Copying Book: Secretary's Letters, 1860 (page 058)

Boston, May 6, 1862

Capt D.L. Winsor,

Dear Sir,

At the meeting of the
Trustees of Mount Auburn held
yesterday, the following vote was passed.

"That the Committee on Lots be
authorized to grant to the purchasers
of lots the privilege of constructing
tombs and catacombs within the
same at prices to be fixed by the
Committee - not less than fifty dollars
for each tomb or catacomb: - and they
shall be further authorized to
grant to proprietors of lots here-
tofore purchased the same privilege
at the same price, not less than
fifty dollars for each tomb, which
shall be constructed according
to Articles 23^d and 24^th of the By-laws."

By the foregoing you will see
that $50, at least, is required to be
paid in all cases, and that thus
the old rule (or rather exception) of no
charge in cases of catacomb tombs
is virtually abrogated.-

I have sent Mr Livermore, of
Brighton, the reply of the Committee on
Lots, that he has permission to con-
struct a Catacomb tomb in Lot
2195 on payment of fifty dollars,
($50.) the face of the tomb to
be on a line with that of the
Receiving Tomb - the whole to be
executed according to the 23^d
and 24^th articles of the
By-laws.-

Of course the financial part
of that transaction must be attended
to before O'Donnell can do anything.

Yours truly

A.J. Coolidge
Sec.y

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