[Adopted NRO, T. 14, §§ 601 to 604 (Secs. 15-46 to 15-49 of the 1987 Code)]
A. 
Regular courses of free, popular and scientific lectures shall be given annually within the City. Such lectures shall be open to all citizens of Nashua and its vicinity. All political subjects of a partisan character, and all theological subjects of a sectarian nature, shall be carefully excluded from lectures.
B. 
All expenses incurred for lectures shall be defrayed out of the income realized from the Hunt Fund, as set forth in an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Moses Hunt, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, deceased, a copy of which is on file at the Register of Probate for the County of Hillsborough.
C. 
The lectures shall be given at some suitable and convenient place, located in a central part of the City, and shall be known as and called the "Hunt Lectures."
[Amended 5-8-2007 by Ord. No. O-07-89]
A. 
The Hunt Fund shall be under the management and control of a Board of three Trustees, who shall serve without pay.
B. 
The members of the Board of Trustees shall be the Mayor, or his or her designee, and two persons chosen by the Board of Aldermen. Of the persons chosen by the Board of Aldermen, one shall hold office until January 1, 1917, and the other shall hold office until January 1, 1918. At the expiration of their respective terms, and annually thereafter, the Board of Aldermen shall choose a member of the Board of Trustees who shall hold office for two years and until another person is elected and qualified in his place. No person shall be a Trustee and a member of the Board of Aldermen at the same time.
The Board of Trustees of the Hunt Fund may establish such rules and regulations as it may think proper for the care and proper management of the Hunt Fund and Hunt lectures. Such rules and regulations shall not conflict or be inconsistent with the conditions upon which the Hunt Fund was given.
At the end of each year, the Board of Trustees of the Hunt Fund shall make a detailed report of their activities for that year to the Board of Aldermen. The report shall be published with the report of other municipal departments.