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Trustees. October 20^t, 1873

Lot 4282 as orig. located. Secy. to acc. del. of deed of in exch. for another of equiv. area & same N^o

Voted, – that the Secretary be authorized, under the direction of the Committee on Lots, to accept from the proprietor of Lot N^o 4282 on Halcyon Avenue a deed of re-conveyance of said Lot to the corporation, in exchange for another Lot, bearing the same number, and of equivalent area, situated on Halcyon, corner of Ash Avenue, as per re-location report of Superintendent, dated October 16^t 1873, approved by the Committee on Lots.

On motion of M^r Turner it was

Saffron & Crocus Paths. Work upon authorized

Voted, – that the Committee on Grounds cause the gutters of Saffron and Crocus Paths to be paved, and said Paths to be graded, so as to divert the water which after every rain-fall runs into said Saffron Path from Spruce Av., into the "Chant Lot" so called.

Communication from W. B. Stevens ref. to Com. on Grounds;

A communication from M^r W. B. Stevens under date of the 18^t inst., in regard to the drainage in front of his Lot N^o 1587 Spruce Av. having been read, it was

Voted, – that said communication be referred to the Committee on Grounds.

from M^rs P. S. Humphrey & H. W. Suter ref. to Com. on Lots.

Communications from M^rs Pamela S. Humphrey and M^r Hales W. Suter, respectively dated the 18^t and 20^t insts., having been read, it was

Voted, – that said communication be referred to the Committee on Lots.

Erection of additional Greenhouse; [Appⁿ of $1200.– for granted, &c.]

The subject of an appropriation of $1200.– for the erection of an additional greenhouse on foundations adjoining N^os 4 and 5 having been taken from the table, on motion of M^r Snow it was

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3843 Almira Bright of Belmont, widow of Joseph Bright, deceased proprietor of Lot numbered Thirty-eight hundred & forty-three

4092 Daniel Johnson, of Charlestown, brother of William Johnson, deceased proprietor of Lot numbered Four thousand and ninety-two.

No other business being presented, it was

Voted, – that this meeting to be dissolved.

Sam^l Batchelder Jr., Secretary.

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Trustees. November 12 1873

November 12^t, 1873.

A monthly meeting of the Trustees was held on Wednesday,November 12^t 1873, at Four o'clock, P.M.

Present, Messrs. J. T. Bradlee, Brewer, Choate, Little, Perkins, Pickering, Snow, and Turner. Also, present after adjournment, M^r N. J. Bradlee.

M^rs P. S. Humphrey. Rep. of Com. on Lots on Petⁿ of accepted & placed on file

The record of the last meeting was read and approved.

A ^^written report was received from the Committee on Lots with regard to the Petition of M^rs Pamela S. Humphrey referred to them at the meeting of October 20^t,

Voted, – that the report be accepted and placed on file.

Hales W. Suter. Com. on Lots Expensed from further consid. of Petition of.

The chairman of the same Committee stated that the Committee had had under consideration the communication of M^r Hales W. Suter in behalf of the Trustees under the will of the late M^r John Suter; but that as M^r Suter's co-trustee was a member of the Committee on Lots, they had to request to be relieved from the further consideration of the case, and