Mount Auburn Cemetery

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Trustees April 23. 1850.

Pursuant to notices issued in the usual manner the Trustees met at the office of C.P. Curtis Esqr on the 23^rd of April A.D. 1850. Present Messrs Bigelow, C.P. Curtis Crockett, Dixwell, Gould, Parker, Read and Tisdale.

Superintendents house. Repairs of.

Voted. That the committee on lots be authorized to make such repairs and alteration of the superintendent's house as they shall judge expedient.

Proposal to obtain an additional act for the purchase of land.

Some discussion having arisen as to the right of the Corporation to purchase real estate not actually adjoining the present enclosure of the Cemetery, the President was appointed a Committee, with the assistance of the Secretary, to procure the passage a new act enlarging the rights of the Corporation in this respect. Adjourned.

A true record. Attest _ Henry M. Parker. Secretary _

Trustees

Pursuant to notices issued in the usual manner, the trustees met at the office of C.P. Curtis Esqr. on on the 16^th of July A.D. 1850. Present Messrs Bigelow, C.P. Curtis Dixwell Gould Parker and Tisdale.

Superintendent Complaint vs. him by J.T. Austin.

The President laid before the meeting two letters from the Hon. James T. Austin alleging and charging upon the Superintendent a gross dereliction of duty in not seasonably preparing a grave on his lot. The letters were referred to a Committee of three, vis C.P. Curtis, Gould and Parker with instruction to inquire into the circumstances and to report at a future meeting. Adjourned.

A true record. Attest. Henry M. Parker Secretary.