Statuary: Minority Report, 1831.039.003-003 p2

the obvious and real meaning of these
terms and what construction was designed
to be placed upon them?

In order that a correct conclusion may
be arrived at, it is necessary to revert for
a moment to the circumstances under which
the act of incorporation was obtained and
what was designed by those who originated
the project.- It appears to ^^{the undersigned}your Committee
that the design was this-the subject of
interments within the limits of the city having
become one of great importance in our
community and an evil which would be
likely to increase as the population became
more dense, it was very desirable that the
system should be changed so far as it
was practicable to do so, and some place of
interment be secured in the vicinity of the City
which should obviate the evil complained
of.

For these purposes the grounds now known
as "Mount Auburn" were obtained and
consecrated.-

An act of incorporation was granted by the
Legislature, giving certain priveleges to, and
placing certain restrictions upon the Corporation, _one