Church of Our Father – Meeting Minutes Apr 28, 1888 (Paving Bill / Other Business)
Atlanta, Ga. Apr 28, 1888
Called meeting of the Board of Trustees at the Church at 8:00 pm.
Present: Messrs. Gude, Chairman, Burns, Dixon, Fisher, Harding, Lederle, Klingelsmith and Rev. Mr. Chaney
The committee appointed at the last meeting to investigate as to the advisability of petitioning the city council to release the church form the assessment for street pavement on Forsyth street reported in favor of making such petition, and presented for the consideration of the Board the following as the form of the petition to be presented.
Atlanta, Ga. April 30, 1888
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council of Atlanta
Gentlemen:
The Church of Our Father, Rev. Geo. Leonard Chaney pastor, petitions your honorable body to relieve them from payment of the assessment of one hundred and fifty-three dollars for Belgian block pavement in front of their property on Forsyth street.
Respectively submitted,
Church of Our Father
By John Y. Dixon, Chairman
The report of the committee was accepted and the petition approved by the Board and Mr. Dixon was chosen to present the petition and consult with the committee of council to whom it might be referred.
The Committee on the Care of Property reported that Prof. Means desired that we should paint the school building which by motion was referred to the committee to investigate as to the cost and report at the next meeting.
The Music Committee reported that they considered it necessary that the choir should be provided with a paid leader and organist. And after a full discussion it was moved and adopted that the Music Committee be authorized to confer with the choir and procure a regular organist at a cost not to exceed $12.00 per month.
An amendment to this was also adopted, authorizing the Music Committee to solicit subscriptions for anything it might cost in excess of this appropriation of $12.00 per month to secure such against.
An expense of $1.00 damage on the piano returned was reported by the Music Committee and approved and ordered paid.
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J.M. Klingelsmith, Sec
Physical Archive: UUCA Box: 26 Folder: 02 Book: 02 Pages: 42 – 44
Citation: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta Records, RG 026, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, Atlanta GA