Mount Auburn Cemetery

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Trustees.

The Trustees of the Proprietors of the Cem^y. of Mount Auburn met, pursuant to notice from the Secretary at the Porters Lodge in the Cem^y. on Thursday the the 12^th day of April 1838. Present Mess^rs Bigelow, Bond, Brimmer, C. P Curtis, B. R. Curtis, Gould, Read & Story.

Premium

Voted. That Dr. Bigelow be authorized to offer a premium of Fifty Dollars for the best design of a monument.

Trees not to be exposed

Voted. That the Superintendent & the Surveyor of the Cem^y. be instructed not to lay out any Lot in such a situation that the digging of graves & the erecting of a Tomb thereon would be injurious to any valuable tree _

Voted. To adjourn to the Treasurers office at three oclock P.M. on Monday the 16^th instant.

The Trustees met pursuant to the above mentioned adjournment.

Irregular Lots.

Voted. That the Comm^ee on Lots be authorized to sell such irregular peices of ground as cannot be laid out in Lots of 300 feet & as it may not be expendient to reserve for public monuments, at their discretion provided however that the charge per foot shall not be less than 26 2/3 cents & the sum of 20 dollars for the right of selection.

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Mr G.W. Crockett was chosen Auditor of accounts for the ensuing year.

Mr Crockett having retired from the meeting, and Mr Read having made his appearance, after a long discussion on the subject of recording plans &c. it was,

Proprietors Plans

Voted. that the Secretary procure and Keep a Port Folio in which he shall insert such Plans as the Proprietors may respectively procure to be made of their Lots, such Plans to be drawn by the Surveyor of the Corporation, on paper of uniform size, which shall be furnished by the Corporation, and none to be introduced into the Port Folio unless they shall be examined and approved in writing by the Committee on Lots or a majority of them, and to be at the proper expense of the Proprietors requiring them.

Surveyer.

Voted. That Alexander Wadsworth be the Surveyor of this Corporation until the further order of this Board.

Com^ee on Repairs

Voted. That Messrs Bigelow, Read and Dixwell be a committee to keep the Chapel, and all the constructions at Mount Auburn belonging to this Corporation, in repair.

ByLaws.

Voted. That the Secretary be requested, with the advice of C. P. Curtis Esquire to prepare and submit to the Trustees a revised copy of the by laws and principal regulations.

Chapel stained stones.

Voted. That Dr. Bigelow be authorized to experiment with reference to the removal of stains from the stone in the Chapel, on account of this Corporation to an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars.

Adjourned A true record Attest Henry M. Parker - Secretary

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Lot 473 as to the perpetual repair

A letter from Geo. H Kuhn on behalf of the proprietor of lot no 473 . . was referred to the Committee on Lots with full powers to contract for keeping the same in perpetual repair.

Lots under the care of Corporation

Voted. That the Treasurer keep the Superintendent constantly informed as to all lots which this Corporation have agreed or shall agree to keep in order - and that the list so furnished, state the sums paid as consideration for such agreement.

Removal of bodies from the Receiving Tombs

Voted. That the Secretary be requested to procure an accurate account of all bodies deposited in the receiving tomb either under Park Street Church or that within the grounds at Mount Auburn and notify all persons who have made such deposits which have been suffered to remain there beyond the specified time that they must be removed within fifty days from this seventh day of April 1849.

Plans of alterations

Ordered. That the Surveyor make one or more plans as may be necessary to shew any changes in the following locations vis: in and about the new public lot: of Almond and Verbana Paths: of Verbena Path: of any lots, paths, or avenues in and about the present site of the Chapel: of lot number

Lots 104, 1279 - 1280. Lot 1173

104 on Central Avenue in connection with lots 1279 & 1280: also of lot 1173 on Fir Avenue: and that such plans having been duly certified be inserted in the Book of Proprietors Plans.

Lots 903. 904.

Voted. That the Surveyor may make the large plan of the grounds exhibit lots 903 & 904 conformably to their present location.

Lots 56, 1311, and 1373

The subject of the locations of lots 1311 and 1373 was connection with lot 56 was referred to the Committee on Lots with full powers. Attest. Henry M. Parker Secretary

Adjourned to meet at Mount Auburn on the 10^th instant at 4 o'clock P.M.

Copy of a Plan marked "Scale, 40 Feet to an Inch. Boston, May 9^th 1848. Alex. Wadsworth, Surveyor. _" See this volume Proprietor's records page 174. Henry M. Parker Secretary.

[Plan of the proposed alteration to the road]