1853-03-14 Trustee Nominating Committee Report on Vacancies of the Secretary and Assistant Superintendent, 2021.004.005

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The undersigned Committee appointed by the Trustees of Mount Auburn Cemetery at their first meeting for the current year "to report at an adjourned meeting on any vacancies now existing in the officers of this corporation, and a general plan defining the duties of the present and future officers" also, "to consider the expediency of establishing a Standing Committee of three on grounds, avenues, and paths, and to define the duties and powers of such committee" - have attended to the duty assigned them, and submit the following report:

First - They recommend that Jonathan Mann be appointed to fill the office of Assistant Superintendent of Mount Auburn^{with a salary of $600} whose duty it shall be^{under the Superintendent} to have the immediate charge of the workmen, and see ^that they faithfully perform the work assigned them, and ^{to do} such other duties as the Trustees, through their Superintendent, shall direct.

Second. Notwithstanding the faithful and official services rendered to the Corporation for a series of years^{by the present incumbent,} circumstances occurred at the late annual meetaings, much to the regret of your Committee, which under it manifest that it is the expectation of a large portion of the proprietors thet the office of Secretary be filled by another person for the ensuing year; therefore in order to produce harmony and the best interests of the corporation, your committee recommend that this office be filled by the election o ofAustin J. Coolidge Esq.

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Third - Your committee consider it important and necessary that there be annually appointed a Standing Committee of three on Grounds, Avenues and Paths, whose duty it shall be to advise and consult with the Superintendent in the care of the grounds, avenues and paths, to make such suggestions in regard to alternations and improvements as they may deem ^expedient to the proper officers, who shall under their supervision, cause the same to be executed. It is expected, however, that in operations involving considerable expense, the board of Trustees shall be consulted. -

The Superintendent shall have the management and control of the grounds generally, shall make purchases and sales required in the prosecution of the business entrusted to him, and do such other business as the Trustees shall direct

Isaiah Bangs} James Read} Charles C. Little} Committee

Report on vacancies Secretary & Asst. Superintendent March 14. 1853