1843_ReportWatercom-p1_1831_034_009

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The Committee to whom was referred the subject
of a committee on the subject of introduing
fresh water into the grounds at Mount Auburn
with directions to take into consideration
the various improvements which it may
be deemed expedient to make there
have had the same under their consideration to
respectfully report. That by the Act of Incorpora-
tion of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Au-
burn the monies which shall arise from the Sale of
the Lots, & belonging [?] to the Corporation are required to be
forever devoted & applied to the Preservation, Im-
provement embellishment & enlargement of the said
cemetery & the incidental expenses thereof - That
hitherto these purposes have been faithfully adhered
to - the grounds have been laid out & paths & avenues
have been established, a house with [suitable?] ap-
pendages erected,^built, a temporary gate way erected,
& a suitable temporary fence enclosing the whole
grounds - During the present year a permanent gran-
ite gateway has been substituted for the former wooden
one - After [deducting?] all the expenses hitherto incur-
red, including the expense of the granite Gateway,
there will remain at the end of the present year
on the Treasury, according to a statement made to
the Committee^{by the Treasurer}the sum of ^about Twenty six thousand dollars
applicable to the general ^objectscontemplated
by the Act of Incorporation -

It is well known that among these Objects
there are some, which have always from the begin-
ning of the Cemetery been deemed of promis-
ing importance & to which the funds of the Cor-
poration were designed to be applicable as soon as any
adequate surplus should exist. Indeed, these ^objects
were held out to the original subscribers as
the main inducements for their patronage &