Excerpt from First Annual Report of the Trustees of the Free Public Library of Jersey City, N. J: Dec. 1, 1891 Sec. 5. Defines the powers and duties of the Board of Trustees. Sec. 6. Provides that the Trustees shall receive no compensa tion and shall not exceed their appropriation. Sec. 7. That annual reports shall be made to the Board of Aldermen or Common Council of said city. Sec. 8. That the Trustees may receive bequests for library purposes. 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.