Trustees Records, Vol. 2, 1854 (page 083)

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The following is a copy of the minority report, _
aforesaid. _

Copy of Minority Report upon Statuary

"The undersigned, a minority of the Committee
appointed to take into consideration the subject of the
Statues, & whether it be expedient to proceed with
the project of placing them in the Chapel at Mount
Auburn, and to report any other matters pertaining
to the same, has attended to the duty & submits
the following report.

The undersigned is aware that a diversity of
opinion has existed upon the expediency, as well as the
right of the Trustees to expend the money of the Corpora-
tion for purposes extraneous to, if not directly adverse
to the privileges conferred upon it by the Charter.

By the Act of incorporation, the Trustees were
allowed to expend the money received from the sale
of lots 'for the preservation, improvement, embellishment
and enlargement of the Cemetery and Garden, and the
incidental expenses thereof, & for no other purpose what-
soever."

The question then naturally arises what is the
obvious & real meaning of these terms, and what construc-
tion was designed to be placed upon them?

In order that a correct conclusion may be arrived at,
it is necessary to revert for a moment, to the circumstances
under which the act of incorporation was obtained, and
what was designed by those who originated the project.
It appears to the undersigned, that the design was this -
the subject of interments within the limits of the City having
become one of great importance in our community, and