Mount Auburn Cemetery

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Proprietors 1837

For addition to Supers House & repairs	1037.71	___
" [For] bal. labor & board a/c	833.75	___
" [For] " [bal.] expense " [a/c]	1215.54	___
___	3087	___
Deduct allowed for current expenses	1400	1687.00
For po 12 shares N.E. Bank	1257	___
" [for] " [po] 15 " [shares] Hamilton " [Bank]	1552.50	___
" [for] " [po] 25 " [shares] Warren " [Bank]	2500.	5309.50
" [for] cash on hand carried to w/a	___	670.20
___________________	10446.34

Boston 31. Dec 1836.

Errors Excepted / Signed / Geo. Bond.

Returns by Sup^dt

Voted. To accept the above report of the Treasurer. A communication was also submitted by the Sec^y. being the abstract of certain returns made by the Superintendent & showing that during the fifth year ending 31 Dec 1836 there were 175 interments 19 Tombs built 17 Monuments erected 43 Lots turfed & otherwise ornamented Whole number of interments to 31 Dec 1836. 465. _ Voted. To adjourn -

A true record B.R. Curtis Sec^y. Attest. _

Trustees

Pursuant to the notice, issued by the Secretary the Trustees of the Pros. of the Cemy. of Mount Auburn met at the office of the Sec^y. in Boston on Wednesday the twenty second day of March 1837 at half past three oclock P.M. Present Mess^rs Bigelow, Bond, Brown, Bradlee,

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Treas Report.

the past year. By this it appears that the sum of $2985 Dollars has been inoested [invested] for account of the Proprietors $884.06 paid over to the Treasurer of the Mass. Hor. Society & $1253.59 remains in the Treasury.

The whole investments are as follows vis.

12 Shares in the N. E. Bank	1200	___
15 " [shares] Hamilton " [Bank]	1500	___
25 " [shares] Shawmut	2500	___
6 " [shares] in Bos. & Low R.Rd	3000	$8200

Mr. Russell, the Superintendant of the Cemetery reports, that during the year ending the 31^st ult. 43 tormbs have been built, 21 monuments erected, 45 Lots turfed & otherwise improved & 191 interments made - that the whole number of tombs is 122, of monuments 109, of interments 456 & of interments in the public Lot 14. All which is submitted

Sign^d Geo. Bond.

The Treasurer charges himself as follows vis.

For monies in his hands 31 Decr last	___	___	870.30
Sales 42 Lots during the past year	___	5256.24	___
Less annual payment to Mrs Pomroy	20	___	___
Pd C. Alger for iron waggon made in 1835	300	___	___
allowed for expenses pd agreed with Hor. Socy	1400	1720	3536.24
Amt. allowed as above by Horl. Society	___	___	1400.00
Dividends on Stock in N. England,	___	___	___
Hamilton & Shawmut Banks	___	___	299.00

of Labor & board being receipts for 4 years by Mr. Russell $60

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There remained in the Treasury on 1st Jany	___	1253.59
He has received since	___	___
for dividends on Bank & R. Road stock	467 "	___
" [for] int on 1st & 2d assessment on 4 shares in	___	___
Stark Mills	7.32	474.32
" [for] Sales of 46 lots. ____ . ____	___	4478.88
" [for] interment in public lot	___	10.
___	___	$ 6216.79

He has made payments as follows to acct

for current expenses including the Supts Salary $600.	___	1620.88
to the Mass. Hor Socy for bills due to the Corpn	___	___
before reparation . . . . . . . . . .	45.40	___
for 1/4 net sales of lots this year . . . . . .	769.72 . . .	815.12
for 1st & 2d assessts on 4 shares in Stark	___	___
Mills ($1000 ea par) . . . . . . . .	___	1000.00
Cash remaining in Treasury . . . . . . . . .	___	2780.79
___	___	6,216.79

Final Balance

Tomb under Park St Church	200.	Public Lot	110.
Cemetery	34107.57	Proprietors Fund	46178.36
Cash	2780.79	___	___
Stock in N.E. Bank	1200.	___	___
Hamilton Bk	1500.	___	___
Shawmut Bk	2500.	___	___
B&L R. Road	3000.	___	___
Stark Mills	1000.	___	_________
___	$46,288.36	___	$46288.36

For the purposes of showing readily the actual cost of the Cemetery " the Treasurer has always charged to that account the balance of the annual Expense account, it being an

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31^st ultimo - that they are correctly cast & properly vouched - that the balance in his hands was then Twenty seven hundred eightly dollars 79/100 $2750.79 and that he exhibited to me the evidence of Stocks appearing to belong to the Corporation by the Trial balance of his

Books, to wit.-	12 shares in NE. Bank
___	15 " [shares] " [in] Hamilton do [Bank]
___	25 " [shares] " [in] Shawmut do [Bank]
___	6 " [shares] " [in] B & L Rail Road
___	4 " [shares] " [in] Stark Mills on which [25/00?] (are paid

Signed B. A. Gould

Aud^r of Acc^ts to Proprietors of M^t Auburn

Voted To accept the Treasurers Report & that the Secretary lay the same before the Corporation at their next Annual meeting

Voted to adjourn A true record Attest B. R. Curtis Sec^y

Proprietors. 1839.

Mount Auburn Cemetery. _ The annual Meeting of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn will be held on Monday the 11^th day of February 1839 at 4 o'clock P. M. at the Room of the Horticultural Society in Boston to make choice of a board of Trustees to act on the report of the Treasurer, and to transact any other business which may legally come before the said meeting.

Signed B. R. Curtis Sec^y.

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He has made payments as follows to wit,

___	For current expenses. . _ . _ . .	1441.38
___	" [For] Mrs. Pomroys Annuity	20. -
___	Mass. Hor. Society 1/4 Mt Sales	1213.10
___	Assessments on 4 sh Stark Mills	2200. _
___	5 Shares Hamilton Bank	500. _
___	20 - B & Prov R. Road	2000. _
___	8 - Eastern Rail Road $65 ea	520. _
___	Cash remaining in the
___	Treasury	1826.58
___			9721.06

The Trial Balance of his Books annexed hereto, shows an addition to the available funds of $4265.79 during the past year, the total amt being $16,246.58. of which the sum of $14,420. is invested. The last assessment ($800) on 4 Shares in the Stark Mills will soon be called for. Whether the Shares in Eastern Rail Road will be assessed beyond 7.5 dollars each, is uncertain The number of lots sold during the year is 57, and the whole number sold is Six hundred & ninety. The superintendent reports the Interments & Improve ments to be as follows, to wit;

___	Interments this year	181.	whole number	1011
___	Tombs built "[this] "[year]	15.	" [whole] "[number]	1.59
___	Monuments erected "[this year]	14	" [whole] "[number]	1.39
___	Lots turfed & otherwise
___	ornamented " [this year]	47

All which is submitted

Signed George Bond

January 6, 1840