Trustees Records, Vol. 2, 1854 (page 249)

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by some change in the system. They would therefore
recommend that the records of interments should
continue to be kept at the Cemetery, but that
the Superintendent be authorized and directed to
number the lots when selected by any person
proposing to purchase, and to place on such lot
or lots a broad stake, on which shall be
printed in legible figures the number he has
applied to said lot or lots. He shall also be
directed to issue to the person who has selected
a lot, a certificate in form according to the
copy hereto appended.

The certificates to be used for this purpose should
be printed, with suitable blanks to be filled by the
Superintendent as required, and said blurbs should
be bound in a book, with a wide margin opposite
the blanks; and it shall be made the duty of
the Superintendent to record in said margin the number
of the certificate issued, the name of the party to whom
it has been issued, and also the number of the lot
which said certificate represents. Said book of cer-
tificates and record shall be designated (and marked)
as a "Record of selected lots in Mount Auburn Cemetery".
As soon as the Superintendent has received from the
Treasurer notice that the deed of a selected lot has
been issued, it shall be his duty to write on the
record book of selected lots _ against the number
of the lot indicated by the deed _ "Deed issued."
It shall also be the duty of the Superintendent
to make a monthly report in writing of any