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encouragement of the Enterprize; & without them little or
no success could have been hoped for. The Committee
therefore deem it their sacred Duty to recommend that
these objects should be put ⁱⁿa [train?]
to ensure their entire accomplishment as early as the funds of the Corpo-
ation shall enable the Trustees to do so --
the Committee beg leave to state that the
objects-to which they have alluded, are (1) the erection
of a permanent stone or Iron fence upon the front ^{grounds of the cemetery-[?] fence on the remaining three sides thereof} for their [?] protection & security. (2) The draining of the low grounds, & the introduction of pure
water ^{which should drain}into the grounds & through the ponds within
the same, into Charles River. (3) The Erection of a suitable
Granite Chapel where the religious services for the Dead
may be suitably performed, & which also on the in
terior sides may become the repository of Marble Busts
& Statues & other [?sepulchural] monuments which may ^{from time to time}be
placed there ^{by liberal Benefactors & Friends} in memory of the Dead, & which would not
bear the exposure of the open air in our climate. (4)
The erection of a Granite Tower or Observatory on the
summit of Mount Auburn from which^{the entire grounds of the Cemetery} and from which the whole range
of the adjacent country may be ^distinctlyseen. These objects
in the opinion of the Committee may all be attained
within a few years by devoting the present funds of the
corporation to them & such additional funds as from
past experience the Committee are justified in believing
will unquestionably come into the Treasury within the
same period of years - Which of these objects should have
a prority, or whether all of them should be simulta-
neously be undertaken, & a proportion of the present funds
applied pro rata to each is a matter for the ultimate
decision of the Trustees. And it is not improbable
that for some of these objects private subscriptions may
be obtained from munificant Individuals in aid of
such funds as the Trustees may devote to the purpose.

The Committee ask leave to suggest some considerations