Trustees Records, Vol. 5, 1870 (page 026)

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Trustees September 14^t, 1870.

Com. on Grounds excused fr. con^der of Douglass and Dennis Petition; Same ref. to Com. on Lots

Superintendent in a communication dated August 24^t, 1870,
addressed to the Committee on Grounds to whom the matter
was referred at the meeting of July 21^st, 1870 (V=20); it was

Voted, – that the Committee on Grounds be and they are
hereby excused from the further consideraton of the subject, and
that the same be referred to the Committee on Lots.

Cambridge Taxes for 1870 referred to Com. on Finance

The subject of the taxes for the year 1870 assessed upon
the property of the corporation by the City of Cambridge having
been brought to the notice of the Board, it was

Voted, – that the taxes assessed by the City of Cambridge for 1870
upon the corporate property be referred to the ^^{consideration of the} Committee on
Finance, with a view to obtaining an abatement thereof;
and with full powers.

Cambridge Cemetery Commissioners; renewed applⁿ of for purch. of land.

A communication from Z. L. Raymond, chairman of
the Commissioners of the Cambridge Cemetery, renewing an
application for the purchase of a strip of land on the South
side of the lot owned by the corporation being a part of the
"Stone meadow," originally made in September, 1858, having been
laid before the Board it was

Voted, – that the same be referred to the Committee on Grounds.

Edw. Palgemeyer, the late Prop^r to lower the Lot, (2976) purchased by Executors of.

A communication from the Superintendent, dated
September 8^t, 1870, in regard to lowering the Lot purchased by
the Executors of the late Edward Palgemeyer, (N^o 2976) having
been laid before the Board it was

Voted, – that the subject be referred to the Committee on
Grounds with full powers.

The following named papers from the Superintendent
were laid before the Board, and severally referred to the