1854 Trustees Meeting Minutes, Volume 2, 1831.005.002

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Upon motion of Mr Curtis.

Voted that the foregoing report be adopted.

Also upon motion of Mr Curtis,

Certificate book to be prepared _

Voted that the Secretary, under the Direction of the Committee upon Lots, be requested to have prepared for the Superintendent, the Certificate Book and Record, referred to in this report of the Committee.

Report _

Report of Com^ee on relations and obligations of this Corporation to Mass. Hort. Society _

"The Committee appointed to consider the relations and obligations of the Proprietors of Mount Auburn Cemetery to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, with special reference to the Stone Farm, have considered the subject and ask leave to report. _

The question to which they have devoted their attention is, whether in case the Stone Farm shall be annexed to the Cemetery, and burial lots therein be sold, the Horticultural Society will be entitled to any part of the proceeds of such sales. _

It will be perceived that this is a question of importance. If the Trustees should dedicate that land to the purposes of a Cemetery, it will be an irrevocable act. Your Committee were unwilling to assume the responsibility of determining this question: they submitted it with the Charter and other documents to three of the most eminent Counsel in Boston - Messrs C. G. Loring, S. Bartlett, and B. R. Curtis, separately; the result of their opinions is that the Horticultural Society will not be entitled to any portion of the proceeds of sale of lots laid out in the land comprising the Stone Farm.

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Your Committee concur in this result, and they therefore recommend the passage of the following Resolutions: _

That the Stone Farm may be annexed to the Cemetery, and be dedicated to the same uses and purposes, whenever it shall be deemed expedient to annex the same, without incurring any liability to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

Your Committee, with their report, submit the written opinions of the said counsel, and recommend that they be placed on file by the Secretary.

___	{ Charles P. Curtis
June 7, 1858 signed	{ Charles G. Nazro
___	{ Jacob Bigelow

The report having been read _

Upon motion by Mr Crocker, it was accepted And upon further motion by him, the resolutions contained therein were adopted.

Sales in Public Lots _ motion Respecting paying 25% ch. thereof to Mass. Hort. Soc^y _

The following motion was submitted by Mr Nazro

"That twenty five per cent of the amount which has been received for interments in the public lots, be paid to the Horticultural Society, and that that course be adopted in all future settlements with that Society, in reference to said lots. _

Upon motion by Mr Tobey, Voted that this motion be laid upon the table.

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Upon motion by Mr Crocker,

Privilege to Alex^r M^cDonald. Stone Cutter _

Voted, that the written communication from Mr Bangs respecting granting Alex^r M^cDonald a privilege to exhibit monumental specimens in the lot leased to Mr Apple, be referred to Mr Nazro with full power.

Respecting change of name of Meadow Pond _

A communication from John S. Ladd Esq. of Cambridge, respecting giving a more euphorious name to Meadow Pond, was read, and it was noted that the same be laid upon the table. ~

Lot 562

Upon the petition, Mary D. Holmes of Boston, widow of the late Augustus S. Holmes was appointed to represent his lot No. 562.

The meeting was then adjourned, Attest ~ Austin J. Coolidge ,, Secretary

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Trustees July 6^th, 1858.

The Trustees held their regular monthly meeting, agreeably to the notification thereof. (Monday July 5^th being observed as the National holiday) at the usual place, Tuesday July 6^th 1858, at 10 o'clock a.m. ~

There were present, the President, Messrs Cheever, Gould, Little, Nazro, Read and Sleeper = 7

The record of the last meeting was read.

Report of Finance Com^ee on

The Finance Committee (Messrs Little & Nazro.) to whom was referred the subject of the Bond of the Treasurer, and the matter of the receipts and disbursement, of the Superintendent,

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Treasurer's Bonds & rec^ts & pay^ment by Sup^t

submitted a report in writing, the material portion of which is _

1^st in relation to the bonds of the Treasurer: _ "That the Treasurer is under bonds, with good and sufficient security, to the amount of Three thousand dollars, which they think is amply sufficient." _

With regard to the receipts and disbursements of the Superintendent, they recommended _

"That all sums due to the Corporation of one hundred dollars and upward, shall be paid to the Treasurer, and that all bills of like amounts shall be paid by him _ and that all bills except those for labor, shall be approved either by the Proprietor for whom the work is done, or by the Committee on Lots."

Upon motion by Mr Cheever, Voted that the report be laid upon the table till the next meeting.

Partial report of Com^ee upon Harvard College Lot _

Mr Gould, for the Committee to which was referred the communications from Mr Lawrence, Treasurer of Harvard College, touching^^the encroachment of the lines of that corporation upon the grounds of the Cemetery, made a verbal report, to the effect that he had just received a further communication from Mr Lawrence asking the Trustees to decide whether the college monuments must be set back, in order that the fence, when erected, shall be upon the precise bounds, or whether they will permit it to overrun the boundary a few feet, in order to include the monuments as now placed.

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Upon motion by Mr Read, the subject was recommitted, with full power.

Privilege to A. M^cDonald stone cutter _

Mr Nazro reported upon the matter of permitting A. M^cDonald to exhibit monumental specimens on the lot leased to Mr Apple _ that the same will not be detrimental to the Corporation.

Upon motion by Mr Read voted that the report be accepted, and consent be hereby given Mr Apple to grant such privilege.

Purchase of Land _

Upon motion by Mr Gould,

Voted that the subject of purchasing a strip or piece of land westerly of the Stone Farm, and adjoining the same, be referred to the Committee on Grounds.

Public Lots _ Respecting 25 p.cent of proceeds to Mass. Hort. Society.

The motion made by Mr Nazro at the last meeting, in reference to paying the Horticultural Society twenty five per cent of sales in the public lots, which was then laid on the table, was called up; and after some discussion, upon motion by Mr Little, it was

Voted that the President and Messrs Curtis and Gould be a committee to whom shall be referred the motion now pending, and all matters present and prospective between this Corporation, with instructions to solicit a conference with a similar Committee from that Society, and report thereon at a future meeting of this board.

The meeting was then adjourned Attest Austin J. Coolidge ,, Secretary.