Trustees Records, Vol. 2, 1854 (page 142)

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shall have been left for that purpose in said By Laws
having been recorded on preceding pages. ~

Committee on Permanent Fund report_ adopted_

Mr Curtis of the Committee appointed in April
last to consider and report upon a plan for raising a
permanent fund for the repair and preservation of the
grounds at Mount Auburn, submitted a report in
writing of which the following is a copy: ~ and, after
being discussed the same was adopted, and it
was ordered that it be placed upon record. ~

Copy of Report

"The Committee to whom, in April last, was referred
the duty, to mature and report a plan for establishing
an accumulating fund for the perpetual repair and
preservation of the Cemetery _ have considered the said
subject, and a majority of them ask leave to report _
that, in their opinion, it is meet and proper that
such a Fund should be created and held for those
purposes. _ Up to the present time, the expenses of the
Cemetery, of all kinds, have been defrayed by the proceeds
of the sales of lots; – This source of revenue must,
sooner or later, cease to exist; and, inasmuch as there
is no authority in the Charter for imposing assessments on
the Proprietors, the time must inevitably arrive, when, if
some such measure s the Com^ee propose, be not adopted,
the Company will be without the means of discharging their
ordinary expenses. _ Your Committee cannot believe that this
would be a wise policy. _ It would partake too much of the
character of the youth who uses up his capital without making
provision for his old age. _ Your Committee have obtained