Trustees Records, Vol. 2, 1854 (page 268)

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Additional Appropriation for Lots 661, 1080, 1081

A letter from Mace Tisdale Esq. addressed
to the Trustees, _ in which he offered to add five
hundred dollars to the amount which now stands
to the credit of himself and S K. Hewins in the Fund
for Repairs, for the perpetual care and preservation of
lots 661, 1080 & 1081, and the ornamental grounds con-
nected with the same, upon the trusts and for the pur-
poses mentioned in said letter _ was read.

And it was thereupon

Voted that said sum be and is hereby accepted,
upon the conditions and trusts contained in his
said letter. [see copy of letter in Record of Donations &c.]

Conveyance to Heirs at Law & others

The Secretary stated that many cases of embarrassment
had occurred, and were likely to occur frequently for the
reason that the charter confers upon this Corporation no
power to convey lots to the heirs at law and other persons
taking the estate of any deceased person, to hold the same
in common. It was therefore, upon motion by
Mr Curtis,

Voted that a Committee of three be chosen to apply
to the General Court of this Commonwealth for an act
in addition to the act incorporating the Proprietors of the Cem-
etery of Mount Auburn, which shall authorize the con-
veyance of lots by this Corporation to the heirs at law, executors,
trustees or others who may be authorized under the will
of any deceased person to hold the same in common
in the same manner as other lots are held, subject how-
ever to the operation of Article Eight in respect to the
representation of lots of deceased proprietors.