Copying Book: Secretary's Letters, 1860 (page 254)

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Boston May 5, 1865

T.L. Wakefield Esq

My dear Sir,

Will you have the
kindness to get the accompanying bill before the
Judiciary Com^ee.

The first reason for its passage is that uni-
versal custom as well as the fitness of the thing has
made the office of Cemetery Corporations the only place for
the record of its deeds.

The second reason is that, in the absence of any
general law authorizing such record there always has
been and will continue to be a considerable solic-
itude in the minds of lot owners, as to their rights
without county registration, and the more timid ones often
dispel their doubts by sending their deeds to the county records.

The third reason is that there is already a large
^^{and constantly increasing} aggregation of interest in Cemetery lots in this Common-
wealth, at stake, if the validity of title can be called in
question for want of proper registration. -- These lots being
real estate, the act would be essentially a question of
titles, and I am not aware of any objection that can be
raised.

The State of Maine has passed a similar act: what other
states, if any, I am not aware.

I hand you a bound book containing our Charter, also the form of deed.

Very Resp.y yours

A.J. Coolidge Sec.y of Mt Aub
Cem.y