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

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Interments

Voted that M^r Bond & M^r Curtis be a Committee to make such further arrangements as they see fit concerning interments, & to report their doings thereon, to this Committee.

Burdens

Voted that no vehicle with a heavy burden be admitted through the Gateway on the County road, & that all heavy burdens be transferred to and loaded upon the Society's Wagon, whenever required by the Superintendant, or otherwise not admitted within the grounds of Mount Auburn.

Regulations

Voted that the following Regulations, concerning visitors to the Cemetery & Garden of Mount Auburn be adopted & enforced --

1 No person is to be admitted on horseback ---

2 No vehicle is to be admitted unless it is accompanied by a Proprietor ^^{of a Lot} or a member of his or her household with his or her Ticket. --

3 No vehicle is to be driven in the Cemetery or Garden at a rate faster than a walk

4 No Horse is to be fastened except at the posts provided for this purpose, & no horse is to be left unfastened without a keeper. --

5 All persons are prohibited from gathering any flowers, either wild or cultivated, or breaking or injuring any tree, shrub or plant in the Garden or Cemetery

6 All persons are prohibited from writing upon, defacing or injuring any monument, fence or other structure in or belonging to the Garden or Cemetery.

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7 All persons are prohibited from discharging firearms in the Garden or Cemetery.

8 The Gates are to be opened at sunrise & closed at sunset

9 No persons are to be admitted on Sundays and Holidays, excepting Proprietors of Lots & the members of their household and persons accompanying them—

10 No money is to be paid to or received by the Porter, from visitors to the Garden or Cemetery

Rules to be posted up &c.

Voted that the foregoing rules be printed & posted up in the Grounds, and that they be painted on a board & placed in a conspicuous situation near the Gate;—

M^r Bond & M^r Curtis were appointed a Committee to carry this into effect.—

Custody of Grounds

Voted that the care & custody of the Garden & Cemetery be & the same hereby are vested in the Superintendant, who is authorized to remove all persons who violate any of the Rules & Regulations for concerning visitors to the Garden or Cemetery or commit trespasses of any kind.—

Charles P. Curtis Sec^y

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Aug. 30. 1834

At a meeting of the Garden & Cemetery Committee held on the 30^th August 1834— present— M^r Bond, D^r Bigelow, M^r Gould, M^r Bradlee M^r Brown and M^r Curtis—

Comm^ee to Garden

Voted that Mess^rs Bradlee & Cook be a Committee with such other members of the Society as they see fit to invite to associate themselves with there, to devise a plan for rendering the Garden productive

Donations of Plants

Voted that the same persons (Bradlee & Cook) be a Comm^ee to receive donations of plants &c. and cause them to be set out in the Garden

Price of Lots.

Voted that from and after 1^st September next, the price of lots shall be fifty five dollars each, and the price of land twenty two cents per square foot

Charles P. Curtis Sec^y—

Sept. 20 1834

At a Meeting of the Garden & Cemetery Committee held on 20^th September 1834, present,— Judge Story, M^r Cook, D^r Bigelow, M^r Brown, M^r Curtis and M^r Bond—

Treasurer's Report—

The Treasurer ^^{Mr Bond} presented his report of the fin-- nances of the Comm^ee which was read and accepted—

Report of Comm^ee

The Chairman, Judge Story, presented a Report of the doings of the Committee for the past year, which was accepted & ordered to be laid upon the Society—

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Sept 20. 1834 Transfers recorded.

Voted that for all transfers of lots recorded the person requiring such transfer to be recorded shall pay one dollar.—

Charles P. Curtis Sec^y

Oct 27. 1834

At a Meeting of the Garden & Cemetery Committtee held on 27 October 1834, present, — D^r Bigelow, M^r Bond, M^r Bradlee, M^r Curtis, M^r Samuel Appleton & M^r Elijah Vose— D^r Bigelow was chosen Chairman pro tempore M^r Bond was chosen Treasurer, & M^r Curtis was chosen Secretary of the Committee—

Comm^ee to examine Garden &c

M^r Vose and M^r Bradlee were appointed a Committee to examine the Garden & Garden Pond, and to report what improvements ought in their opinion to be made therein in order to render the garden productive and profitable—

Sluice

and also whether the sluice below running under Indian Ridge shall be cleared out

Chapel

Voted that D^r Bigelow be a Committee to prepare a plan & obtain ^^an estimate of the expense of erecting a suitable Chapel—

Comm^ee on Lots

Voted that M^r Bond, D^r Bigelow & M^r Curtis be a Committee on laying out & discontinuing lots with power to authorize the employment of as many hands as they see fit—

Plan

Voted that the Committee last named be author-

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ized to procure a new lithographic copy of the Map of Mount Auburn &c, if they see fit—

S^o Gate

Ordered that the Gate on the Southerly side of the Cemetery, be closed & fastened permanently

Labourers

Ordered that, in as much as it is indispensable to the good order of the Cemetery, that all labourers there be under the immediate direction & control of the Superintendant, no persons shall be employed in digging out & improving lots in the Cemetery except such as are employed by the Superintendant; or with his and all mechanics working in the Cemetery shall and all Carmen & others handling stone & materials therein shall be under his direction

Oxen

Ordered that the Superintendant purchase a pair of working Oxen, for the use of the Garden & Cemetery—

Charles P. Curtis Sec^y

Jan^y 23. 1835

At a meeting of the Garden & Cemetery Committee held January 23. 1835, present— M^r Bond, D^r Bigelow, M^r Curtis, M^r Gould & M^r Brown

Voted that the Secretary give notice to all Subscribers who have not received deeds of their lots, that they must apply to the Treasurer for them on or before the 28^th February next, if they wish to enjoy the privilege of being members of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society M^r Bond was chosen Chairman pro tempore—