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Trustees D. L. Ware

Voted That the application of Mr D. L. Ware be referred to the Com^ee on Lots with power to act thereon.

Swedenborgian Society

Voted That the application on behalf of the Swedenborgian Society be referred to the Com^ee on Lots.

(C)om. on Gate (r)ebuilding [E]nlarging Grounds & [Pl]anting Trees

Voted; That a com^ee of three be appointed to report on the subject of rebuilding the gate of stone, constructing a new fence enlarging the grounds of the Cem^y & planting trees.

Voted That this com^ee consist of the President, Dr. Bigelow & Mr Parker

Geo. Bond Esqr

Voted That the Pres. be requested to communicate to the family of the late George Bond Esq^r, the assurance of the sincere sympath of the Trustees in their recent bereavement & to express their grateful acknowledgment on behalf of the Pros. of the Cemetery of the faithful & valuable services of their friend & associate, as one of the founders & Trustees of the Cemetery & as the Treasurer of the Corporation since its establishment

Voted To adjourn A true record attest B. R. Curtis Sec^y

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Trustees

Pursuant to notice issued by C.P. Curtis in behalf of the Secretary the Trustees of the Pros. of the Cem^y of Mount Auburn met at the office of the Secretary at 10 oclock A. M on the 16^th day of July A D 1842.

Present Mess^rs Bigelow C.P. Curtis B. R. Curtis, Parker & Story. Voted. To approve the bond of the Treasurer with Mess^rs Weld & May as surities & that the Secretary file the same.

Gate Report on Rebuilding Gate &c

Voted. That the Com^ee on lots be authorized to make a contract to carry into effect the first resolution of the report of the Com^ee as to the building of a gate & also that they have authority to carry into effect the other resolutions contained in the said report.

The said report is as follows:

The Com^ee appointed to report on the subject of rebuilding the gate of stone, constructing a new fence, enlarging the grounds of the cemetery & planting trees respectfully report, that they have had the subjects committed to them under consideration & have come to the following resolutions

First. That it is expedient to construct the entrance gate of Mount Auburn

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with the adjacent Porters Lodges of hammered granite, of substantially the same form made & dimensions as the present gate & lodges. That this object can be accomplished within a reasonable time without breaking in upon what they deem a desirable object, the retaining of a fund in the hands of the corporation which shall be adequate to all the expenses of the Corporation. They think that contracts may be made for the furnishing the granite & erecting the gate & lodges within a period of two years from the time the contracts are made; & that in this manner the prolonged time will enable the work to be done in a cheaper & in a more perfect style. If this course is adopted, the sum of Twenty five thousand dollars which is the present fund may be kept whole for the purposes of the institution & the monies received from the sales of the lots & interest upon the accummulation & the surplus will be found at the end of the time two years adequate to the accomplishment of the object

Iron Fences

Second. The com^ee also suggest that it will be desireable as soon as the gate & lodges are completed to begin to erect an iron fence on the whole front line of the grounds at Mount Auburn & to

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proceed with the erection from year to year until the whole is completed accor ding to the state of the funds. They also suggest that on the three other sides it is

Hedge

expedient to plant a ^^living hedge fence of buckthorn or some other suitable shrub on the inside of the present fence; believing that in a few years in this way a very handsome & permanent hedge may be thus obtained at a comparitively trifling expense.

Purchase of Land

Third. The com^ee also recommend the purchase, if it can be obtained upon reasonable terms of ten or twelve acres of land upon the western and southern side of the grounds at Mount Auburn continguous to the present fence as a suitable enlargement of the premises & also as giving a better permanent boundary. Upon traversing the land they found it well suited to the purposes of the Cemetery.

New Lots.

Fourth. The com^ee also recommended the adoption of the recent plan of Waldo Higginson laying out the lots at the South Eastern part of Mount Auburn & to have a suitable number of trees planted & seeds sown there to insure a good growth of ^^forest trees in the

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Trustees.

Pursuant to notice issued by the Secretary the Trustees of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn met at the office of the Sec^y on friday Sep^r 29,1843 at eleven oclock Present Mess^rs Bigelow, Brimmer, C. P. Curtis B. R. Curtis, Parker, Read & Story -

Improvements.

The com^ee appointed at the last meeting to take into consideration the contemplated improvements at the Cemetary (sic) made a report which is as follows.

The Committee to whom was referred the report of a committee on the subject of introducing fresh water into the grounds at Mount Auburn with directions to take into consideration the various improvements which it may be deemed expedient to make there have had the same under their consideration & respectfully report that by the Act of Incorporation of the Proprietors of the Cemetary (sic) of Mount Auburn the Monies which shall arise from the Sale of the Lots, & belong to the Corporation are required to be forever devoted & applied to the Preservation, Improvement embellishment & enlargement of the Said Cemetary (sic) & the incidental expenses thereof - that hitherto these purposes have been faithfully adhered to - the Grounds have been laid out, & paths & avenues have been established, a house with Suitable appendages built, a temporary gate way erected, & a Suitable temporary fence embracing enclosing the whole grounds - During the present year a permanant (sic) gran-ite gateway has been Substituted for the former wooden