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of the Meeting and Charles P. Curtis was chosen
Secretary, and was duly qualified

Act of Incorporation accepted

The Act of the Legislature passed March 31, 1835
entitled an Act to incorporate the Proprietors of
the Cemetery of Mount Auburn was read by
the Secretary, and it was unanimously—
voted to accept the same and to proceed to
organize the said Corporation;

Trustees chosen

It was then voted to proceed to the choice of
nine Trustees, to be chosen by ballot, and
Samuel Whitwell Esq. was appointed a Com-
emittee to receive sort & count the votes for
trustees, and on his report it appeared that
Messrs Joseph Story Samuel Appleton, George
Bond, Jacob Bigelow, Benjamin A. Gould,
Charles Brown, Charles P. Curtis, Joseph P.
Bradlee and James Read were unanimously
chosen Trustees of the said Corporation
It was then voted that Joseph Story Esq. be a committee
to prepare such Bylaws as he should deem neces-
sary, who reported the following;_

By Law_ Annual Meeting.

The annual Meeting of the Corporation shall
be held on the twenty fourth day of September in
each year ^being the day on which Mount Auburn
was consecrated to the purposes of a Cemetery,
unless the same day shall happen on a Sunday,
in which case it shall be held on the day next
succeeding; and the annual meeting shall ^be held
in the city of Boston at such place and time of
the day as the Trustees shall appoint;_

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of the Meeting and Charles P. Curtis was chosen
Secretary, and was duly qualified

Act of Incorporation accepted

The Act of the Legislature passed March 31, 1835
entitled an Act to incorporate the Proprietors of
the Cemetery of Mount Auburn was read by
the Secretary, and it was unanimously—
voted to accept the same and to proceed to
organize the said Corporation;

Trustees chosen

It was then voted to proceed to the choice of
nine Trustees, to be chosen by ballot, and
Samuel Whitwell Esq. was appointed a Com-
emittee to receive sort & count the votes for
trustees, and on his report it appeared that
Messrs Joseph Story Samuel Appleton, George
Bond, Jacob Bigelow, Benjamin A. Gould,
Charles Brown, Charles P. Curtis, Joseph P.
Bradlee and James Read were unanimously
chosen Trustees of the said Corporation
It was then voted that Joseph Story Esq. be a committee
to prepare such Bylaws as he should deem neces-
sary, who reported the following;_

By Law_ Annual Meeting.

The annual Meeting of the Corporation shall
be held on the twenty fourth day of September in
each year ^being the day on which Mount Auburn
was consecrated to the purposes of a Cemetery,
unless the same day shall happen on a Sunday,
in which case it shall be held on the day next
succeeding; and the annual meeting shall ^be held
in the city of Boston at such place and time of
the day as the Trustees shall appoint;_