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that, if the same shall remain in such neglected condition for thirty days after the date of such notice, the Superintendent put them in proper order, under the direction of the President, at the expense of the respective Proprietors, as provided by Article VI of the By-Laws.

Roland Litchfield Lot. A communication was received from the executor of the estate of the late Roland Litchfield, enclosing a check for $500, a contract for the perpetual care of Lot No. 2443, owned by said deceased, in his lifetime, and a reconveyance of said Lot to the Corporation in trust. The said contract not being in the form of a approved by the Board at its meeting held June 11, 1856, it was voted, that the said check contract and reconveyance be returned to said executor and that the whole matter be referred to the Committee on Lots, in accordance with the vote of the Board passed at its meeting held November 10, 1886.

Jos. S. Fay Request. A request was presented from Joseph S. Fay, esq., Vice President of the Home for Little Wanderers, for a gift, or a sale at a nominal price, of a Lot to that institution, and it was voted, that the Board had no power to grant said request, and that the same be refused.

Dissolved Lewis G. Farmer, Sec'y.

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1887. July 13. July 13. 1887.

The Monthly Meeting was notified to be held on Wednesday, July 13. 1887, at 2:30 o'clock, P.M.

No Quorum. No quorum was present.

Lewis G. Farmer.

Secretary

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August 10. August 10. 1887.

The Monthly Meeting was notified to be held on Wednesday, August 10. 1887. 2:30 o'clock, P.M.

No Quorum. No quorum was present.

Lewis G. Farmer.

Secretary

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Sept. 14 Sept.14. 1887.

The Monthly Meeting was notified to held on Wednesday, September 14.1887, at 2:30 o'clock, P.M.

No Quorum. No quorum was present.

Lewis G. Farmer.

Secretary

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1887 Sept. 23. Special Meeting. September 23, 1887.

A Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees was held, as notified, on Friday, September 23, 1887, at 12 o'clock, M.

Present, the President and Messrs. Choate, Jones, Clapp, Whitney, Wolcott, Hodges, Payson and Browne.

The records of the meeting of June 21, 1887 and of subsequent meetings were read and approved.

Monthly Bills. The President reported that he had examined and approved the Schedules of Monthly Bills: _ July 13, $6,202.50; August 10, $6,366.12; Sept. 14, $5,905.57; and that the same had been thereupon paid by the Treasurer.

Treasurer's Quarterly Report. The Treasurer having presented his Report²⁷⁴ for the quarter ending June 30, 1887, the same was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Representatives Lot Nos. Voted that Representatives be designated for Lots as follows:

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227	√	Paoline E. Stearns	Nashville, Tenn.,	Daughter
270	√	Thomas Restieaux	Boston.	Son
772.	√	Loring E. Wheeler	Allston	Son.
908	√	Maria S. Tasker	Wakefield.	Daughter
957.	√	I. Homer Sweetser	Boston	Son
963.	√	George A. Potter	Brooklyn.	Husband
1110.	√	Henry H. Kelt	Boston	Grandson
1386.	√	Rachel C. Mayo	Chelsea	Daughter

Contracts The Committee on Lots recomended the following

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contracts for perpetual care, all of which were approved by the Board.

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√	#620.	*William G. Wise,	by Exrs.	$375.
√	#1226	*Catharine P. A. Lillie,	by Admin.	650.
√	#1353	F. E. Bundy	___	350.
√	#2757	*Columbus Tyler,	by Tr's.	475.
√	#2861.	Samuel F. Stearns	___	425.
√	#3023.	Charlotte Sanger.	by Heirs	600.

Contract Bowditch Statue Vote of Thanks. Voted That the thanks of the Board be presented to J. Ingersoll Bowditch, Esq., for his generous gift of the re-casting of the bronze Statue of his father, the late Nathaniel Bowditch; also,

Voted, That the President and Treasurer be authorized to sign the following Contract ^275. for the preservation, and perpetual care of said Statue:

" Memorandum of Agreement made this 8th. day of July, A. D. 1887. between the Proprietors of Mt. Auburn Cemetery and J. Ingersoll Bowditch: The said Bowditch having this day paid to the Treasurer of said Corporation the sum of Two Hundred dollars, the Corporation hereby agrees to invest the said sum, and use the yearly income thereof for cleaning the bronze Statue of Dr. Nathaniel Bowditch now in the grounds of said Corporation by brushing the same twice

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a year; but in no event is the Statue ever to be painted, or cleaned by the use of pumice stone, or in any other way or manner except only by brushing.

In Witness Whereof the Corporation has caused its common seal to be hereto affixed and these presents to be executed by the President and Treasurer, hereto duly authorized, and the said J. Ingersoll Bowditch has hereto set his hand and seal on the day and year first above written,

Dissolved.

Lewis G. Farmer,

Secretary.

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October 12. October 12, 1887.

The Monthly Meeting was notified to be held on Wednesday, October 12, 1887. at 2:30 o'clock P. M.

No Quorum No quorum was presesnt.

Lewis G. Farmer,

Secretary.

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