THIRD ANNUAL REPORT, OF THE - BAR HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. CHARTER, - By-LAWS AND ROLL OF MEMBERS. BAR HARBOR, OCTOBER, 1892. Fount THIRD ANNUAL REPORT, OF THE BAR HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. CHARTER, - BY-LAWS AND ROLL OF MEMBERS. BAR HARBOR, OCTOBER, 18923 + 1893-94 Officers for 1892-93. President : PARKE GODWIN. Vice Presidents: L. B. DEASY, WM. B. RICE, REV. WM. LAWRENCE. Treasurer: F.C. LYNAM. A.C. Barrar Secretary: GARDINER SHERMAN. Board of Managers. Dr. Robert Amory, Mrs. F. R. Jones, Dr. H. D. Averill, Rev. Wm. Lawrence, David A. Bunker, F. C. Lynam, John E. Clark, Mrs. Morris Longstreth, Mrs. A. DeCastro, Col. John Markoe, E.S. Clark, Miss L. S. Minot, Edward Coles, Dr. C. C. Morrison, Mrs. C. H. Dorr, Mrs. Clara E. Norris, Mrs. H. E. Drayton, Mrs. R. B. Potter, George Dorr, Mrs. George Place, L.B. Deasy, Mrs. C. B. Pineo, Mrs. DeGrasse Fox, Prof. F G. Peabody, Calvin Frost, Edmund Pendleton, Mrs. Geo. E. Freeman, J. Biddle Porter, Mrs. James W. Gerard, E.B. Richards, Mrs. F. N. Goddard, S.H. Rodick, Mr. F. N. Goddard, Wm. B. Rice, Parke Godwin, Mrs. Wm. B. Rice, Charles T. How, Dr. William Rogers, B.S. Higgins, Gardiner Sherman, Mrs. Burton Harrison, Mrs. A. F. Stout, Mrs. John T. Higgins, Mrs. J. Madison Taylor, Morris K. Jesup, Joseph Wood, Mrs. Morris K. Jesup, Maj. G. M. Wheeler, F. R Jones George W. Vanderbilt. Herbirt Jagurs 4 STANDING COMMITTEES. Finance Committee. Fred C. Lynam, chairman. Morris K. Jesup, Calvin Frost, Eugene B. Richards, Blithen S. Higgins, Gardiner Sherman. Committee on Entertainments. Mrs. R. B. Potter, chairman. Mrs. Burton Harrison, Mrs. James W. Gerard. Mrs. Clara E. Norris. Mrs. F. N. Goddard, / Sanitary Committee. K. Yeart Morris Gardiner Sherman, chairman. Peabody, Dr. H. D. Averill, Mrs. Wm. B. Rice, Mrs. Geo. E. Freeman, Dr. Wm. Rogers. Rev. Wm. Lawrence, Committee on Roads and Paths. F.N. Goddard. chairman. Edmund Pendleton, Morris K. Jesup, Herbert Jagur J. Biddle Porter Gol.John Markoe, MIS H.R. yours Committee on Trees. Mrs.Chas.H.Dorr, chairman. Mrs. F. R. Jones, George B. Dorr, George W. Vanderbilt. F R Jones, stiff Bretrine Jours Fromin THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BAR HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. The Association has made marked progress the past year as is evidenced by the general interest taken in its work, and in its largely increased membership. Great liberality has been manifest- ed by the season's visitors as returns from entertainments given by the Association, and private subscriptions indicate. of the latter many have been made since the close of the Association's fiscal year and consequently do not appear in this report. It is felt that a field for usefulness ha been found and that the Association will carry out successfully the objects it has in view. At the third annual meeting of the Association held at the Marlborough Hotel on the second Tues- 6 day in August a new set of By-Laws, given below, was adopted, by which among other changes the old Inspection Committee was abolished, and its two Sub-Committees on "Roads" and "Trees" were made Standing Committees. The following report of the meeting, at which over fifty members were present, is taken principally from the Bar Harbor Record: "The Village Improvement Association held its annual meeting on Tuesday morning in the music room of the Marlborough. It proved to be a largely attended and most interesting event. Mr. Parke Godwin, President of the Association, occupied over the the usual presented of the Secretary's chair happy last and the meeting. treasurer's presided report, and which Mr. report. Mr. Gardiner embraced the Frederick meeting Sherman the C. minutes Lynam in read his manner By order of the Finance Committee the Treas- urer has taken from the general account the sum of $984.50 contributed especially for a village clock, and placed this sum to the credit of a special fund to be used wholly for the purpose intended. Mr. Morris K. Jesup moved several amend- ments to the By-Laws, among them one which provided that the annual meeting shall be held in July instead of the busy month of August. Mr. Godwin made a short address, in which he declined re-nomination, only to afterward find him- 7 self unanimously re-elected, and then took up 'cer- tain points in the treasurer's report, dwelling more at length upon various expenditures, especially that for music which has given SO much pleasure to SO many people this summer, and hitting off in a bright witty way, certain criticisms which have been made on the society's work. Mr. Godwin dwelt especially upon the subject of open air music and advocated the adoption of the Carlsbad method by which innkeepers and those who let houses, are empowered to ask of their guests and tenants a small sum to be devoted to the music fund. Mr. Godwin closed by an earnest appeal for the interest of all residents in our village in the work of the Association. The chair then appointed Mrs. Robert B. Potter and Mr. Morris K. Jesup committee on nomina- tions for the ensuing year. Addresses were then made by Rev. Francis G. Peabody and Rev William Lawrence, who, while agreeing upon some points differed upon others. Rev. Mr. Peabody congratulated the Association heartily upon its good work, whose results were especially noticeable to him after a year's absence from the village. The improvement of the streets, the removal of garbage, the water supply, though not as good as it might be, the excellent system of sewage, were all noticed, but "Squaw Hollow" he / thought a most dangerous place and in 8 need of constant watching for fear of the breaking out of pestilence there. Dean Lawrence said the moral beauty of the Association, was felt in the drawing together of the townspeople, those who live here all the year round, and those who live here only for the sum- mer months, in an association which has for its object the improvement of the natural beauty of the town and its surroundings. He hoped that in time there might be reservations to a board of trustees of various parts of the island of Mount Desert, and of the Porcupines, to be kept forever in their natural beauty. From REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Mrs. Charles H. Dorr, chairman of the Com- mittee on 66 'Trees" has handed in the following report. "At a meeting of the Committee on Trees held Sept. 7, 1891,4 eight hundred and seventy-five ($875.00) dollars were appropriated to be spent for the following purposes during the ensuing year : For rent of land for nursery to Nov. 1892 $150 For care of trees in nursery 45 For care of Cemetery 30 For clearing along Otter Cliff road 250 For clearing on Ocean Drive 50 9 For the purchase of trees and shrubs 200 For freight and planting trees in nursery 150 $875 The Otter Cliff road has been cleared along the sides from the property of Mr Gharles H. Dorr to the end of the drive, and the Ocean drive has also been cleared wherever the owners of the adjoining property would permit: During the spring and early summer a number of trees were blown down along this latter drive, but the owners have refused in several cases to have the fallen trees removed, which gives the road a neglected appearance at several points. It appears that the last winter was not favorable to burning the brush, and consequently that a part of that which was cut has had to be either hauled away, or put out of sight in the woods to be taken away or burned next winter. There have been purchased from Ellwanger & Barry of Rochester, N. Y., some 1250 young trees and shrubs, which have been set out in the nursery of the Association, a good proportion of which will be fit to sell or plant out as may be considered best after another year. This purchase was made at an exceptionally low rate, viz : $180 for the entire lot, on the condition that the Association would have a sign put up at the nurseries to the effect 10 that the trees, etc., had been purchased from Ellwanger & Barry. In addition to the above, $200 was especially appropriated for clearing the dead trees and under- brush along the Bay Drive and Miss E. S. Lyon was asked by Mrs. Dorr to take charge of this part of the work. With the consent of the owners of property between Duck Brook and Hull's Cove the dead trees were cut down, fallen trunks and brush removed, stones and unsightly objects clear- ed away from the bank. The expense of this work was $179.75, an al- lowance made for wood reducing it to $162.75. It is hardly necessary to call attention to the improved appearance of the woodland and increased beauty of the drives. The expenses for work done having been met there remained an available balance of $164.10, which has been used for some extra work in the Cemetery, for keeping the grass along the gutters in the village mowed and for squaring the street edges which greatly improve the appearance of the village. A report as given below has been received from Major Wheeler, former chairman of Committe on Roads," etc. "The following may be stated as regards the 11 Roads, Sewers, etc., for the current year, just closed. ROADS. The roads as a whole are in better repair than heretofore. due to the care taken in crowning and otherwise shaping the surface, coupled with a com- paratively mild winter. The rolling stones have been more effectively 'and frequently removed. The principal component features, such as cross and longitudinal sections; selection of materials, drainage and construction generally, also the final determination of widths, alignments and grades, require much to be done before even the good dirt roads, as now improved, may compare favorably with those found at many other localities along our eastern coast. The proposition to purchase a rock crusher was. voted down at the lastannual Town Meeting large- ly as is understood in the interests of economy, prompted also by the uncertainty as to the exact nature of the resulting road beds. Nothing has been accomplished by the town as to widening any of the roads and streets, or authorizing surveys and plats illustrative of exist- ing conditions. The field work of the examination, and survey of the principle roads and streets of Bar Harbor and vicinity authorized by the Aso sociation has been completed, and arrangements 12 made for the necessary drawings. The amount appropriated was $350 of which $132 has been ex- pended leaving a balance of $218 required to meet outstanding obligations. That part of a proposed new inland drive from Eagle Lake to the head of Turtle Pond, was re- connoitred sometime since by Mr. E. M. Hamor, who will assist in determining the profile, and the reconnoisance also of the remaining parts, and upon which estimates as to the cost may be based. The sum of $75 was appropriated for this purpose. The cost of repairing roads and bridges has been by the town reduced from $9182.12 (expended) for the year ending Feb.1. 892 to $6,000 (appropriated) for the current fiscal year. The sum of $250 only was appropriated for the construction of new roads for the present year. SEWERS The house to house inspection as to Sewer con- nections and the examination of the whole sewerage of the place is nearly complete. The detailed information is to be reduced upon the plats resulting from the survey of the roads and streets. The total sum of $300 has been appropriated for this examination and its illustra- tion, of which $42.88 has been expended leaving a balance of $257.12, which is required for further work and in securing the necessary data upon 13 which to base an accurate analysis of the sewerage now constructed. At the last annual Town Meeting the long pro- posed and well considered item of extending a Sewer from the junction of Highbrook Road and Eden Street to Woodbury Park was laid aside, and a resolution passed instructing the Selectmen to locate a line of Sewer to drain the territory in the vicinity of the Howard cottage The new sewer terminating at the corner of Cot- tage and Eden streets should be connected with the old sewer on Eden street and a branch built along the little valley of Eddy Brook for a short distance, and provision made to drain all the dwellings within the Highbrook Road, thus perfecting the plan as originally approved by the town and two small side lines in addition thereto. The sum of $816.49 was expended by the town on Sewers for the year just ended with a current appropriation of ($800) eight hundred dollars. WOOD PATHS. Those already open have been kept in repair with changes where necessary and the signs re- paired and replaced. The total sum of $500 has been appropriated for this purpose of which $318.82 has been expended. The balance will be required for further repairs and new constructions, the replacing of signs and a purchase of a few seats 14 at salient points where required. The new paths to be opened are : First, along the southern ridge of Newport Mountain, via the Beehive and Bowl to the Schooner Head and Otter Creek roads respectively. Second, from the Somesville road to Sargent's Mountain and thence to Jordan's Pond. Third, from the Schooner Head road to the shore midway between Bear Book and Schooner Head. Fourth, from Eagle Lake road to Great Pond Hill and thence via Duck Brook to Eden, street. Mr. J. Biddle Porter has taken executive charge of this work, hitherto conducted by Mr. F. H. Pea- body. SIDE WALKS. The only change made by the town as to side- walks has been to transfer them to the road Com- missioner giving him discretionary authority to employ $300 of the $1,000 appropriated, in replac- ing the present plank walk with Macadam ma- terial. WATER SUPPLY. The position and size of main and service pipes of the Water Supply will appear finally on the diagrams of the village. Arrangements have been perfected to register 15 regularly the water pressure three times daily. This has been done irregularly for the last two years. It may be remarked that the current town expenditures show an item of $3,650 paid to the Bar Harbor Water Co. for the fire hydrant ser- vice. The sum of $2,900 has been appropriated for the current year for the same purpose. WATER FRONT. A number of private sewers should be extended to below the lowest low water mark. Several years ago I suggested the advisability of heated salt water swimming baths as the one thing needed, in addition to confined open air swimming pools, to make complete the availability and use of the expanse of water at our Water Front a most valuable adjunct. 16 Herewith will be found a table showing the amounts expended in the several items that pertain to subjects with which this committee is charged and their relation to the town and total charges and indebtedness. Year Construct- Repairs Ending ion of of Sidewalks Sewers. Feb. 1. NewRoads Roads 1887 $451 73 4,645 55 325 06 3,281 89 1889 7,331 05 8,583 47 1,676.96 18,019 45 1890 2,386 24 9,885 06 718 79 1,053 75 1891 1,800.00 9,527 61 1,099 73 11,460 89 1892 91 94 9,182 12 1,083 94 816 49 +1893 250 00 6,000 € 00 1,000 00 800 00 Year Hydrant Town Total Town Ending Service. Town Charges. Debt.* Feb. 1, Expenses. 1887 5,770 82 30,890 33 14,517 14 1889 11,265 82 80,538 91 127,876 51 1890 13,474 76 58,011 74 123,150 51 18°1 10,350 80 58,145 71 113,962 38 1092 3,650 0 11,634 37 75,845 03 102,997 79 1893 2,900 00 6,000 00 68,854 25 I $282.25 for cleaning. t Appropriated only. Town Debt 1886, $16,988.68. 1888, $103,725.11 All of which is respectfully stated GEO. MONTAGUE WHLELER, Chairman, etc," 17 VILLAGE CLOCK. Through the efforts of the late Mrs. Wm. Tucker, of Boston, and subsequently by the donation of $800 from Messrs. A. and L. Tucker, the sum of $984.50 has been collected for a Village Clock which amount has been invested in a bond costing $1054.86, and it is hoped that the Special Com- mittee having the clock in charge may find a suit- able place for its erection before next season. FIRE ESCAPES. Attention is directed to the fact that the law re- garding Fire Escapes is still disregarded. Its enforcement should be insisted upon without delay. THE SANITARY COMMITTEE. Has made the following suggestions regarding the "Lock-up" and Squaw Hollow." THE LOCK-UP." "The Sanitary Committee believes the 'lock-up' is entirely insufficient for the present needs, and asks the Board of Managers to urge the town au- thorities to build or lease a more suitable building where a police officer shall be stationed day and night during the summer." Regarding the "SQUAW HOLLOW" LOCALITY. The following resolution was adopted : 18 "That the Board of Managers be advised by this Committee to communicate to the Board of Health our opinion of the unsanitary and threaten- ing condition of 'Squaw Hollow.' In 0 the present possibility of a visitation of cholera to this country next summer, it is of the gravest importance to every community that any unhealthly spot should be thoroughly cleansed, and your Committee be- lieve that the only safe way of dealing with 'Squaw Hollow' is to empty it of its inhabitants and have its whole neighborhood disinfected." All of which is respectfully submitted. GARDINER SHERMAN, Secretary. 19 WESTERN ROAD UP FERN PATH 20 SOUTHERN GROUP OF WOOD PATHS DRY MT GREEN MT PATIENPATH KEBO MT HEALTH PART CROMWELL HARBOR ROAD KEBO PARK 21 EASTERN GROUP OF WOOD PATHS NEWPORT MT PEAKED MT PATH 1000 PARK PAIN STRAWBERRY HILL CROMWELL HARBOR ROAD REPORT OF TREASURER, OF BAR HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT A3SOCIATION, FOR THE YEAR ENDING AUG. 9, 1892. Receipts. Balance on hand in Bank at time of last Annual meeting, $20 63 Received from 94 Annual members dues to date, 94 00 Received from 6 life members fully paid 150 00 Received from 2 life members on 3 year plan 20 00 Received from 11 life members on 7 year plan 55 00 Received from Entertainment at Rodicks 1284 00 " Interest on Bonds 100 00 " Donations from Mrs. C. D. Smith 4 00 Received donation from Mr. Jas. T. Woodward 4 00 Received donation from Dr. Wheelock 4 : 00 " 66 " Mrs.Townsend 4 00 Total Receipts, $1739 63 23 Expenditures, For printing reports and mailing circu- lars and for advertising 143 08 By order of Com. on Examination and Survey of Roads 56 00 By order of Com. on construction and repair of wood paths 169 52 By order of Com. on examinations of sewer 42 88 By order of Com. on enterprise and taste 75 00 By order of Com. on cleaning streets 105 00 By order of Com. on Trees 981 90 " " Music 300 00 1,873 38 Less Total Receipts 1,739 63 Leaving a deficit of $133 75 The Treasurer has received since the close of the fiscal year various donations and membership fees for 1892-93 which will appear in the next Annual Report. The Association has on hand besides the bond held for the Village Clock Fund, investment in bonds which cost $2,156.65. 24 ANNUAL MEMBERS. Including names of new members since the close of the fiscal year. Miss Alice Amory, Julius Kurson, Dr. H. D. Averill, Miss Fanny Lyon, Dr. Robert Amory, Miss Livor, Nathan Ash, Mrs. T. C. A. Linzee, Mrs. Robert Amory, Mrs. Livor, Mrs. Mary T. Amory, Miss Linzee, Mrs. C. S. Abercrombie, Mrs. Livingston, A. P. Alley, H.A. Lawford, Orlando Ash, Rev. Wm. Lawrence, Miss E. S. Buchanan, Fred C. Lynam, Mrs. A. C. Barney, Mrs. Wm. Lawrence, P. W. Blanchfield, Philip Livingston, Robert P. Bowler, C.C. Ladd, A. G. Bulger, Miss L. S. Minot, Col. E. W. Bass, Miss M. Minot, C.C. Burrill, Isaac N. Mitchell, Mrs. H. J. Biddle. Mrs. Nathan Matthews, Jimes A. Buchanan, Miss Amelia Morrill. Mrs. May W. Bowler, Mrs. John Markoe, Miss Addie Bunker, Mrs, J. F. May, A.S. Bunker, Nathan Mathews, Waldron Bates, Miss F. E. Morrill, Mrs. E. W. Bass, W. A. Milliken, Miss Edith Bell, W. McFarland, Miss Christine Biddle, T. F. Moran, Mrs. James A. Buchanan, Miss H. J. Minot, Geo. Pendleton Bowler, Miss E. C. Minot George L. Barrows, Miss M. G. Morrill, Mrs. James Bowden, Miss Fannie Miller, Miss Agnes Bunker, C.( Morrison, E.K. Brewer, F.P. Moore, Mrs Eugene S. Blois, Miss S. C. Minot, Dr. H. C. Chapman, Miss A. W. Morrill, A. E. Conners, Col. John Markoe. Mrs. H. C. Chapman, Mrs. Clara E. Norris. Frank M. Conners, Dr. Charles Norris, J. J. Canning, J. P. Norris, J. E. Clark, H. M. Norton, E.S. Clark, R. B. Potter, Mrs. H. E. Drayton, Miss Cornelia Prime, L. B. Deasy, Herbert Parsons, Dr. Hasket Derby, J. Biddle Porter, Mrs. Hasket Derby, J. A. Peters, Jr., Perkins Draper, Warwick Potter. D. L. Drew, Mrs R. B. Potter, D. A. Bunker, Austin Potter, Mrs. M. G. Evans, B. C. Reynolds, Miss Rosalie Evans, E. L. Roberts, Mrs. R. L. Fabian, E. B. Richards, F. W. Fotterall, George A. Robbins, Miss Fabian, John Roberts, Mrs. M. E. Farnum, Mrs. A. F. Stout, Max Franklin, Gardiner Sherman, 25 J. E. Foster, Dr. A. F. Schauffler, F. D. Foster, Miss Alice Shepard, Mrs. Freeman, G.E. Soper, Mrs. C. G. Fall, Miss Laura Stevens, Mrs. Calvin Frost, Mrs. A. F. Schauffler, William Fennelly, Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, C.S. Green, Miss Marguerite Shepard, Miss Anne Griswold, Mrs. M. D. Sanders, James W. Gerard, Dr. F. Fremont Smith, F.N. Goddard, J. M. Sears, Mrs. F. N. Goddard, Miss Julia C. Stevens, Mrs. James W. Gerard, Mrs. R. S. Sturgis, George S. Hale, Mrs. Farrar Smith, John T. Higgins, Mrs. Charles D. Smith, Dr. William Hunt, Miss Shepard, A. L. Higgins, Elliott F. Shepard, B. L. Hadley, Helen M. Smith, Asa Hodgkins, F.D. Thompson, E. C. Haight, Henry Trott, Mrs. George S. Hale, Miss A. G. Torrey, H. E. Hapworth, Mrs. Wm Townsend, B.S. Higgins, Mrs. C. C. Thomas, Mrs. Jno T. Higgins, Mrs. S. Van Buren, Mrs. Daniel Hinckley, Miss Marian Van Buren, Mrs. William Hunt, Mrs. E. Van Rensslaer, B.1 F. Higgins, George L. Wescott, Dr. John Homans, Mrs. Joseph Wood, S. N. Higgins, Miss H. C. Wilkins, F. R. Jones, James T. Woodward, Mrs. F. R. Jones, Mrs. C. K. Wright, Miss Beatrix Jones, Dr. George G. Wheelock, Mrs. Morris K. Jesup, Mrs. George M. Wheeler, John S. Kennedy, Jeseph Wood, R H. Kittredge, Mrs A. B. Wetmore, Mrs. John S. Kennedy, Miss Ella C. White, Mrs. Rufus King, Maj, George M. Wheeler. LIFE MEMBERS. Including names of Life members received since the close of the fiscal year. A. C. Barney, Morris K. Jesup, Mrs. Henry J. Biddle, Herbert Jacques, Miss Christine Biddle, Johnston Livingston, Mrs. G. Pendleton Bowler, Mrs. Morris Longstreth, Edward Coles, Nathan Mathews, L. Taylor Dickson, C.J. Morrill, Charles H. Dorr, Hugh McMillan, R. W. Emmons, F. H. Peabody, DeGrasse Fox, Edmund Pendleton, Parke Godwin, Mrs. Thos A. Scott, F. N. Goddard, Wm. B. Rice, A. C. Gurnee, Mrs. George A. Robbins, Miss Gurnee, Elliott F. Shepard, Mrs. H. C. Hart, Miss Mary Shannon, Reuben Hoyt, Dr. Edward A. Smith, Charles T. How, Geo. W. Vanderbilt. Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, 26 LIFE MEMBERS. (Three Year Plan.} Mrs. Julia Biddle. LIFE MEMBERS. (Seven Year Plan ) Miss Mary Crafts, Mrs. I. Z. Place, Dr. Morris Longstreth, Mrs. Wm. B. Rice, Mrs. Joseph P. Norris, C. Morton Smith. CHARTER. CHAPTER 186. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE BAR HARBOR VIL- LAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives 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. Ro- dick, Henry Sayles, William B. Rice, David A. Bunker, Elihu T. Hamor, Addie B. Hig- gins, 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, Walter Kane, Edmund Pendleton, F. H. Peabody, Abby A. Potter, Francis M. Conners, John E. Clark, George M. Wheeler, Eugene B. Richards, and their associates and successors, are hereby incor- porated under the name of the Bar Harbor Vil- 28 lage Improvement Association, for the purpose of instituting and maintaining public improvements in the village of Bar Harbor and other parts of Mount Desert Island. Section 2. For the purposes of its incorpora- tion this Association may receive and hold real and personal property not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in amount; make contracts to be binding upon itself, but not upon its individual members ; and to make by-laws not inconsistent with law for the regulation of its membership and its govern- ment. Section 3. The first meeting of this corporation may be called by any one of the above associates, by a notice pulished two weeks successively before the time of said meeting in any newspaper pub- lished at Bar Harbor. Section 4. This Act shall take effect when ap- proved. By-LAWS PREAMBLE. Whereas it is evident to all who are interested in the village of Bar Harbor that some method of united action is needed in order to preserve the natural beauties of the place and to encourage artificial improvements by the ornamentation of the streets and public grounds of the village, by planting and cultivating trees, erecting tasteful buildings, clearing and repairing sidewalks, light- ing streets, and doing such other acts as shall tend to beautify, adorn and be for the conven- ience of the village, therefore we, the undersigned, have formed ourselves into an association and agree to be governed by the following By-Laws. No. 1. NAME. The Society shall be known as the BAR HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. No. 2. BOARD OF MANAGERS. The Board of Managers shall consist of not less 30 than thirty nor more than fifty members, of whom one-half may be ladies, and all of whom shall be elected by ballot or other method provided by vote of the corporation at the annual meeting, and shall hold office until their successors are elected. They shall hold a regular meeting on the second Tuesday in July, August and September of each year, at which meeting reports shall be presented by the Treasurer and by the Standing Committees. Special meetings may be called by the Chairman or by one of the Vice-Presidents. The President and Secre- tary of the Association shall act as Chairman and Secretary of the Board of Managers and shall be ex-officio members of all standing committees. The Board shall have power to fill vacancies in its own number or of officers occurring during the year. This board shall, except as hetein provided, exer- cise all the powers of the corporation and may delegate its powers to any committee or officer. It shall annually appoint from its members five Standing Committees, i. e., Finance, Entertainment, Sanitary, Roads and Paths, Trees and Planting. These Committees shall consist of not less than three nor more than seven members of the Board, but the Entertainment Committee shall have power 31 to add to its number from the managers or from the Annual Members of the Association. No. 3. 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, procuring subscriptions and donations and by any other means not con- flicting with the duties cf the Entertainment Com- mittee. This committee shall also audit the ac- counts of the Treasurer, on or about the first day of September in each year. If at that time there shall be found in the hands of the Treasurer a surplus of money beyond the estimated disburse- ments for the ensuing winter, such surplus shall be invested at that time in marketable and interest paying securities. Such securities shall be bought and sold subject to the approval of a majority in number of the Finance Committee. Entertainment Committee-It shall be the duty of this committee to arrange and provide for any festivities or entertainments that may be thought advisable for raising funds for the use of the Asso- ciation. Sanitary Committee-It shall be the duty of this committee to examine into the condition of the sewers, drains, tenement houses and localities generally likely to become sources of injury or 32 contagion, and to report to the Board of Managers, and if necessary to consult with the town officers. Committee on Roads and Paths-It shall be the duty of this Committee to examine and report upon the condition of the roads, paths, water supply, water front, and sewerage as to its engineering features, sidewalks and signposts and to make recommendations to the Board for the improve ment of the same. Committee on Trees and Planting-It shall be the duty of this committee, under the authority of the Board, to secure the removal of dead wood and underbrush, to take charge of the Village Cemetery and of the Nursery and to give directions for plant- ing trees and shrubs. The Standing Committees shall meet at least once a month during the summer and shall elect their Chairman yearly at their first meeting after the Annual Meeting. No. 4. OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. The officers of the Association shall consist of a President, three Vice Presidents, Treasurer and Secretary. They shall be chosen from the Board of Managers and shall be elected by ballot or other method provided by vote of the corporation at the Annual Meeting and shall hold office until their successors are elected. (A provisional election may be held of a board of Managers and officers to serve until the annual meeting in 1891.) 33 No. 5. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. Sec. 1. The President shall preside at all the meetings of the Association, and in his absence one of the Vice Presidents shall perform the duties of the office. Sec. 2. The Secretary shall keep a correct and careful record of all the proceedings of the Asso- ciation, in a suitable book, have charge of the books, accounts and seal of the Association, and give notice of all meetings. Sec. 3. The Treasurer shall have charge of all inoney and other property of the Association, and shall make a report at each meeting of the Board of Managers, and an annual report to the Associa- tion at its annual meeting, pay the bills, which shall be approved by the President, one of the Vice Presidents, the Secretary, or by a member of the Finance Committee. No. 6. MEMBERSHIP. Sec. 1. The members of this Association shall consist of three classes, annual, life and honorary. 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 fiscal year, which shall end the third Tuesday of July. 34 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 con- stitute a person a life member of the Association. Sec. 4. Honorary members may be constituted by a vote of the Association. Sec. 5. All members of the Association under its former organization, shall be members of this Association. No. 7. MEETINGS. The Annual Meeting of the Association shall be held at some convenient place in the Village of Bar Harbor, on the third Tuesday of July in each year. Notices of said meeting shall be given by posting in two public places in Bar Harbor, and by advertisement in any newspaper published in Bar Harbor the previous week. Other Meetings of the Association may be called by the President and shall be called on written request of five mem- bres of the Board of Managers. No. 8. SEAL. This Corporation shall have a Seal bearing its name and the date, "1891." No. 9. DEEDS AND CONTRACTS. Deeds and Contracts shall be executed by the President, Treasurer, and one of the Vice-Presi- 35 dents. No member shall be personally liable for any contract or debt of the Corporation. No. 10. QUORUM. Eleven members of the Corporation, seven members of the board of Managers, or three of the members of any committee shall constitute a quorum; and a quorum being present a majority thereof shall control. No. 11. 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 Association, but a notice of any proposed change shall be given in the call for the meeting. No. 12. ORDER OF BUSINESS. Reading minutes of preceeding meeting, and action thereon. Report of Treasurer. Report of Standing Committees. Report of Special Com- mittee. New business. BAR HARBOR RECORD JOB PRINT.