The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-19
TAX ON ART REQUESTS.
New Workers Working Hard fo- it,
Repeal.

New Yorker Working Hard for Its
Repeal.
NEW YORK. Feb i9-At the quarterly
meeting Of The Board Of Trustees Of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday at
ternoon the subject of the Federal fnhe--
itance tax. as applied to public institu-
tions. was again discussed. Il was decfd-
ed 10 continue the endeavOr to have the
lax repealed, so far as II applies to such
iastitutions- Both the Finance Committee
CT the Senate and the Ways and Means
Committee OF the House of Representa-
tives have inser, ed provisions in the War
Tax Reduction bills reported by them do
ing away. with this portion of the fnheri-
lance tax. and it is hoped and expected
that the final bill. when reported back by
the conferees will contain the provision.
The Legislature at Albany has not seen
fl to remove the State tax, however. ard
it Will be TO Albany especially that fr.ure
Efforts will be directed.
William e Dodge. chairman OF the ex-
eeutiye committee Of the board. said that
the continuance of the tax would mean
the loss of many valuable requests TO the
Museum, as it would bankrupt them 10 try
10 pay the tax. The State and Federal sax
on the c P. Huntington bequest, Cor in
stance. would amount 10 about $685.. coo
and the combined tax on the r c. Dun
bequesJ would be $4,000 or $50 600 Tn
less the tax was removed the Museum
would be obliged TO refuse the collections
This Museum is d public institution. ."
said Mr.. Dodge 1t is open TO all. rich
and poor alike. and is nor emily one Of the
greatest educational factors in the city
but goes far toward building I'D the city
and attracting people here That Z. man
should be taxed for being public beae-
factor is mCHsJr0us and absurd
Of the feature Of the report Of the trus-
tees. declaring that the Museum would OK
pend no more money 10 keep the building
in repair. Mr. Dodge said that no trouble
vas expected with the city authorities on
that account, as the relations had always
been most amicable
The meeting yesterday being the first
one Of the year, officers for the year we're
elected and vacancies in the Board Of
Trustees were filed The officers elected
were Henry G. Marquand. president. E
W Rhinelander. first vice president Dan
lei Huntington. second vice president:
William l. Andrews treasurer and /. p
ii CesnoIa. secretary The executive com
mittee elected was William z DODGE.
chairman: Salem II Wales. D o. Mills
S P Avery, Charles Stewart Smith John
s Kennedy. John L CaGwaIIader and J. P
Morgan.
The auditing committee vas John
Crosby Brown chairman; Rutherford
Stuyyesant and Edward D Adams John
BigeloW, Elihu Root and John l. CaGwaIa-
der were elected trustees for the term
ending February. 1893. WhiteIaw Red and
Harris c. Fahnestock were elected t-us-
tees 10 FIJI the uDeXpIred terms Of the late
James A Garland and the late Hiram
Hitchcock Al the elections were unani-
NOUS
Among the most important OF the do
nations announced as having been re-
ceived in the last year were
William T. Dodge An OIL -aintiuK.
-Caubyses and the Unjust Judge" by
Peter Paul E%l5ens.
J. PieTponJ Morgan Three oil paint
iugs. Portrait Of Christopher CoIuua-
bus. By Sehastian0 del Pi0mbo; Lord
Nelson on the Victory. by c I.ucv-
Napoleon At s. Helena" by B z Hay
don Also a collection CT ancient Greek
goiI objects
Mrs. Henry Marqua nd. Two oil paint
inss, portraits Of Caleb Gaspar and Mrs.
Laura Gaspar Griswold. by Charles L.
Elliott
Henry G. Marqrand. An OIL painting.
portrait OF Jean Van Male, by Van der
Hoist
Several men: An oil painting. The Cop
persInith.'' by Edgar n Ward
The report for the year 1860. read and
adopted shows thar the money spent for
operating the museum for the year was
Slza. i9T.35- The num7ar Of visitors was
5II500. There are now 2,0G7 paying mem
bers- The new east extension is about
completed, so far as construction is con
ceTned. and the work Of equipping it and
fitting II up VIII be begun as soon as the
Board OF Estimate and Appropriation
makes the necessary appropriation In
their report the trustees declare thar
they Will spend no more money to keen
the buildings IN repair. as that IS the
duty of the Department Of Parks.
TIE trustees have also been informed
of the following requests left to the NJ
scum. the first two mentioned being re
versionary-
From Coils P. Huntington his coIlec-
ton OF paintings.
From Robert Graham Dun. twenty-five
paintings
From Osgood Field. q collection Of OBJ
jeets Of srt.
From Henry Willard the sum OF 8 600
Those present at the meeting were Fred
lex w RhineIander. who presided; Hen
C. Aarqusnd. William /. Andrews. Sa-
Y Il Wales Robert W de Forest. Fred
elk Dielman. D. O. Mills 6. p. Avery.
Der r Bishop William Z. Dodge. John
Kennedy. Edward d. Adams. John eros
Brown, William R. Ware. and L. P di
ola