Mass Hort Society Contract with James W Russell, 1834 (page 003)

Rules and Regulations
for the government of the Superintendent and Gardener
of Mount Auburn.

First - He shall reside in the Lodge provided for that
purpose and faithfully perform the duties which may be
assigned by the Garden & Cemetery Committee.

Second. As Superintendent he will have charge of the
Whole establishment, and the supervision of all the work
which may be ordered to be performed by the Garden & Cemetery
Committee in the erection of buildings, fences & other structures
in laying out, forming & keeping in repair avenues & paths
& in the location of Lots.

Third. He shall also have the general superintendence of
interments at the Cemetery, & the Sextons shall in all cases
receive their directions from him.

Fourth. He shall keep a record of the names & ages of all
persons interred in the Cemetery, with the time & place of burial,
& also in a book prepared for that purpose, he shall have
a sketch of each lot to mark therein the portions appropriated
for burials from time to time, that the same spot may not
through ignorance be used twice.

Fifth. He shall, under the direction of the Garden & Cemetery
Committee, adopt such measures as may be deemed requisite
for preventing injury to the edifices, fences, monuments, ave-
nues, paths, trees, shrubs & plants.