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3 vacancy shall be filled by the Proprietors at the next annual meeting succeeding such death or resignation. Nothing herein contained shall prevent any person whose term of office shall have expired from being re-eligible.

SECT. 4. The Secretary shall give notice of annual and special meetings of said Corporation by sending by mail or otherwise, to each member of the Corporation whose place of residence or business shall be known to him, a printed notice thereof, seven days before the time of such meeting, and by publication of such notice in one or more newspapers printed in Boston, seven days before the time of such meeting. At all meetings a quorum for business shall consist of not less than twenty-five members.

SECT. 5. Such parts of Sections two, three, four, and five of Chapter ninety-six of the Acts of the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five, or of any Act in addition thereto, which may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed.

Approved April 17, 1869.

In compliance with the foregoing Act of the Legislature, the Trustees at their meeting held December 14, 1869, voted to proceed to divide their board into six classes, and to decide by lot at what time the period of service of each of the present incumbents should expire. The lots being drawn,. the result was declared as follows, (the name of Mr. CHARLES C. LITTLE, deceased, being omitted,) -

To go out of office at the Annual Meeting 1870, JAMES READ.

1870} JAMES READ 1871,} PAUL ADAMS, }EDWARD S. RAND. 1872} J. INGERSOLL BOWDITCH }LOYAL LOVEJOY. 1873} EDWARD AUSTIN }JACPB BIGELOW 1874} ISAAC LIVERMORE, }JACOB SLEEPER. 1875} JAMES CHEEVER }ORTIS NORCROSS During the past year many trees, constituting nearly half the whole number standing at the beginning of the year, have been culled out and removed, greatly improving the light and the general features of the landscape.

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The gale of September 8 broke or blew down a considerable number of trees, but did little damage to fences and monuments. A large importation of ornamental flowering shrubs and small trees, ordered last year, has been safely planted in various parts of the Cemetery.

A reception-house has been commenced on the Wyeth estate, opposite the front gate of Mount Auburn, for the accommodation and shelter of visitors, and with a cellar for the protection in winter of tender plants or trees.

A lawsuit, which has been pending for several years between this Corporation and the Granite Railway Company, at Quincy, has been settled by a reference, so that the remainder of the stone is to be delivered, and the Receiving Tomb, which was begun some years ago, may now be completed.

An amendment to Article II of the By-Laws was adopted January 11, 1870, as follows: The words, “The Trustees for the ensuing year shall be elected by ballot,” shall be stricken out, and the following inserted in the same place, “The vacancies in the Board of Trustees caused by death, resignation, or by expiration of the term for which any Trustees were elected, shall be filled by ballot.”

The following amendment to Article VII has also been passed : ‘‘ He (the Superintendent) shall not receive from any proprietor, or contractor for work or materials, any commission or fees, or any compensation for any service rendered by him, except as hereinafter provided. The Superintendent shall be allowed to render special services in the laying out and ornamentation of any lot, upon the request of the proprietor thereof, such proprietor first obtaining a permit in writing from the Secretary ; and the Superintendent shall be allowed to charge such compensation for the services so rendered as the Committee on lots shall approve, and shall once in six months render to the Trustees an account in detail of the sums so received.”

By the Treasurer’s Report, it appears that the Permanent Fund, for the future support and preservation of the Cemetery, now amounts to $102,466.97 The Repair Fund is now $61,088.86 ; and the estimated balance in cash and invested disposable property is $50,916.21, exclusive of the real estate owned by the Corporation outside of the Cemetery.

For the Trustees,

JACOB BIGELOW, President.

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SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT.

To the Trustees of Mount Auburn Cemetery, GENTLEMEN,—

In accordance with the requirements of the Trustees, I herewith transmit the Annual Report of the Superintendent, for the year ending December 31st, 1869, as per account of his department.

IMPROVEMENTS.

Number of New Lots graded and bounded with Granite Posts, 63 Number of Old Lots improved by being newly graded and sodded, 184 Number of Old Lots bounded with Granite Posts, 21 Number of Lots enclosed with Granite, 79 Number of Irons erected 3 Number of Tombs built, 3 Number of Monuments erected, 35 Number of Linear feet of Gutters paved, 647 Number of Linear feet of Gutters repaved 542

INTERMENT RECORD. Total number of Interments 15,372 as per last report, Number of Original Interments for year ending December 31, 1869, 519 Number of Removals from other Cemeteries, 91 Total number of Interments for the year, 610 Tota; number of Cemeteries 15,982 Of the above, there were Deposits in Receiving Tomb, 38 Interments in Public Lots, 35

THE REMOVALS IN AND FROM THE CEMETERY WERE AS FOLLOWS:

To the-Receiving Tomb 2 To the Receiving Tomb Lot, 0 To the Public Lots, 8 To the Private Lots, 105 115 From Cemetry 30 Total number of Removals 145

Respectfully submitted, DANIEL L. WINSOR, Superintendent of Mount Auburn Cemetery Mount Auburn, December 31, 1869

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TREASURER’S REPORT.

The TREASURER Reports the following Abstract of RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURES for the Thirty-eighth year, 1869.

Cash balance from preceding year $4,148.55 He has received of sundry parties :— For Sales of Lots and Graves in Public Lots, $34,656.12 For Deeds and Transfers, and Sales of Catalogue and Plan, 408.92 For Labor and Materials, as follows :— Interments and Brick Graves, $6,246.50 Wood, 992.70 Hay 1,064.92 Greenhouse Sales, 597.41 Annual Care of Lots, 8,000.00 Filling, grading, sodding, enclosing with granite, building Tombs, and other improvement of Lots, 30,448.95 47,350.48 From Income of Investments, 3,821.68 From Massachusetts Horticultural Society,—For one-quarter part of expenditures, as follows :— Cost of Lot.No. 2,548, repurchased at $300, one-quarter is - - - - - - $75.00 Cost of Granite Front and Roof of new Receiving Tomb, $4,713.19, one-quarter is 1,178.30 Filling and Improving Lands: Garden Avenue, near Yew Av., $593.33 The Lawn and Lawn Avenue, 1,287.81 Vicinity of Halcyon Lake, 1,204.74 Mound Av., Cesspool and Drain, 76.65 St. Paul Public Lot, 1,362.50 One-quarter of $4,525.03 is 1,131.26 For Interest on old account, 66.00 2,450.56 Notes Receivable—Temporary Loans repaid 22,500.00 111,187.76 $115,336.31

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FUND FOR REPAIRS.

Balance in hands of Treasurer, as per last report, $2,914.99 He has received :— For new Endowments,. 8,600.00 For Income of Investments, 3,940.88 For Notes Receivable, 12,500.00 $28,295.37 He has paid for said account :— For care and improvement of Lots, $1,627.46 For Notes Receivable, secured by Mortgage and Collateral, 26,000.00 For 2 Shares Stock Boston and Albany Railroad Co., $200.00 For 5 Rights Stock Boston and Albany Railroad 22.50 222.50 Balance in hands of Treasurer, 445.41 $28,295.37 The PROPERTY of the Corporation consists of :— The Cemetery, which has cost to date, $429,266.66 Statuary 15.365.20 Superintendent’s House and Lot, 6,893.91 Stone Meadow, 5,543.75 Wythe Estate 4,000.00 Greenhouse, 1,976.60 Water Works, 11,361.29 New Receiving Tomb, 5,034.89 AVAILABLE FUNDS. Stock in Shawmut National Bank, 20 Shares, $2,000.00 Stock in Atlantic National Bank 20 Shares 2,000.00 Stock in Boston and Lowell Railroad Co., 4 Shares, 2,000.00 Stock in Fitchburg Railroad Co 20 Shares 2,000.00 United States 5-20 Bonds, $29,450, cost 29,478.10 Notes Receivable, secured by Mortgage and Collateral, 11,000.00 Cash in hands of Treasurer, 2,438.11 50,916.21 $530,357.51 PERMANENT FUND. Deposited with Mass. Hospital Life Ins. Co., as per last report, $89,818.13 Income of same for year 1869, 5,567.82 Deposited in December, 1869, 7,081.02 $102,466.97 REPAIR FUND. Notes Receivable, secured by Mortgage and Collateral, $26,500.00 30 Shares Atlas National Bank, cost. 2,970.00 17 Shares Boston and Albany Railroad Co., cost 1,425.00 United States 5-20 Bonds, $29,300, cost 29,748.45 Cash in hands of Treasurer, 445.41 $61,088.86 Respectfully submitted, AUSTIN J. COOLIDGE, Treasurer. Boston, January 29, 1870.

This certifies that we have examined the books and accounts of the Treasurer of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, for the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixtynine, and have found them correctly kept and properly balanced, with satisfactory vouchers for all payments. ;

This certifies that we have examined the books and accounts of the Treasurer of the of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, for the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-nine, and have found them correctly kept and properly blanced, with satisfactory vouchers for all payments.

The Certificates of Stocks and other evidence of property were found in accordance with the statements of his account

In the General Account, there appears to be a balance in the hands of the Treasurer of $2,438.11; and in the Fund for Repairs, of $445.11.

JACOB SLEEPER,} PAUL ADAMS, } Finance Commitiee. Boston, January 29, 1870

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

TRUSTEES

OF THE

Cemetery of Mount Auburn,

TOGETHER WITH THE

REPORTS

OF THE

TREASURER AND SUPERINTENDENT.

JANUARY, 1871.

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BOSTON:

1871.

BARKER, COTTER & CO., PRINTERS,

14 State Street.

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

TRUSTEES

OF THE

Cemetery of Mount Auburn,

TOGETHER WITH THE

REHPORTS

OF THE

TREASURER AND SUPERINTENDENT.

JANUARY, 1871.

BOSTON: 1S71.

BARKER, COTTER & CO., PRINTERS, 14 State Street

TRUSTEES’ REPORT.

During the past year liberal importations and purchases of flowering shrubs and plants have been made for the embellishment of the Cemetery, most of which are now in good and promising condition.

The Reception House opposite the gate has been completed and supplied with various accommodations for the use of visitors. The Superintendent’s House and appurtenances have been put in thorough repair.

Hazel Dell has been further improved by the completing of Tombs on the Northerly side, and laying out of new lots on the Southerly side of said Dell, conformably to a plan submitted by the Superintendent and adopted by the Trustees.

A strip of land outside of Coolidge Avenue, measuring seven feet two inches in front, and thirty-one feet in the rear, containing ten thousand four hundred and twenty square feet, has been sold to the City of Cambridge, at the rate of twelve and a half cents per foot, for $1,302.50.

It has been voted to erect a new Greenhouse at an expense not exceeding three thousand dollars, ($3,000.)

A tract of land lying west of the Cemetery, containing about six and a half acres, has been purchased of Rt. Rev. John J. Williams, Roman Catholic Bishop of Boston, for the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars, ($6,500.)

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The Trustees at a meeting April 12th, elected Col. Chas. W. Folsom as Superintendent for the current year.

At the same meeting they adopted the report of a Committee providing that the offices of Secretary and Treasurer shall hereafter be held by different persons, and took order to that effect.

Austin J. Coolidge, Esq., having declined re-election to either of the said offices, Henry B. Mackintosh, Esq.,was elected Treasurer, and Samuel Batchelder, Jr., Esq., was elected Secretary for the ensuing year.

By the Treasurer’s report of 1870, it appears that the Permanent Fund, for the future support and preservation of the Cemetery, now amounts to $115,456.76. The Repair Fund is now $69,466.63, and the estimated balance in cash and invested disposable property is $30,943.04, exclusive of real estate owned by the Corporation outside of the Cemetery.

For the Trustees,

JACOB BIGELOW. President.

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT.

To the Trustees of Mount Auburn Cemetery, GENTLEMEN, —

I have the honor to present herewith the Annual Reports of the Superintendent, for the year ending December, 31st, 1870. IMPROVEMENTS. Number of New Lots graded and bounded with Granite Posts 61 Number of Old Lots improved by being graded and sodded 175 Number of Old Lots bounded with Gramite Postss 25 Number of Lots enclosed 49 Number of Iron Fences erected 4 Number of Tombs 3 Number of Monuments erected 28 Number of Linear feet of Gutters paved 2,869 Number of Linear feet of Gutters repaired 2,069

INTERMENT RECORD. Total number of Interments as per last report 15,982 Number of Original Interments for the year ending December 31st, 1870 487 Number of Removals from Other Cemeteries 119 Number of Interments for the year 606 Tota; number of in Cemetery to date 16,588 Of the above, there were Deposits in Receiving Tomb 30 Interments in Public Lots 41 THE REMOVALS IN AND FROM THE CEMETERY WERE AS FOLLOWS: To the Receiving Tomb 0 To the Receiving Tom Lot 3 To the Public Lot 1 To the Private Lot 75 79 From Cemetery 18 Total number of Removals 97

Respectfully submitted, CHAS. W. FOLSOM, Superintendent of Mount Auburn Cemetery. Mount Auburn, December 31, 1870.