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Book Synopsis Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees, and Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of the Librarian of the Public Library of the District of Columbia by : District Of Columbia. Public Library

Download or read book Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees, and Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of the Librarian of the Public Library of the District of Columbia written by District Of Columbia. Public Library. This book was released on 2017-11-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees, and Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of the Librarian of the Public Library of the District of Columbia: For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1927 This program, incorporated in H. R. 16953, was introduced by Representative Ernest W. Gibson, but failed of passage in the last crowded short session. In a slightly amended form the bill was some months ago readopted by the trustees and forwarded to the District Commissioners. At their direction a study of costs has been made by an assistant. To the Engineer Commissioner, who estimates that the outside cost for Sites and buildings, including an urgently needed enlargement of the central library, will be (see report, pp. 26 The trustees urge the commissioners to make this program their own, to forward it to the District Committees of the Senate and House promptly at the beginning Of the next session of Congress for reintroduction, and to cooperate in securing its enact ment into law. The first step in the extension program is to secure Sites. The trustees hope that they may obtain at the comin session of Congress a substantial appropriation for this purpose. The growing scarcity of suitable locations and the high prices at which they are held make this matter urgent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.