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Commonwealth of Massachusestts.

Suffolk ss. February 17. A.D. 1851. Then personally appeared Henry M. Parker and made oath that he would faithfully perform the duties of Secretary of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn. Before me, W^m. R. P. Washburn Justice of the Peace. April 11^th 1851.

Trustees. April 11. 1851.

Pursuant to notice issued in the usual manner the Trustees met at the office of Charles P. Curtis Esquire, Court street, Boston, at 12 o'clock noon: Present Mess^rs Bigelow, C.P. Curtis, I. Parker, Tisdale, Crockett & Dixwell - Mr Gould joined the meeting at 12.30-

the Secretary being absent, Mr Dixwell was appointed Secretary pro tempore.

Painting Fence

Mr. Tisdale was appointed a Committee with full powers to paint the iron fence on the roads, and to replace the wooden posts and rails, on the edge of the side-walk, near the gate, with iron.

Repairs on the Chapel.

Dr. Bigelow brought before the board the present condition of the Chapel, stating that it has always leaked, that the most skilful and faithful mechanics have been employed at great expense to repair the roof without remedying the difficulty; that Mess^rs Washburn, Treadwell & Standish have examined the building with him, and find great defects in it, and that he has doubts of its safety. The pinnacles are found to be hollow and admit the rain and the walls of the clere-story cracked, as if shaken by the wind, defects known from the time of its erection but compromised with the

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general funds of this Corporation all monies received on trust for the care of lots, which shall henceforth constitute a separate fund for the execution of such trusts.

Voted That in books to be opened for this purpose each lot concerned shall be credited ^^{with the principal sum given on a/c of these} & interest at the rate of 5 1/2 percent per annum from the time at which the money for the care of the same was actually received to the close of the last financial year; and that in future rateable propositions of the net income ^^{of the separate fund} less one half percent, be carried to the credit of each lot, and that proper entries shall be made in such books accordingly.

Adjourned without day-- Attest Henry M. Parker. Secretary -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss. February 14. A.D. 1854.

Then personally appeared Henry M. Parker and made oath that he would faithfully discharge the duties of Secretary of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn for the ensuing year, & so long as he shall continue in office. Attest.

W^m R. P. Washburn Justice of the Peace.