192:"for a suitable and substantial building to be used as a library." Half of this amount was used for the purchase of books and the maintenance of the library. Hoyt's trust deed further stipulated that the "building and the library"...be known and designated as the "Hoyt Public Library, and that his "name shall never be changed or altered". These wishes were to be carried out, and the institution governed by a self-electing board of five trustees. An early design of the library was done by noted architect
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