Trustees Records, Volume 2, 1854 (page 047)

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to the present condition of the receiving tombs—:
and as to the compensation for interments:—

Com^ee upon Receiving tomb Bonds

Upon which it was, Voted, that the aforesaid
Committee be also requested to inquire into the
present practice of leaving bonds for removal of
bodies from the receiving tomb with the Sup^t of
burials in Boston, & to recommend at the next
meeting, the most practicable course to be adopted
in relation to the giving, receiving & care of said
bonds.

Com^ee authorised to clear out Receiving tombs

Voted that so much of the aforesaid commu--
nication as relates to deposits now remaining in
the receiving tombs be referred to the same Com--
mittee, with full power to cause the removal
from the same of all bodies which have remained
therein beyond the time allowed by the aforesaid
bonds.—

Upon the communication of the Sup^t
in reference to charges for interments.

Fees for Interments

Voted that
hereafter two dollars & fifty cents ($2.50) shall be charged
for digging a grave & making an interment, and fifty (.50)
cents additional for recording the same; and that, for each
interment in a tomb, a proportional part of said sum
be charged, according to the amount of service rendered
in each case.

Another communication was submitted from
the Sup^t, in relation to obstructions placed in the
Avenues & paths by persons making erections & doing other work.—