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Pond to be called Fountain Path.

Paving.

Voted. That Dr Bigelow be a committee to cause the avenues on Mountain Avenue and between that and the tower to be paved.

Ornamental Shrubs.

Voted. That Dr Bigelow be a committee with authority to expend a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars for the introduction of ornamental shrubs into Mount Auburn.

Statuary

The vote passed at the last meeting on the subject of statuary received the approval of certain trustees in writing as follows. "On the above named conditions, the subscribers trustees of Mount Auburn Cemetery, approve the appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars as above specified, for the above named objects." (Signed) Jacob Bigelow, James Read, Isaiah Bangs, B.A. Gould, Charles P. Curtis, Charles C. Little, George H. Kuhn -- Seven in all - The foregoing certificate was annexed to a certified copy of the vote.

Adjourned. A true record Attest Geo. W^m Bond Secretary Pro. tem.

A true record ex relative G. W. Bond Attest Henry M. Parker. Secretary.

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Removal of part of fence outside of Gate _

5. That the same Committee be authorized to remove the two lower lengths, or as much as may in their judgment be necessary, of the low outside iron fence near the gate, and to place the same on the steep and dangerous places on Mountain Avenue near the tower; provided that one hundred and fifty feet of said fence shall be left on the easterly side of the gate.

The foregoing recommendations were taken up and severally adopted, and the report was then adopted as a whole, and ordered to be recorded.

Lot 1979 _ Perpetual Care _

The Committee upon Lots reported that they had provisionally agreed to a contract with William H. Knight for the perpetual care of his lot No. 1979, on Elm Avenue, for the sum of Five Hundred dollars.

Upon motion by Mr Gould, Voted that this Board hereby concur in said agreement.

Lot 2873 Represented.

Upon the petition of the children and heirs at law of Thomas Woodbury, late of Somerville, deceased, as they are, under the recent amendment of the Charter, the grantees of lot numbered 2873, William C. Woodbury of Charlestown, a son of said deceased, was appointed to represent said lot.

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Magnolia Avenue _

That the whole avenue leading from Maple to Walnut Avenue be called Magnolia Avenue.

Mountain Avenue _

That the avenue which leads from Magnolia as now described, extending up Mount Auburn hill and round the Tower, be called Mountain Avenue.

Oxalis Path _

That "Fountain Path" be called "Oxalis Path" of which it is really a part.

Ash Avenue _

That ^^the avenue from Culvert to Maple Avenue formerly a part of Garden, be called Ash Avenue.

Yew Avenue _

That the cross avenue from Garden to Ash be called Yew Avenue.

Correction of Deeds in respect to location _

That for such proprietors as may desire it, the secretary be authorized to exchange their deeds for others corrected in conformity to the above alterations without cost to them, and farther that the Secretary make apt notes of the vote of this date changing the name, on the margin of the record of all lots whenever such changes may occur.

Quarter Lots _

That the committee on grounds be authorized to lay out such number of quarter lots not exceeding forty, as they may think proper, and to sell them for not less than fifty

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said fence, until it intersects a line drawn from a point in said fence thirty feet east of the eastern stone obelisk, and at right angles therewith; thence northerly by the said line so drawn , at right angles with said fence, to the said point in said fence thirty feet east of the eastern stone obelisk; and thence in a straight line to the place of beginning.

East, North and West of Chapel _

2^nd A space or passageway twenty feet wide on the east, north, and west sides of the Chapel; the said twenty feet to be measured from the outer face of the stone buttresses.

Front of Chapel _

3^rd All that space in front of the Chapel, bounded by Chapel, Pine, and Cypress Avenues, and Peony Path, as now laid out.

Around the Tower _

4^th The whole space adjacent to and surrounding the Tower, now enclosed by the circular or wal [sic] part of Mountain Avenue.

Auburn Lake.

5^th All the space included within the stone curb of Auburn Lake, together with the avenues or paths surrounding and next adjacent to the said curb; also all land between said avenues or paths and said curb,not exceeding thirty feet in width.

Lawn Av^e

6^th All the land included within the circular part of Lawn Avenue, and which is not more than ninety feet from the Foundain now in the central part of