Excerpt from Centennial of Meriden, June 10-16, 1906: Report of the Proceedings, With Full Description of the Many Events of Its Successful Celebration; Old Home Week Resolved - That the one - hundredth anniversary of the Town of Meriden be celebrated in 1906 and that a committee consisting of the first se lectman, the town clerk of Meriden, the mayor of the City of Meriden, the president of the Meriden Business Men's association and the pres ident of the Meriden Board of Trade, be and hereby are appointed a committee with power to select ten other residents of Meriden repre senting its important business and professional interests, who together, shall form a committee of fifteen and who shall have power to arrange for, direct, and carry out all plans for such celebration on such dates in 1906 as they shall select as the most appropriate; shall have power to appoint any and all additional committees in their opinion necessary to the celebration, but shall not in any manner obligate the Town of Mer iden for any expense incurred without a specific appropriation for the purpose of the celebration. 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.