Trustees Records, Vol. 1, 1835 (page 214)

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Proprietors. Special. 1851.

Pursuant to the foregoing notice which was published
in the Boston Daily Advertiser ^ ^{a newspaper printed in Boston} more than seven days
in succession before the said time of meeting, the Pro-
prietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn met at the
time and place designated in said notice. A quo-
rum having assembled the President Dr. Bigelow
took the chair. The President stated the object of
this special meeting, and called upon the Secretary
to produce a certified copy of the Act referred to
in the notice. The Secretary did so, and read
the same aloud. The following is a copy -

Additional Act. Copy of

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

An Act in addition to "An Act
to incorporate the proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn"

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Court assembled,
and by the authority of the same; as follows -

The corporation known as the Proprietors of the Cemetery
of Mount Auburn, may purchase and hold in fee sim-
ple or otherwise, any real estate, or any interest in any
real estate, situate and lying in the towns of Cam-
bridge and Watertown, in the County of Middlesex
anything in the Act of this Legislature passed
March thirty first A.D. eighteen hundred and thir-
ty five entitled "An Act to incorporate the proprietors
of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn" to the contrary
notwithstanding; Provided always , that such real es-
tate by the said corporation so purchased holden
and possessed as aforesaid, under the provisions of