Trustees Records, Vol. 2, 1854 (page 136)

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Appendix B. _

Form for _____ Donation in Trust for the Repair of Lots.

Be it known, that _____
of _____ the Proprietor of Lot No. _____ in the
Cemetery of Mount Auburn do hereby give unto the
Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, the sum
of _____ dollars, for their sole use forever;
in trust, nevertheless, that the Trustees of the said
Corporation for the time being, shall, in order to obtain
an income therefrom, invest the same, from time to
time, in their discretion, in some public stock of this
State, or of the National Government, or in the stock of
some Bank or Banks of this State, or in some per-
sonal notes or obligations of private persons, secured
by a satisfactory collateral pledge or mortgage on
interest, and to apply the income or interest thereof,
from time to time, after deducting ^^therefrom the sum of fifty
cents out of every hundred dollars of the sum so
above given, as follows: _

First, _ To keep in suitable and good repair and
preservation, lot No. _____ in the said Cemetery,
and the monument, fences, trees, shrubbery, and
soil thereon.

Secondly. _ To suffer the surplus, if any, of such
income or interest to accumulate, for such time as the
^^said Trustees may deem expedient, or in their discretion to
apply the same surplus, or any part thereof, from time
to time, to the _*ornament and preservation of the grounds
of the said Cemetery, or to any other, or all the purposes