- April 29, 1929 – JSA to Theodore Van Wyck Anthony, Newburgh, NY-
Dear Anthony:
You certainly deserve commendation and congratulations for your successful fight on the naming of the Adirondack peaks, and those who have misbehaved in an effort to get peaks named for themselves will probably wait awhile and then try for a unanimous vote for the Regents or Committee on Geographical names, but before that happens, no doubt, you will have ample time for a much deserved rest in your famous retreat in the shadow of some of those peaks. Hope you can stop off and have a chat with me on your way home.
With best regards,
Cordially yours,
JSApperson
Enclosed:
COPY
CHAPTER 212, LAWS OF NEW YORK, 1929
An act to amend the education law, in relation to the vote required for the naming of any mountain, lake, river or other natural object for or in honor of any living person and renumbering a certain section thereof
Became a law on March 28, 1929 with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section eighty of chapter twenty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred non, entitled, “An act relating to education, constituting….etc.
- No petition or recommendation for the naming of any mountain, lake, river or other natural object for or in honor of any living person shall be granted, approved or consented by the regents of the university or by the committee on geographic names appointed by it except by unanimous vote…
Compliment of Theodore V. W. Anthony, Newburgh, New York