Trustees Records, Vol. 1, 1835 (page 072)

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in the Cemetery & at such rate of board as the
Trustees may from time to time fix & determine
He is also to perform such other acts & things
as the Trustees may from time to time direct
without ^other compensation than his Salary of $600
per annum an (sic) the use of the Cottage, with
sufficient ground for raising garden vegetables
for his family.

(Signed) Geo Bond
A true record attest B. R. Curtis Secy.

Trustees

A Meeting of the Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount
Auburn was held on , at the office of C. P.
Curtis
in Boston; present Joseph Story, George Bond, Jacob
Bigelow
, Benj A. Gould & Charles P. Curtis, notice having
been sent to all the Trustees, in the usual manner;
The Secretary being absent Charles P. Curtis was
chosen Secretary pro tempore.

Tombs.

It was voted & ordered
that in all the deeds of lots which shall hereafter
be granted by the Corporation it shall be provided as
a condition of the grant, that no Tomb shall be construc-
ted within the bounds of the Cemetery except in or
upon the lots situated, in such parts of the grounds
as shall be designated, by the Trustees for that purpose,
and no Proprietor shall suffer the remains of any
person to be deposited in a Tomb so authorized,
for hire.

It was voted & ordered that in all the

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Of interest: Superintendents compensation included the use of a cottage and sufficient grounds to have a vegetable garden