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14 ANNUAL REPORT.
PERPETUAL REPAIR OF LOTS.
It is provided by Art. VIII. of the By-Laws as follows :—
DONATION IN TRUST. —“The Trustees may receive in trust from a Proprietor any sum of money, the income of which shall be appropriated to the repair of his lot, according to the terms of trust expressed in the form provided.”
PERPETUAL REPAIR, WITH GUARANTY. —“The Trustees may also guarantee the perpetual repair of lots, upon the payment of such a sum as the Committee on Lots shall deem sufficient for that purpose, a form for which is also provided.
“All such sums shall collectively constitute a separate fund, called the ‘Repair Fund,’ and shall be invested in some public stock of this State, or of the National Government, or in the stock of some bank or banks of this State, or in notes secured by a sufficient collateral pledge of stocks in this State, or mortgage on real estate in Boston. [See pages 6 and 7, Annual Report. ]
“Each lot in relation to which such a contract shall have been made shall be credited in a book kept for the purpose, with the principal sum paid on account of said lot; and at the close of each year a ratable proportion of the net income of the whole repair fund shall be carried to its credit, in conformity with the terms of said contracts.”
RECONVEYANCE IN TRUST. — "A Proprietor who shall have contracted with the corporation for the care and preservation of his lot forever, desiring to place the same in perpetual trust, for the purpose of restricting the right of burial, or for any other legitimate object, may, with the consent of the Committee on Lots, reconvey such lot to the corporation, to hold the same forever, for the uses and trusts expressed in his deed of reconveyance; reserving to himself, and to such as may be beneficiaries thereunder, the right of admission, and
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such supervision as may not be inconsistent with the rights which have vested in the corporation.”
Annexed to the GUARANTEE CONTRACT is a report by the Superintendent, with drawings, describing in detail the condition of the lot and structures thereon. The amount deposited is an znsurance FOREVER that the lot and its belongings shall always be maintained in the condition shown in the report, which is made the basis of the contract.
To cover all the contingencies of the near and remote future, a sum is fixed, the income of which will be sufficient to provide for the care of the grass, including resodding, and the repair and renewal of such tomb, curb, monument, or headstone, as shown in Superintendent’s report.
If any monument or headstones are added subsequent to the contract, they can be covered in the same manner.
After a contract for perpetual repair, with guaranty, has been made, the lot may be reconveyed to the corporation, in trust, naming in the deed the persons thereafter to be interred. The ttle to the lot being thus vested in the corporation, a perfect security is given that the wishes of the proprietor will be carried out.
Under the contract for Donation In TRUST, the cncome of any sum deposited is applied to the care and preservation of the lot.
The necessary forms for provision by will for the above are given herewith.
J. W. LOVERING, Superintendent.
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16 ANNUAL REPORT.
CEMETERY OF MOUNT AUBURN.
Form For Ciause In WILL TO BEQUEATH Money For ‘‘ PERPETUAL REPAIR, wiTH GUARANTY,” OF Lot.
I hereby direct my executors to pay to the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn such sum of money as may be found necessary to obtain from said corporation a contract for the Perpetual Repair, with Guaranty, of my Lot, No. on the way called in said cemetery.
Form ror CLAUSE IN WILL DIRECTING **‘ RECONVEYANCE OF Lot TO CoRPORATION, IN TRUST.”
| f Reconveyancets only accepted after a Contract for Perpetual Repair, with Guaranty, has been made. |
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Auburn, in consideration of the Contract of Perpetual Repair, with Guar-
anty, for the purpose of securing it as a burial-place for myself and the
following persons :
and no other interments to be allowed.
LAWS AND RESOLVES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1883. [CHap. 262.]
(An AcT GIVING TO A WIFE THE RiGHT OF INTERMENT IN A BUBIAL LOT OR TOMB OWNED BY HER HUSBAND.)
Be it enacted, etc., as follows : —
Sect. 1. A wife shall be entitled to a right of interment for her own body in any
‘burial lot or tomb of which her husband was seized at any time during coverture, and such
right shall be exempt from the laws of conveyance, descent, and devise; provided, such right may be released by her in the manner in which she may release her dower.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved June 28, 1883.)
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PRICES FOR THE CARE OF LOTS,
ADOPTED BY THE TRUSTEES
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| SIZE OF LOT. | CARE. TOP-DRESSING. |
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200 ee zi 2.00 1.50
300 o & 3.00 2.00 Lots containing fractional 400 - Re 4.00 2.50 parts of 100 feet will be 500 ee a 5.00 8.00 charged the rate of the 606 ts oe 6.00 3.00 nearest 100 feet.
700 t bie 7.00 4.00
| S00 ey Be 8.00 | 4.50 |
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Proprietors will find blank order below, which they can fill and mail to Superintendent, Cambridge. }@™ Erase what is not wanted.
Estimates for grading and sodding, and repairs on Lots, including cleaning Monuments and Headstones, will be furnished to proprietors on application, personally or by letter, at Superintendent’s office, Cambridge. Iron fences and granite copings removed without expense to proprietors, who will be credited with any excess over cost of removal
To the Superintendent of Mount Auburn Cemetery,
Cambridge, Mass.
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