Trustees Records, Vol. 2, 1854 (page 117)

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Commission on sales to be fixed annually by the
Trustees. _

Art. 7

Superintendent

The Superintendent shall reside near the Cemetery, and,
under the direction of the Trustees, shall have the general
care and custody thereof: shall keep the avenues,
paths and grounds in neat and satisfactory order; and,
as agent for the Trustees, shall have the sole power to
engage and discharge workmen on the ground, also to
order and arrange their respective duties, and to pay their
wages not otherwise provided for. He shall see that the
rights of the Corporation are respected by artists, mechanics
and laborers employed on the ground by individual
proprietors. He shall see that all regulations with regard
to interments, and the construction of tombs be duly com-
plied with. He shall fulfill all contracts made with
proprietors for the repair of lots, and perform such other
duties as the Trustees may require. He shall have the
power to remove from the Cemetery any improper and disorderly
persons, also to abate nuisances and remove rubbish and
unnecessary incumbrances. He shall keep, in books pro-
vided for the purpose, regular and accurate records of
all interments, including the names and ages of persons
interred, and the place and date of their interment:
also of all monuments erected, and lots enclosed, sodded
or otherwise improved; also of all monies received or dis-
bursed by him, whether for wages, fees, improvement of lots, sales
of wood or other articles, purchases made, or services rendered.
On the first day of every month, or oftener if required,