Trustees Records, Vol. 7, 1886 (page 388)

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Workman – PetitionS _
A Petition, ⁴⁷⁴ addressed to the Superintendent, signed by thirty two of
the men regularly employed at the Cemetery was presented:
asking for a change in the working time, so that nine hour labor
shall constitute a full day work, for which they shall receive
a compensation the same amount as is now paid for ten hours
work, and it was Voted that the Petition be granted.

Agreement with Henry S. Shaw
The question of a vote to authorize the Treasurer to sign an agreement
with Henry S. Shaw relative in setting the Henckley land matter
was bought up, but in the absence of the Chairman of the Committee
on Finance, it was postponed until the next meeting.

Cremations Rules and Regulations State Board of Health
The attention of the Board being called by the President, to the present
Rules and Regulations of the State Board of Health governing Cremations.
After discussion it was Voted, that the President be, and he hereby
is authorized in behalf of the Corporation to Petition the State
Board of Health to amend the Rules and Regulations, relative
to bodies coming from without the Commonwealth, so as to read
as follows. "If the death occurs without the Commonwealth, the
body shall not be received or cremated until the officer
of the Cemetery has received the certificate or burial permit
required by law before burial, and a certificate from a
Medical Examiner, that he has viewed the body, and made personal
inquiry into the cause and manner of death, and is of opinion
that no further examination; or judicial inquiry concerning
the same is necessary[."]

Cremation Rules ^and Regulations
It was also voted that the Rules and Regulations governing Cremations made
at the Cemetery of Mount Auburn be amended by striking out the following
"Incineration to begin at least two hours before Sunset." Dissolved

John L. Dill. Secretary pro-tempore