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

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to which, by the Act of Incorporation, the funds of the said
Corporation may be lawfully applied, and which are
appropriate to the objects of the establishment of the said
Cemetery.

Provided, however, That the said Trustees shall
never be responsible for their conduct in the premises,
except for good faith and such reasonable diligence
as may be required of mere gratuitous agents;
and provided further, that the said Trustees shall in no
case be obliged to make any separate investment of the
sum so given, and that the average income or interest
derived from all funds of the like nature belonging
to the Corporation, shall be divided annually, and
carried proportionally to the credit of each Lot entitled
thereto.

In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand
and seal on this _____ day of _____ AD. 18.. _

Executed in presence of _____

The Treasurer of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount
Auburn hereby acknowledges the receipt of _____ dollars
from _____ on this _____ day of _____
A.D. 18 . . on the Trusts within mentioned

Treasurer.

Received and entered with Mount Auburn record of grants
and donations on this _____ day of _____ AD 18 . . _

Secretary