5.00 Paine, Mr. Chas. F. 1.00 Parsons, Mrs. Herbert 10.00 Phelps, Mrs. Austin 5.00 28 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Platt, Mrs. A. E. 15.00 Potter, Mrs. R. B. 10.00 Price, Mrs. J. M. P. 5.00 Reid, Mrs. Fergus 10.00 Reynolds, Mr. B. C. 1.00 Rice, Mrs. William B. 10.00 Robbins, Mrs. George A. 10.00 Schieffelin, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. 10.00 Schauffler, Dr. and Mrs. A. F. 25.00 Sherman, Mrs. Gardiner 25.00 Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. Morton 25.00 Smith, Mr. Munroe 5.00 Smith, Miss S. R. 5.00 Stevens, Miss Julia 5.00 Thacher, Dr. John S. 25.00 Thomas, Miss Catherine C. 5.00 Thompson, Miss Anne 10.00 Thompson, Mrs. George L. 10.00 Thorndike, Dr. and Mrs. Augustus 5.00 Thorndike, Mrs. Quincy 10.00 Thoron, Mrs. Ward 2.50 Tilford, Mr. H. M. 5.00 Trevor, Miss Emily 25.00 Tucker, Mrs. Alanson 10.00 Van Nest, Mrs. G. Willett 10.00 Watson, Mr. Clarence M. 1.00 Weld, Mrs. C. M. 5.00 Wells, Mrs. Oliver J. 10.00 Wilkins, Miss 2,00 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES 29 Winsor, Mrs. Henry 1.00 Winthrop, Mrs. Buchanan 5.00 Total for general purposes, $1,502.50 SPECIAL DONATIONS. Acknowledged in 21st Annual Report $170.00 Gilford, Mr. Samuel T., for Paths 5.00 Gurnee, Mr. A. C., for Paths 50.00 Hudson, Mr. Woodward, for Paths 10.00 $235.00 Total all donations and dues $1,737.50 ADDITIONAL RECEIPTS September 14, 1911-October 5, 1911. Donations and Membership Dues. Cochran, Mary Norris $ 1.00 Dehon, Miss M. H. 5.00 Fabbri, Mrs. E. G. 10.00 Miscellaneous, 10.50 $26.50 SPECIAL DONATIONS Brooks, Mr. H. Mortimer, for Paths $25.00 Carpenter, Miss Agnes, for Paths 25.00 Eustis, Mr. George, for Paths 10.00 Kane, Mr. John I., for Paths 50.00 Weekes, Mr. F. Delano, for Paths 25.00 $135.00 30 CHARTER Charter LAWS OF 1891. CHAPTER 186 : An Act to Incorporate the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives in Legislature Assembled as follows SECTION 1. Parke Godwin, Fred C. Lynam, William H. Sherman, Morris K. Jesup, Robert Amory, Charles T. How, De Grasse Fox, Luere B. Deasy, Edward Coles, Serenus H. Rodick, Henry Sayles, William B. Rice, David A. Bunker, Elihu T. Hamor, Addie B. Higgins, Mary G. Dorr, Augustus Gurnee, A. W. Morrill, Iphigenia Z. Place, Frances E. Wood, George W. Vanderbilt, Gertrude S. Rice, Louisa S. Minot, F. G. Peabody, Abby A. Potter, Francis M. Conners, John E. Clark, George M. Wheeler, Eugene B. Richards, and their associates and successors are hereby incorporated under the name of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, for the purpose of instituting and maintaining public improvements in the village of Bar Harbor, and other parts of Mount Desert Island. CHARTER 31 SEC. 2. For the purpose of its incorporation this Association may receive and hold real and personal property not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in amount ; make contracts to be bind- ing upon itself but none upon its individual members ; and to make by-laws not inconsistent with law for the regulation of its membership and its government. SEC. 3. The first meeting of this corporation may be called by any of the above associates, by a notice published two weeks successively before the time of said meeting in any news- paper published in Bar Harbor. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 32 BY-LAWS By-Laws PREAMBLE. Whereas, it is evident to all who are inter- ested in the village of Bar Harbor that some method of united action is needed in order to preserve the natural beauties of the place by the ornamentation of the streets and public grounds of the village, by planting and cultivat- ing trees and doing such other acts as shall tend to beautify, adorn and increase the attrac- tions of the village ; therefore we have formed ourselves into an Association and agree to be governed by the following by-laws : No. 1-NAME. This Society shall be known as the Bar Har- bor Village Improvement Association. No. 2-MEMBERSHIP. SECTION 1. The members of this Association shall consist of two classes : Annual and Life. SEC. 2. Any person over fourteen years of age by the payment of one dollar annually, and any child under fourteen years of age who shall pay the sum of fifty cents annually, shall be a member of this Association for the current BY-LAWS 33 fiscal year which shall end on the second Thurs- day of September. SEC. 3. The payment of five dollars annually for seven years or ten dollars annually for three years or twenty-five dollars in one sum, shall constitute a person a life member of the Asso- ciation. SEC. 4. Irrespective of payment of dues the following persons shall be members of the Asso- ciation : the Selectmen, the Town Clerk, the Treasurer, the Road Commissioners, the Super- intendent of Schools, the Board of Health, the Sewer Commissioner, and the Inspector of Buildings, of the town of Eden ; the pastors and rectors of all Christian churches in the village of Bar Harbor, and all physicians licensed to practice in the said village. No. 3-MEETINGS. There shall be meetings of the Association held each year on the third Thursday of June and on the second Thursday of July, August and September of which the September meet- ing shall be the annual meeting of the Associa- tion. Said meetings shall be held at some con- venient place in the village of Bar Harbor of which due notice shall be given by the Sec- retary. Other meetings of the Associatton may be 34 BY-LAWS called by the President and shall be called on written request of five members of the Asso- ciation. No. 4-OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. At the annual meeting the Association shall elect by ballot the following officers : President, Three Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, who shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly elected. At the same time and place the Association shall elect or shall empower the newly elected President to appoint, the chairman and mem- bers of the following Standing Committees : Finance, Village, Grievance, Sanitary, Roads and Paths, Trees and Planting, Village Green, and Glen Mary Park. Special Committees may be appointed by a vote of the Association at any time. No. 5-DUTIES OF OFFICERS. SECTION 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association, and in his absence one of the Vice Presidents shall perform the duties of his office. SEC 2. The Treasurer shall have charge of all money and other property of the Associa- tion, and shall report at each of its regular BY-LAWS 35 meetings. The report presented by him at the annual meeting shall be in writing accompanied by an account and vouchers for audit. He shall be the sole disbursing officer of the Association, and shall pay out the moneys of the Association only upon written approval either of the chair- man of the committee from whose appropriation the disbursement is made, or of the President or a member of the Finance Committee. Except for usual office expenses, he shall pay out no money until the same shall have been appro- priated by the Association. SEC. 3. The Secretary shall keep a correct and careful record of all the proceedings of the Association in a suitable book, have charge of the books, records, and seal of the Association and give notice of all meetings. No. 6-DUTIES OF COMMITTEES. Finance Committee. It shall be the duty of the Finance Committee to devise ways and means to procure funds for the use of the Association, by extending the membership, pro- curing subscriptions and donations or by any other means. If at any time there shall be found in the hands of the Treasurer a surplus of money beyond estimated disbursements, such surplus may be invested in marketable and interest paying securities. Village Committee. It shall be the duty of 36 BY-LAWS this committee to make the streets attractive by trimming the borders between the sidewalks and roadways, cutting grass. weeding, and to care for the village graveyard, etc. Grievance Committee. It shall be the duty of this committee to invite, to receive, to ex- amine into, and if possible to secure the removal of just grounds, for, complaints relating to matters connected with the purposes of the Association. In case any complaints received by this committee. shall seem to lie within the province of any other committee, they shall at once be brought to the attention of such other committee. Committee on Trees and Planting. It shall be the duty of this committee to secure the removal of dead wood and underbrush and to plant trees, shrubs and vines, and to care for the bicycle path and Newport Mountain road. Sanitary Committee. It shall be the duty of this committee to keep itself informed as to the condition and care of Eagle Lake, both in winter and summer, into condition of the water, to examine the stables, the disposal of garbage, sewers, drains, tenement houses and localities generally likely to become sources of injury or contagion, and to report to the Association. Committee on Roads and Paths. It shall be the duty of this committee to report as to the BY-LAWS 37 condition of the roads, and to lay out, keep in repair and mark with signs, cairns and pointers paths and trails over the mountains, and through the woods on the eartern part of the island. Glen Mary Park. It shall be the duty of this committee to observe the conditions of Miss Mary Shannon's deeds of conveyance of the Park lands especially that concerned with the care of the pine trees, and the setting out and caring for the settees, conveyed to this Associa- tion under said deed, and in other ways to im- prove the appearance and attractions of this Park, and to provide such police regulations as shall prevent injury to trees, land or other property thereon. Each Standing Committee shall make a monthly report to the Association during the summer and the reports prepared for the annual meeting shall be in writing. No. 7-SEAL. The Corporation shall have a seal bearing its name and date "1891. " No. 8-DEEDS AND CONTRACTS. Deeds and contracts shall be executed by the President, Treasurer and one of the Vice Presi- dents. No member shall be personally liable for any contract or debt of the Corporation. 38 BY-LAWS No. 9-QUORUM. Eleven members of the Corporation or a majority of the members of any committee, shall constitute a quorum, and a quorum being present, a majority thereof shall control. No. 10-AMENDMENTS. These By-laws as a whole, or any part thereof may be 'repealed or amended by a vote of two- thirds of the members present at any regular or official meeting of the Associatisn, but a notice of any proposed change shall be given in the call for the meeting. No. 11-ORDER OF BUSINESS. Reading minutes of the preceding meeting, and action thereon. Report of Treasurer. Report of Standing Committees. Report of Special Committees. New Business. Bar Harbor Historical Society from 2nd C Rynam & Co.