Mount Auburn Cemetery

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Towns of Cambridge & Watertown, in the County of Middlesex, heretofore known as the Cemetery & Experimental Garden at Mount Auburn, together with all Lands appurtenant to the same in which the Grantors have any interest, property or estate; - The said premises being estimated to contain in the whole about one hundred & ten acres, & for a more particular description of which reference is made to the Deeds of Rhoda Crafts, George W. Brimmer, Joel Stone, David Stone, David Stone Guardian Columbus J. Stone, Melinda Stone, William M. Poweroy & wife, Ann Cutter, generally to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, recorded in the Registry of Deed for the County of Middlesex.

To have & to hold the afore granted Premises unto the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn & to their successors & assigned forever, upon the trusts, & for the uses & purposes mentioned & expressed in the Act of the Legislature entitled, "An Act to incorporate the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn." And it is hereby understood & agreed between the par ties that conveyance is made expressly upon the following fundamental stipulations, which are to be mutually obligatory & binding upon the parties, as contained in the tenth section of the said Act incorporating the said Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn. First, that the present Proprietors of Lots in the said Cemetery, who shall become members of the Corporation created by the said act, shall thenceforth cease to be members of the Horticultural Society aforesaid,

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Trustees April 24^t, 1871.

On motion of Dr. Bigelow it was

Voted, – that the Committee on Grounds be instructed to consider the expediency of a re=survey and re=constructon of the Stone Farm.

Adjourned.

Sam^l Batchelder Jr., Secretary.

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Coolidge Av^e Report of Special Com^tee in extenso.

The Special Committee to whom were referred the applications of H. W. Mussey and J. G. Coolidge for payment of damages caused to their estates by grading Coolidge Avenue by the City of Cambridge in 1869 submit the following

Report.

In the year 1862 a claim made that this Corporation was bound to grade and repair the Avenue was referred to Messrs C. P. Curtis and E. S. Rand, and from their full examination and report we find that the fee of the Avenue is in this Corporation, that it was laid out as a private way in 1830, and has since been open to public travel. It is not a public way except by dedication. Since 1846 no way can be made public unless laid out by the public authorities. As the corporation as lately as 1848 exercised its power of granting rights in the way it seems clear it has never become a public way by dedication.

The original agreement between Brimmer and Josiah Coolidge provided that this way should be kept open and unobstructed, and that said Coolidge, his heirs and assigns, should at all times have free ingress and regress to and from his adjoining land into said way. H. W. Mussey, J. G. Coolidge

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Nov 3. 1831

At a meeting of the Garden & Cemetery committee of Mount Auburn, held at the Horticultural Rooms Nov. 3^r. 1831. present, Mess. Bigelow, Bond, Brimmer, Cook,- Dearborn & Gould. Gen^l. Dearborn in the chair, & B.A. Gould, Sec^y, pro tem -, the following votes were passed.

Secretary

Voted. 1., That a Secretary be appointed to the Garden & Cemetery Committee who shall keep a record of their doings in a book provided for that purpose. C. P. Curtis Esq was - unanimously chosen Secretary.

Treasurer

Voted. 2. That a Treasurer be appointed to the Garden & Cemetery Committee whose duty it shall be to receive the dues & make the payments of this Committee, whereupon Geo. Bond Esq. was unanimously chosen, Treasurer of this Committee.

Cemetery Agents.

Voted 3. That a Cemetery agent be appointed, residing in Boston, and another residing in Cambridge whose duty it shall be to furnish information & assistance to applicants upon business. And when it shall be necessary for the agent to visit the Cemetery, he may charge the applicant fifty cents for such visit, if the application be in Cambridge or one dollar & fifty cents if in Boston in addition to the customary charges for interment in those places.

Exchange of Lots./New Lots Laid Out

Voted. 4. That is any subscriber be not satisfied with the particular lot which shall have been sold or assigned to him, he may at any time within six months exchange the same for any other among the unsold lots, which are already laid out by the Surveyor. And if he shall choose to have a new lot surveyed for him on the unappropriated grounds, the Garden & Cemetery Committee may if they see fit, assign him such a lot on his

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Voted. 4. That one copy be presented to each member of the society & ten copies to each member of the Committee.

Voted 5. That the hundred copies of Judge Story's address be reserved & that Dr. Bigelow be a Committee to disperse of the remaining copies of the address.

Form of Deed

Voted 6. That the Deed be recommitted & the Committee have full power to complete it. _

Voted 7. That the meeting be adjourned to Monday Nov. 21. at 1/2 past 3 o'clock

G.W. Pratt, Secy.

Horticulture Rooms, Nov. 21. 1831.

Nov. 21. 1831

Present- Mess. G. Bond, G W Brimmer, Z. Cook Jr, Dr. Bigelow, G. W. Pratt.

Rec'g Tomb.

Voted, that G W. Brimmer be a Com^e with authority to purchase a tomb under Park Street church, for a sum not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars.--

Meet^gs of Com^ee Quorum

Voted, that the Secretary be empowered to call a meeting of the Committee at the request of two of the members of the Committee, & at all meetings, three persons shall constitute a quorum, provided no expenditure shall be voted, to exceed fifty dollars,

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Dec. 2^d. 1831

===Dec. 2. 1831.===

At a meeting of the Garden & Cemetery Committee held this day, there were present, Mess. Bigelow, Bond- Cook, Brimmer, Gould & Pratt.

Voted, That the application of Wm Lawrence, G. W. Pratt, S. Pond, J. T. Buckingham & others relative to the extension of certain lots in the grounds appropriated to the Cemetery be & is hereby acceded to.

Sub-Com^ee to lay out Lots

Voted, that the SubCommittee be authorized to lay out the lots thus applied for, & any others that may be required by other individuals until further orders from the Committee.

Proprietors of Lots, &c.

Voted, that no proprietor of a lot shall receive any fees or reward from any person whatever for the interment of dead bodies within his said lot.

Sexton

Voted, that Mr. B A Gould be added to the SubCommittee Voted, that the subCom^e. be requested & they are hereby authorized to procure a suitable person for Sexton or agent in the capacity of undertaker in Boston & Cambridge -

===Gift ot Lot to Gen. Dearborn===

In consideration of the very acceptable services rendered by Gen. Dearborn at Mount Auburn, for the assiduity he has manifested in carrying into effect the purposes & designs of the Committee, It was in motion of Mr. Brimmer, voted unanimously that the lot selected by him in the grounds appropriated to the Cemetery, be presented to him in behalf of the proprietors & that the same shall be conveyed to him, & to his heirs in the manner prescribed by the rules & regulations of the association,