Trustees Records, Vol. 1, 1835 (page 085)
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of the Cemetery submitted the following.
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 incompatible with
those to which the grounds are devoted
the Trustees have been obliged to adopt
the following additional regulations
which will be rigidly enforced -
Regulations
(1) No refreshments & no party carrying
refreshments 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 to the purposes to which the
grounds are devoted, will be required
instantly to leave the grounds & upon
refusal will be compelled to do so; &
will be prosecuted accordingly. _
(3) Any person who shall be found in
posession of flowers, or shrubs, while in
the grounds, or before leaving them, shall
be deemed to have intentionally taken them
in the grounds & will be prosecuted
accordingly. A suitable reward will be
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