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29 In order to maintain a museum as such, it is necessary to staff it. A Curator, clerk and maintenance services are essential. Brown University, Providence, R.I. has agreed to assist us in setting up the museum, by sending interested graduate students of Anthropology to work with us. Brown University has agreed to give these students that come to Mashpee adequate credits toward their degrees. We expect that they will assist with display set-ups, cataloging and labeling as well as some research which must be done to identify relics and artifacts. Such service will be of great value to our project. In view of the fact that the Historical Commission is presently conducting a campaign to raise funds to maintain the proposed projects, the Law requires that all funds raised in the name of the Town of Mashpee must be deposited in the General Fund of the Mashpee Treasury. Any request for funds required to maintain such projects must be presented to the voters in the Warrant as an article and voted to take from available funds, the necessary sum of money. We state this fact so that the voters will be aware funds which we may request may have been previously raised by this commission for our projects. The Historical Commission requests the voters to accept gifts which may be offered by private Foundations, business- men as well as private persons, designating the specific pur- pose of the gift. It is the endeavor of this commission to accomplish our mission with as little taxation to the people of the Town of F Mashpee as possible. The First issue of the Commemorative medals, as well as the first edition of the pictorial magazine will be on sale dur- ing the Annual Town Meeting for the People of Mashpee. In this way we shall accommodate the residents and allow ade- quate time for reprints prior to the celebration. No appropriations relative to the activities of the Histor- ical Commission were requested in 1969, however, we shall submit articles in the Annual Town Meeting Warrant for i funding in March 1970. This department shall require recur- ring appropriations annually. For the year of 1970, no funds for this department are necessary until August 1, 1970, there-