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eight year he had been in charge, fifteen bodies
had been received into the tomb, and sixteen had
been removed from it, leaving one less than the
number in it, when he took charge of the tomb.

Report on Tomb under Park St Church _ continued _

He has charged for his own services in
opening and lighting the premises for the reception
of a body, one dollar and a half: and for deliv-
ering, one dollar each. He does not know of
any other charge nor to whom it was paid, if any
fee has been demanded. He did not know who
owned the tomb, but supposed the Mount Auburn
Cemetery owned one half, and Mr Smith, the sexton
of the Stone Chapel, the other half, as he occasionally
made use of it. The Committee subsequently saw Mr
Smith, who stated that a Mr Beale was the owner
of the other half; and that his body had been
deposited there, and recently removed thence to
Mount Auburn. It does not appear that any
specified time that a body may remain has been
fixed; nor that any individual has charge of the
tomb. But an order from any trustee, or from
the City's Superintendent of burying grounds has
always been respected and obeyed.

The Committee did not learn that any body, de-
posited by the authority of Mount Auburn Cemetery,
remained in the tomb, except that of Mr Lilly, the
former partner of Mr W^m Wells. But a full ex-
amination would shortly be made, and a report of
all that remained in the tomb would be furnished
the Trustees.