Mount Auburn Cemetery

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to ascertain the sales of Lots of the preceding year.

Section 11^th. Be it further enacted, that any three or more of the persons named in this Act shall have authority to call the first meeting of the said Corporation by an advertisement in one or more newspapers, printed in the City of Boston, seven days at least before the time of holding such meeting, and specifying the time and place thereof. And all Proprietors of Lots, who shall before, at or during the time of holding such meeting, by writing assent to this act shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy at the said first meeting. And at such meeting or any adjournment thereof, any elections maybe had, and any business done, which are herein authorized to be had and done at an annual meeting, although the same may not be specified in the notice for the said meeting. And the first Board of Trustees, chosen at the said meeting shall continue in Office until the annual meeting of the said Corporation next ensuring their choice, and until another Board are chosen in the their stead in pursuance of this Act.

Section 12^th. Be it further enacted, That the said Cemetery shall be and hereby is declared exempted from all public taxes, so long as the same shall remain dedicated to the purposes of a Cemetery.

House of Rep^s March 27. 1835 Passed to be enacted (signed) Julius Rockwell Speaker

March 31 1835 Approved (signed) Samuel T Armstrong.

In Senate March 28 1835 Passed to be enacted (signed) George Bliss President

A copy att (signed) Edw D Rangs Secretary of the Commonwealth

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Names	Names	Names
Enoch Patterson	Nat. Francis	Edwd D. Clark.
Samuel F. Morse	P. C. Brooks Jr.	Edward A Raymond
Wm. Eagers	Igs. Sargent	Josiah P. Cooke
Josiah Bradlee	R. A. Lamb	Francis C Gray by CP Curtis Atty
S.A. Shurtleff	pr P. Harvey	Sam Greenleaf by C.P. Curtis Atty
Wm. Simmons	Joseph Whitney_	Daniel Parkman
Charles Wells	James Brown	Joseph Tuckerman.
Abraham Call	Isaac Williams	Frederic Tudor
Benjm. Adams	Edward Miller	David Francis
John Sykes?	Warren Dutton	Josiah M Jones
E. N. Train	Lowell Mason	Abel Kendall Jr
Enoch Train	Edward Reynolds Jr	Robert Treat Paine
by E N. Train Atty	James Davis	Sam. Downer
Amos Stevens	Daniel C. Bacon	E. M. Richards
L. N. Sargent	B. V. French	Edw L. Stevens
Pliny Cutler	Josiah Daniell	William J. Whipple
Freeman Ficher	Chand. Robbins.	.
Andrew J. Allen	Isaac B Wait	Amos Sawyer
Isaac Livermore	Alexander Wadsworth	I. P. Townsend
Nathl W. Appleton-		James A Smith
Sam. T. Armstrong		Edward Brooks
Francis Parkman		James A Dickson
Jn. W. Boott	Jn. Pierpont	Charles William Taylor
David Woodman		Zach Hicks
		William Adams
John Ware	Geo. G. Channing	Thos. Bagnall
N. Appleton		Henry Kinsley
H. F. Baker.	James Gould	S. H Babcock
David Parker	Joseph N. Howe Jr	H Robinson by CP Curtis
Francis Low	Thomas Hastings	Francis Gardner Jr By C [Bolles?]

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Annual Meeting.

Pursuant to the above notice the Proprietors of the Cem^y. of Mount Auburn met at the time & place & place mentioned in the said notice, which was published in one or more newspapers printed in Boston seven days before the time of meeting.

The Honorable Samuel T. Armstrong was chosen President Pro tem^e. the President of the Corporation being absent. George T. Curtis was chosen Secretary Pro. tem^e the Secretary of the Corporation being absent.

Trustees. number of to be increased

Voted To increase the number of Trustees to Ten.

Trustees chosen

The following gentlemen were then chosen by ballot Trustees for the succeeding year.

Joseph Story	C. P. Curtis
Geo. Bond	Martin Brimmer
Jacob Bigelow	Bm R. Curtis
Bm A. Gould	Isaac Parker
Jas Reed	Sam. T. Armstrong.

The Treasurers report was then read

Voted To accept the same & that the Report of the Treasurer & of the Auditor be recorded.

Voted To adjourn A true Record attest G. T. Curtis Secretary Pro tem.

A true Record attest B. R. Curtis Sec^y ex relatione G. T. Curtis

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Trustees

Pursuant to a notice issued by the Secretary the Trustees of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn met at the office of the Secretary in Boston on the first Monday, being the third day of February in the year eighteen hundred & forty Present Mess^rs Armstrong, Bigelow, Bond, Gould & Parker.

The President being absent Dr. Bigelow was chosen chairman. The Secretary being absent M^r George T. Curtis was chosen Secretary pro tem^e.

Treasurer's Report

The Treasurer laid beore the Society the following report & it was thereupon voted that it be approved & laid before the Corpora tion at their annual meeting this day.

The Treasurer reports the following synopsis of Receipts & Payments for the eighth year ending Dec. 31. 1839 to wit

There remained in the Treasury on 1 Jan^y 1839. _ 2780.79 He has since received

for dividends on Stocks	582 _
" [for] dist of interest on Stark Mills	___
assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	$8.95
" [for] dist on Stocks purchased 59.90}	___
less pd premm ofn do [stocks] do [purchased] 23.	36.90
" [for] Sales 57. lots . _ . _ . _	6272.42
" [for] Interments in Public Lot (4)	40 .	6940.27
___	___	$ 9721.06

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Pursuant to notice published by the Secretary in the Boston Daily Advertiser & other newspapers printed in Boston more than five days before the time of meeting, the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn met at the Secretarys office in Boston on Monday the third day of February A. D. 1840. The President being absent Dr. Bigelow - was chosen Chairman. The Secretary being absent George T. Curtis was chosen Secretary pro tempore.

The report of the Treasurer which is recorded above was read accepted & ordered to be recorded

Treasurer's Report.

Voted. that the Treasurer be requested to publish in the newspaper such part of his report as he may think fit.

Trustees. chosen.

The following named gentlemen were then elected Trustees by ballot.

Joseph Story, George Bond, Jacob Bigelow, Benj^m A. Gould James Reed Charles P. Curtis Martin Brimmer Benj^m R. Curtis Isaac Parker, Samuel T. Armstrong.

___	Voted To adjourn	A true record attest
___	A true record Ex Relatione	G. T. Curtis	Sec. pro tem.
___	G. T. Curtis Attest B. R. Curtis Secy