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Trustees. June 14^t, 1871

instrument of contract for the consideration of Fifteen hundred dollars, signed by George Gardner as Executor of the Will of James Read, instead of in three several instruments in the name of the several proprietors for $400.– $700.– and $400.– respectively as recommended by the Committee in their report of April 12^t, 1871; – it was

Voted, – that the above mentioned contracts, be severally concurred in on the part of this Board.

Upon the petitions of the parties in interest representives were designated for Lots as follows:

439 Mrs. Mary P. Shaw of Dedham, Widow of Charles B. Shaw, deceased proprietor of Lot numbered Four hundred and thirty=nine.

496 Joseph Tuckerman of New York, ^^{Care Henry T. Tuckerman, 57 West Tenth St} Son=in=law of Henry H. Tuckerman, deceased proprietor of Lot numbered Four hundred and ninety=six.

579 Lyman Beecher of Boston, ^^{5 State St}, Son of Katherine E. Beecher, deceased proprietor of Lot numbered Five hundred and Seventy=nine.

940 George H. Doyle of Boston, ^^{108 High St} Brother=in=law of W^m W. Smith, deceased proprietor of Lot numbered Nine hundred and forty.

1010 William S. Leland of ^^{Walnut Av.} Boston H., Grandson of Sherman Leland, deceased proprietor of Lot numbered One thousand and ten.

1117 William W. Carruth of Newton, ^^{b. 47 Sears Building Boston} Son of Francis S. Carruth, deceased proprietor of Lot numbered Eleven hundred & seventeen.

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Lot 797

Lucretia M. Keith of Cambridge, daughter of late William Pomroy to represent his lot numbered 797: ~

Lot 1010

W^m S. Leland of Roxbury, son of late Sherman Leland to represent his lot numbered 1010: _

Lot 1011

Lyman Thurston of Cambridge, husband Rowena Pratt Thurston, late widow of Dexter Pratt, to represent his lot numbered 1011: ~

Lot 1262

W^m E. Gutterson of Boston, son of late William Gutterson to represent his lot numbered 1262: _

Lot 2147

Charles Jackson Jr. of Boston, son of late Charles Jackson to represent his lot numbered 2147: _

Lot 2356

John J. Rayner of Boston, son of late John Rayner to represent his lot numbered 2356: ~

Rep^s of lots held in aggregate capacity _

The Secretary suggested that certain lots held in an aggregate capacity had never been entitled to representation, upon which it was

Voted,, that any person who shall be designated by any Company, Society or Association, whether corporate or incorporate, which may own a lot of three hundred feet or more in the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, be hereby authorized to represent said lot, and vote at meetings of the Corporation. _