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which had never been paid for, and which made said additional piece so enclosed measure 425 instead of 300 square feet. At the time when it was ascertained that said 125 feet unpaid for have been enclosed for burial purposes, the original proprietors had deceased, and their only heirs were three minor children of Josiah Quincy Loring, a deceased brother of said proprietors, under the guardianship of Dr. Peter Renton, who was the maternal grandfather of said heirs. The said guardian was requested to pay for said 125 feet of land, and advised that it could be added to said lots: and he did pay for it, but out of his private funds, on the supposition that the could make the same available to his family use. Before receiving any deed thereof, the said Renton died, and was buried in said separate enclosure, but not on the part thereof purchased by him: and his widow is desirous of receiving a deed of so much of said lot as his northwesterly of a line running between the grave of said Renton and that of the said J. Q. Loring. A plan of said lots filed with the plans of the Corporation (to which reference is herein made) shows that said northwesterly part of said lot contains 174 square feet, and that the land southwesterly, in both enclosures, measures 851 square feet, which is ample for the purposes of said heirs.

Whenfore said guardian (who has also applied to the Court for leave to convey) for the purpose of correcting the irregularities