1831-1834 Trustees Records of Committees, Volume 1, 1831.003.001

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At a meeting of the Garden & Cemetery committee of Mount Auburn, held at the Horticultural Rooms . present, Mess. Bigelow, Bond, Brimmer, Cook,- Dearborn & Gould. Genl. Dearborn in the chair, & B.A. Gould, Secy, pro tem -, the following votes were passed.

Secretary

Voted. 1., That a Secretary be appointed to the Garden & Cemetery Committee who shall keep a record of their doings in a book provided for that purpose. C. P. Curtis Esq was - unanimously chosen Secretary.

Treasurer

Voted. 2. That a Treasurer be appointed to the Garden & Cemetery Committee whose duty it shall be to receive the dues & make the payments of this Committee, whereupon Geo. Bond Esq. was unanimously chosen, Treasurer of this Committee.

Cemetery Agents.

Voted 3. That a Cemetery agent be appointed, residing in Boston, and another residing in Cambridge whose duty it shall be to furnish information & assistance to applicants upon business. And when it shall be necessary for the agent to visit the Cemetery, he may charge the applicant fifty cents for such visit, if the application be in Cambridge or one dollar & fifty cents if in Boston in addition to the customary charges for interment in those places.

Exchange of Lots./New Lots Laid Out

Voted. 4. That is any subscriber be not satisfied with the particular lot which shall have been sold or assigned to him, he may at any time within six months exchange the same for any other among the unsold lots, which are already laid out by the Surveyor. And if he shall choose to have a new lot surveyed for him on the unappropriated grounds, the Garden & Cemetery Committee may if they see fit, assign him such a lot on his

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paying ten dollars additional to his former dues.

Enlargement of Lots

Voted. 5. That if any subscriber shall wish to enlarge his lot, the Garden & Cemetery Committee may, if they see fit, set off to him, land for that purpose on his paying for the same at the rate of twenty cents the square foot.

Record of Names

Voted. 6. That the Secretary of this Committee & the Secretary of the Horticultural Society shall each keep a record of the names of all proprietors, with the number & situation of their lots accompanied by a corresponding plan of the grounds.

Receiving Tombs.--

Voted. 7. That a receiving tomb be purchased or constructed within the city and another within the Cemetery at Mount Auburn for a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars each in which bodies intended to be interred at Mount Auburn may be placed for a period not exceeding six months, in case some responsible person shall sign an obligation to cause said body to be removed from the tomb within six months. And in case of the non removal of said body within six months, the Cemetery Committee shall cause the same to be removed and buried at the expense of the person so signing.

Single interments

Voted. 8. That single interments in graves may be made in the unappropriated ground on _______ avenue upon ____ dollars bring paid for each right of interment. But no slabs shall afterwards be erected or any monument except of Granite or of marble & of a form approved by the Committee.

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Plan of grounds

Voted. 9th That Dr. Bigelow be authorized to have a plan of the grounds lithographed & to give names to such ponds, avenues or places as require them, & also to alter any names now affixed.

A plan of Mount Auburn by Mr. Alexander Wadsworth was submitted to the Committee for their examination and approval, which was accepted by them. The meeting was then adjourned to Thursday the 10th instant at 4 o'clock P.M at the same place.

B. A. Gould, Secy pro tempore

At a meeting of the Garden & Cemetery Committee of Mount Auburn held at the Horticulture Rooms, . present, Mess. Dearborn, Bigelow, Bond, Gould, Everett, Cook, & Pratt. Genl. Dearborn in the chair. A letter was received from Mr. Curtis delivering the appointment of Secretary. G.W. Pratt was chosen Secretary. The following votes were passed.

Committee on Acco'ts.

Voted. 1. That a Committee of one person be appointed to examine all accounts that may be presented to the Treasurer, for payment, & B. A. Gould was chosen.

Voted. 2. That the Treasurer be directed to pay all accounts when approved by the said Commitee.

Judge Story's Add'ss

Voted. 3. That Judge Story be presented with 50 Copies of the address delivered by him at the Consecration of Mount Auburn.

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Voted. 4. That one copy be presented to each member of the society & ten copies to each member of the Committee.

Voted 5. That the hundred copies of Judge Story's address be reserved & that Dr. Bigelow be a Committee to disperse of the remaining copies of the address.

Form of Deed

Voted 6. That the Deed be recommitted & the Committee have full power to complete it. _

Voted 7. That the meeting be adjourned to Monday Nov. 21. at 1/2 past 3 o'clock

G.W. Pratt, Secy.

Horticulture Rooms, .

Present- Mess. G. Bond, G W Brimmer, Z. Cook Jr, Dr. Bigelow, G. W. Pratt.

Rec'g Tomb.

Voted, that G W. Brimmer be a Come with authority to purchase a tomb under Park Street church, for a sum not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars.--

Meetgs of Comee Quorum

Voted, that the Secretary be empowered to call a meeting of the Committee at the request of two of the members of the Committee, & at all meetings, three persons shall constitute a quorum, provided no expenditure shall be voted, to exceed fifty dollars,

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At a meeting of the Garden & Cemetery Committee held this day, there were present, Mess. Bigelow, Bond- Cook, Brimmer, Gould & Pratt.

Voted, That the application of Wm Lawrence, G. W. Pratt, S. Pond, J. T. Buckingham & others relative to the extension of certain lots in the grounds appropriated to the Cemetery be & is hereby acceded to.

Sub-Comee to lay out Lots

Voted, that the SubCommittee be authorized to lay out the lots thus applied for, & any others that may be required by other individuals until further orders from the Committee.

Proprietors of Lots, &c.

Voted, that no proprietor of a lot shall receive any fees or reward from any person whatever for the interment of dead bodies within his said lot.

Sexton

Voted, that Mr. B A Gould be added to the SubCommittee Voted, that the subCome. be requested & they are hereby authorized to procure a suitable person for Sexton or agent in the capacity of undertaker in Boston & Cambridge -

===Gift ot Lot to Gen. Dearborn===

In consideration of the very acceptable services rendered by Gen. Dearborn at Mount Auburn, for the assiduity he has manifested in carrying into effect the purposes & designs of the Committee, It was in motion of Mr. Brimmer, voted unanimously that the lot selected by him in the grounds appropriated to the Cemetery, be presented to him in behalf of the proprietors & that the same shall be conveyed to him, & to his heirs in the manner prescribed by the rules & regulations of the association,

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