Founding Documents: Mount Auburn Regulations, 1831.010.009

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It having been brought to the Knowledge of the Trustees, that various depredations have been of late committed upon the flowers & shrubs at Mount Auburn; & that large Parties have assembled within the grounds with refreshments & for purposes utterly [uncomfortable?] with ^^those the pur- poses to which the grounds are devoted, the Trustees have been obliged to adopt the following additional Regulations, which will be rigidly enforced

(1). No Refreshments, & no party carrying refreshments,shall ^^{will hereafter} be admitted to come within the grounds at Mount Auburn.

(2). All persons, who shall be found within the grounds making unseemly noises, or otherwise conducting themselves unsuitably for to the purposes to which [?] ^^{the grounds} are devoted, will be compelled ^^required instantly to quit ^^leave the same, & upon [referral?] will be impelled so to do; & will be prosecuted accordingly.

(3). Any Person who shall be found in possession of flowers or shrubs. while in the grounds or before leaving them, will be deemed to have ^^tortiously taken or plucked them improperly in the grounds, & will be prosecuted accordingly - A suitable reward will be given to any person, who shall give information to the Trustees of any such offence, which shall lead to the conviction of the offender-

(4). The Superintendent of the Grounds, the Gatekeeper & any other person acting under them, shall have a right to require ^ ^{his or her name} from any person - other than a proprietor or ^ ^{or member of} his family, [?] ^ ^{who shall visit}

the grounds before...thereto & uon his or her refusal or giving a fake name. & shall be his duty to exclude them from the grounds—

(5.). The Superintendent, the Gatekeeper, & all other Persons acting under them shall have full authority to carry these Regulations into Effect; & shall give notice of any violations thereof to the Trustees.

(6). The committee on Lots shall have authority to set up a Board near the Gate at Mount Auburn offering a Reward - not exceeding Dollars to any person , who shall give information of any offence ^^committeed against the public Laws removed for the protection of the grounds at Mount Auburn, or against the Regulations of the Trustees,

6.) The committee on Lots shall have authority to set up a Board near the Gate at Mount Auburn, offering a reward not exceeding twenty Dollars to any person who shall give information to the Trustees— which shall lead to a conviction of the offender, or any trespass done by taking or picking ^any flowers or shrubs ^ ^trees within the grounds— or otherwise [several indecipherable words?] or of any other offense against the Laws & Regulations of [the?] removed for the proection among of the Cemetery, or the monuments & erections therein.

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