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seen Messrs. Brown, Brothers & Company and presented the matter for consideration and they stated they would take the matter under advisement and state their attitude later. Thereupon, a recess was taken until 3 o'clock PM
Thursday May 21 1908 3 o'clock PM. A quorum not being present, the recess was continued to Friday May 22 1908 at 11 o'clock AM.
May 22 1908 Friday May 22 1908 11 o'clock AM. Present: Henry J. Bowdoin; Patrick Calhoun; Murray Carleton; Sidney H. March; C. D. Smithers; Mr. Grier Hersh, ex-President of the Maryland Trust Company; Mr. L. S. Zimmerman, its Acting President; and Mr. W. L. Marbury, Counsel of said Company; were also present. On motion, duly seconded and carried, Mr. Henry J. Bowdoin took the chair. On motion, duly seconded and carried, the reading of the minutes of the former sessions of this meeting was deferred.
Committee of 3 appointed April 20 1908 to examine proposed decree increased to 5 Thereupon, on motion duly seconded, the following resolution was unanimously adopted. Resolved, that the committee of three, appointed by this Board on April 20 1908, consisting of Messrs. Whitaker, Jordan and Henry Wollman, to examine the proposed decree, which it is contemplated shall be entered, and report upon the same to this Board, is hereby increased to five members, and that Messrs. Henry J. Bowdoin and Murray Carleton are hereby added to said committee.
Revised - Draft of Decree approved in substance and submitted to Committee of 5 - in connection with H. O. Head General Counsel Thereupon, on motion duly seconded and carried, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:-
Modification of Decree Resolved, that the re-draft of the proposed decree in the case of the Maryland Trust Company, versus Kirby Lumber Company, et alia, as submitted by counsel for the Trustee to this meeting, is hereby approved in substance, and the same is hereby referred to the committee consisting of Messrs. Edwards Whitaker, N. W. Jordan, Henry Wollman, Henry J. Bowdoin, and Murray Carleton, and said committee is authorized, with the aid of Judge Head, General Counsel of the Company, to settle without referring back to this Board as previously instructed, the final details and phraseology before authorizing the entry of the same, and that the committee is authorized to consent to a modification of the decree so as to provide that possession of the trust estate under the decree shall continue until the trust has been fully executed.
H. O. Co. counsel to take necessary steps to secure consent judgments Thereupon, on motion duly seconded, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:- Resolved, that the counsel of this Company is hereby requested to take all necessary steps to secure judgments by consent in the United States Circuit Court for the respective amounts which are found to be due by the report of the Committee to pass upon claims heretofore received and approved by this Board, in either or both the Southern

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