SToUGHTon Poor FUND. — Bequest of Lieut.-Gov. WILLIAM StoughTon, who died July 7, 1701. By his will he gave £50 to the relief of the poor of Dorchester, to be improved by the care of the Selectmen, and the income to be distributed to the most needy inhabitants. Amount of fund January 31, 1903. Invested in City of Boston bonds and interest. Total, $3,512.65. GooDNow FUND. — A bequest of ELISHA GOODNow, “to be invested and the income applied forever to and for the relief, assistance, and support of the poor, sick, and infirm in said city, not supported by the said city in its almshouse, in such manner as the said city, or the government of officers thereof, may deem most judicious, but without reference to the religious faith or belief of those who may apply for or need the assistance from this fund.” Invested in City of Boston bonds and interest. Total, January 31, 1903, $8,225.92. RACHEL T. STEvil:NS FUND. — A bequest of RACHEL. T. STEvKNs. The net income is to be paid (after the death of a person named in will) “for the support and maintenance of poor worthy Protestant single women of Boston, who have arrived at the age of fifty years (not including widows), paying to each of such women during her life the sum of one hundred dollars in semi-annual payments. Upon the marriage of any beneficiary under this will, no further payment of money is to be made to her, nor is any further payment of income to be made to any beneficiary who becomes unworthy of help under this trust.” Amount of fund January 31, 1903, $5,234.20. MOSES HUNT FUND FOR THE DESTITUTE. – “Income to be devoted to the relief and welfare of Protestant destitute residents of that part of said Boston which was Charlestown.” Invested in City of Boston bonds. Amount of fund, with interest, January 31, 1903, $11,311.91. NATHANIEL FREDERIC THAYER FUND. — Given to the City of Boston to be invested in a fund to be formed for the benefit and use of Protestant widows and single women without distinction of color, preference always to be given to those who have seen better days, this fund to be called the NATHANIEL FREDERIC THAYER FUND, the interest of which to be annually appropriated to the uses above designated. Amount of fund January 31, 1903, $24,128.68. This is a bequest of JonATHAN PHILLIPs, who died in July, 1860, who gave by his will to the City of Boston $20,000 “as a trust fund, the income of which will be annually expended to adorn and embellish the streets and public places in said city,” which has been invested in One City of Boston Six per cent. Bond, payable to the In accepting the bequest, the City Council directed the Board of Aldermen to expend the income of the fund in compliance with the terms of the trust. Income unexpended January 31, 1903: Cash in City Treasury . e to & g g te . $5,199 80 There have been erected from the income derived from this fund the bronze statue of Josiah Quincy in front of City Hall, dedicated in 1879, costing $14,716.90; John Winthrop in Scollay Square, dedicated in 1880, costing $7,416,90; Samuel Adams, at the junction of Washington street and Adams (formerly Dock) square, dedicated in 1880, costing $6,856.44; also the curbing and fencing of the enclosure of the Emancipation Group, in bronze, in Park square, the gift of Moses Kimball, dedicated in 1879, costing $4,686.99; the granite basin and foundation to the Lief Ericson monument, Commonwealth avenue, in 1888, costing $3,996.70, and the pedestal and foundation for the Attucks monument on the Common, dedicated in 1888, costing $1,950; a bronze tablet on estate on Beacon street in 1882, to mark the site of the residence of John Hancock, costing, $75; foundation and base for memorial of John Boyle O'Reilly, on Back Bay Fens, dedicated in 1896, costing $3,967.25; statue of Colonel Cass, $9,194.41. In 1885, under orders of the Board of Aldermen, there was paid towards the erection of the Lyman fountain, in Eaton square, Dorchester, the sum of $4,050. POLICE CELARITABLE FUND. By an order of the City Council, approved by the Mayor July 7, 1890, the care of this fund, which since 1870 had been with the Mayor, Treasurer and Auditor, as Trustees, was transferred to the Board of Police, and the funds were transferred to the City Treasurer. " The Board of Police are authorized to expend, with the approval of the Mayor, the income of the fund for the relief of persons who have received an honorable discharge from the police force by reason of sickness, age, or other disability, and who are, in consequence of such disability, in necessitous circumstances; and with the approval of the Mayor, for the relief of widows and orphans, in necessitous circumstances, of police officers who have died while in the service of the city, or from the effects of injuries received in the execution of their duty. There are now sixty-seven beneficiaries of this fund. All applications for relief, in accordance with the terms and conditions as set forth in the foregoing orders, are to be made in writing, addressed to the Board of Police, 37 Pemberton square. POOR WIDOWS" FUND. This is a donation made by Mrs. JoANNA BROOKER and others, to the Selectmen of Boston for the time being. The income from this fund is paid over in equal proportions to the Aldermen of this city, and they distribute the same, at their discretion, for the relief of Poor: WIDOWS AND SICK PEOPLE. Invested in One City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, due October, 1917 $1,500 00 One City of Boston Six per cent. Bond, due April, 1905 . 1,700 00 $3,200 00 PUBLIC LIBRARY FUNDS. ARTZ FUND. — This is a donation from Miss VICTORINE THOMAS ARTz, of Chicago; the income of this sum to be employed in the purchase of valuable rare editions of the writings, either in verse or prose, of American and foreign authors. These books are to be known as the “Longfellow Memorial Collection.” * Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond for . $10,000 00 BATES FUND. —- This is a donation made by the late JOSHUA BATES of London, in March, 1853. Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond for . $50,000 00 “The income only of this fund is to be each and every year expended in the purchase of such books of permanent value and authority as may be found most needful and most useful.” Payable to the Mayor of the city for the time being. BIGELow FUND. — This is a donation made by the late JoHN P. BIGELOW, in August, 1850, when Mayor of the city. The income from this fund is to be appropriated to the purchase of books for the increase of the library. Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond for . $1,000 00 Payable to the Chairman of the Committee on the Public Library for the time being. Bow DITCH FUND. — This is the bequest of J. INGERSOLL BOWI) ITCH. Invested in one City of Boston Three and one-half per cent. The whole income in each and every year to be expended in the purchase of books of permanent value and authority in mathematics and astronomy. BRADLEE FUND. — A bequest of the Rev. CALEB DAVIS BRADLEE to the Boston Public Library. Invested in one City of Boston Three and one-half per cent. Bond for © to $1,000 00 HENRY SARGENT CODMAN MEMORIAL FUND. — This is a contribution from the friends of the late HENRY SARGENT CODMAN, to be used to perpetuate the memory of Mr. CodMAN by the purchase of books upon landscape gardening. It is the desire of the subscribers that a special book-plate shall be inserted in each one of the volumes purchased, identifying it as part of their memorial collection. Invested in City of Boston Three and one-half per cent. CUTTER FUND. — Bequest of the late ABRAM E. CUTTER, the income of which is to be expended for the purchase of books and for binding. Invested in one City of Boston Three per cent. Bond for . $4,000 00 DANIEL SHARP For D FUND. — A bequest of DANIEL SHARP FORD to the Public Library of the City of Boston. Invested in one City of Boston Three per cent. Bond for . $6,000 00 FRANKLIN CLUB FUND. — This is a donation made in June, 1863, by a literary association of young men in Boston, who, at the dissolution of the association, authorized its trustees, Thomas Minns, John J. French and J. Franklin Reed, to dispose of the funds on hand in such a manner as to them should seem judicious. They elected to bestow it on the Public Library, attaching to it the following conditions: “In trust that the income, but the income only, shall, year by year, be expended in the purchase of books, of permanent value for the use of the free Public Library of the city, and as far as practicable, of such a character as to be of special interest to young men.” The Trustees expressed a preference for books relative to government and political economy. Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond for . $1,000 00 GREEN FUND. — Donation of Dr. SAMUEL A. GREEN, of $2,000, the income of which is to be expended for the purchase of books relating to American history. Invested in one City of Boston Five per cent. Bond for . $1,000 00 Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond for . 500 00 Invested in one City of Boston Three per cent. Bond for . 500 00 $2,000 00 CHARLOTTE HARRIS FUND. — Bequest of CHARLOTTE HARRIs, late of Boston, the object of which is stated in the following extract from ber Will: “I give to the Charlestown Public Library $10,000 to be invested on interest, which interest is to be applied to the purchase of books published before 1850. I also give to said Public Library my own private library, and the portrait of my grandfather, Richard Devens.” Bequests accepted by City Council, July 31, 1877. Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond for . $10,000 00 THOMAs B. HARRIS FUND. — Bequest of THOMAs B. HARRIs, late of Charlestown, for the benefit of the Charlestown Public Library. Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond for . $1,000 00 ABBOTT LA WRENCE FUND. — This is the bequest of the late ABBOTT LAWRENCE, of Boston. Invested in one City of Boston Six per cent. Bond for . $10,000 00 The interest on this fund is to be exclusively appropriated for the purchase of books for the said library, having a permanent value. EDWARD LAwRENCE FUND. — This is the bequest of the late EDw ARD LAWRENCE, of Charlestown. The following clause from his will explains its purpose: “To hold and apply the income, and so much of the principal as they may choose, to the purchase of special books of reference to be kept and used only at the Charlestown Branch of said Public Library.” Invested in one City of Boston, Four per cent. Bond, due CHARLES GREELY LORING MEMORIAL FUND. — This is a donation from the family of CHARLES GREELY LORING, the income of which is to be expended for the purchase of books for the West End Branch. Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond for . $500 00 CHARLES MEAD FUND. — Bequest of CHARLES MEAD, to constitute the CHARLES MEAD PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST FUND for the promotion of the objects of the Public Library, in such manner as the government of said library shall deem best, and so far as the government shall deem consistent with the objects of the library, to be used for the benefit of the South Boston Branch Library. Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond for . $2,500 00 JOHN BOYLE O’REILLY FUND. — A donation received from the Papyrus Club to establish a fund in memory of JoBN Boy LE O’REILLY, late member of said club, the income of said fund to be devoted to the purchase of books for the Boston Public Library. Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond for . $1,000 00 PHILLIPS FUND.— This is a donation made by the late JonATHAN PHILLIPs of Boston, in April, 1853. Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond for . $10,000 0 The interest of this fund is to be used exclusively for the purchase of books for said library. Also a bequest by the same gentleman in his will, dated September, 20, 1849. . Invested in one City of Boston Six per cent, Bond for . $20,000 00 The interest on which is to be annually devoted to the maintenance of a free Public Library. Both of these items are payable to the Mayor of the city for the time being. PIERCE FUND. — This is a donation made by HENRY L. PIERCE, Mayor of the city, November 29, 1873, and accepted by the City Council December 27, 1873. Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond for . $5,000 00 SCHOLFIELD FUND. — Bequest of ARTHUR SCHOLFIELD, who died in New York, January 17, 1883. The interest to be paid to certain heirs during their lives, and then to be used for the purchase of books of permanent value. The last heir, Joseph Scholfield, died November 18, |