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Trustees.

Voted. That Jacob Bigelow, Geo Bond & Charles P. Curtis be the Com^ee on Lots, with the same

Com^ee on Lots see below.

powers as were proposed by the Com^ee on Lots of the last year, & with authority to lay out in paths, avenues & lots any unoccupied portion of the grounds.

Sale of Lots limited -

Voted. That no lots shall be sold in that part of the ^^{grounds of the} Cemetery North of Garden Pond & East of Central Avenue until the further order of the board.

Care of E. gate.

Voted. That the Treasurer be authorized to pay to C. R. Humphrey twenty dollars in full for his services in the case of the care of the Eastern Gate to this date.

S. R. Newell Lot offered to him

Voted. That a Lot in the Cemetery be offered to Mr S. R. Newell for his services to the present time in auditing accounts & to be selected by him from the Lots now laid out.

Trespassers to be notified-

Voted. That the Secretary give notice to all persons who have trespassed on the lands of the Proprietors by enclosing more land in their Lots in the Cemetery than belong to them, to pay for the same or reduce their enclosures, & that the

Committee on Lots

Com^ee on Lots have power to arrange individual cases as they shall think just.

Voted to adjourn.

A true record attest B^m R. Curtis, Sec^y

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Relatives of those interred in the Public Lot.

Voted. That any person who has a relative interred in the Public Lot at the Cemetery may on application to any trustee receive a special pass into the Cemetery on Sundays and that the rules and regulations be qualified accordingly

Secretary may issue tickets on special occasions

Voted. That the Secretary as well as the Trustees may issue tickets of admission to the Cemetery to stangers &c..

Voted. To adjourn. A true record attest Henry M. Parker. Secretary.

Trustees.

Pursuant to a notice issued by the Secretary a meeting of the Trustees was holden on the twenty ninth day of July A.D 1844 at the office of C.P. Curtis Esqr at 11 o'clock. A.M. Present Messrs Story, C.P. Curtis, B.R. Curtis, Parker, Read, ^^{B. A.} Gould, Brimmer Bigelow ^^[?] and Crockett. The Treasurer Mr Bond also present.

Scots Charit^bl. Society.

Voted. That the Scots Charitable Society be allowed three tickets of admission to the Cemetery according to their written application for the same, under date January 20, 1844.

S. Newell.

Voted. To refer Samuels Newells application date Feby 5, '44 = asking the grant of a lot in payment for services, to the standing committee on finance, with instructions to consider the applica-

Accounts.

tion and report thereon to this Board, and to take measures in relation to the future auditing of accounts.

Lot 61. E. Hurlbert.

Voted. That for the time being, Sarah Noble of Boston wife of John H. Noble, be designated to represent the lot in the Ceme

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Trustees.

Pursuant to notices issued in the usual manner by the Secretary, the Trustees met on the 25^th day of February A. D. 1846. at the office of C.P. Curtis Esquire at 12 o'clock. NoonPresent. Messrs Bigelow, Brimmer, C.P. Curtis, B.R. Curtis Geo. W. Crockett Parker, and the Treasurer Geo. W^m Bond James Read appeared before the adjournment.

Officers elected.

The meeting proceeded to the election of officers for the current year. Jacob Bigelow was unanimously rëelected President by ballot. In like manner Henry M. Parker was elected Secretary and George W. Bond, Treasurer severally by ballot.

Voted, that the Committee on Lots for the ensuing year consist of the same gentlemen who constituted that Committee the past year. to wit. Messrs Jacob Bigelow, C.P. Curtis, and Isaac Parker.

Voted. That Mr George W. Crockett act as auditor of accounts to the Corporation.

Mr Isaac Parker having asked to be excused from acting longer on the Committee on Finance, it was

Voted. That the Committee on Finance for the ensuing year consist of Messrs B.A. Gould and Geo. W. Crockett.

Catalogue

The President having brought the matter of the Catalogue and Mr Nath^l Dearborn's proposal to publish the same, to the notice, of the Trustees it was ordered that the Secretary answer Mr Dearborn by letter informing him that so much progress has been made in publishing the map and catalogue, that it would be impracticable now to employ him in the business.

Newell

Voted. That the matter of settling the claim of Mr Newell of Cambridge, and as to whether he shall

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Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn. Trial Balance. 1851.

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the matter. The subject was recommitted to Messrs Gould and Read.

Iron Safe. for use of the Secretary _

The Secretary reported the purchase of a large safe by a committee of one, J.J. Dixwell, for the preservation of his records. It is in his office, at 46 Washington St, The safe was stated to be one of Messrs Edwards & Holman's make - styled Improved Salamander Safe. Mr Curtis suggested doubts of its sufficiency to withstand fire, and the subject was recommitted to the President and Secretary for examination on this front.

S. Newall's Claim.

A letter from Mr Samuel Newell was read, asking the gift of a lot in the Cemetery, in consideration of his long continued services in making up the accounts at the Cemetery. Doubts were expressed, and the whole matter was referred to a committee consisting of Messrs Crockett & Little with full powers.

E.W. Williams Legacy. Petition from her Executor.

A petition from D. Watson Jr. Executor of Elizabeth Watson Williams' last will, was presented. It was accompanied by affidavits and other papers showing that the testatrix had determined to reduce a legacy in her will, to this Corporation from $2000 to $1000. to secure the perpetual repair of her lot number 1697, on Spruce Avenue. The sum of $2000. had formerly been fixed by the trustees, at her own request, for another lot, no. 233 -- on Walnut Avenue. (see p.160.1 of these records,) and she had transferred the be-