Mount Auburn Cemetery

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1568

Clement Willis of Boston, Trustee & Guardⁿ only child of Thomas Blanchard, deceased proprietor of lot numbered 1568:

1581

Eleanor Bennett of Billerica, widow of Joshua Bennett, deceased proprietor of lot numbered 1581:

1590

Hannah H. Mason ^^{of Boston} widow of Rev. Charles Mason deceased proprietor of lot numbered 1590:

1541

Cornelia M. Brown of Boston, widow of Chas. W. Brown deceased proprietor of lot numbered 1541:

1632-3

Angelina N. Allen of Boston daughter of Noah Sturtevant deceased proprietor of lots numbered 1632 & 1633:

1892

John Hassam of Boston; son in law of Hannah Hilton deceased proprietor of lot numbered 1892:

2259

Mary J. Nay of Cambridgeport widow of Samuel F. Nay deceased proprietor of lot numbered 2259:

2320

Charles S. Lambert of E. Cambridge, husband of Sophia Ann Lambert deceased proprietor of lot numbered 2320:

2578

James Cheever of Boston, grandfather & guardian of children of John G. Gove deceased proprietor of lot numbered 2578:

2625

Henry K. Frothingham of Charlestown one of the children & heirs of James K. Frothingham, tenants in common of lot numbered 2625:

279

Proprietors. Feby. 2^d, 1874.

and Richards to compose said Committee, who subsequently reported as follows, viz; –

Election of Messrs Snow Spelman & Browne

Whole number of ballots cast	___	276
Necessary for a choice	139.
Samuel T. Snow, to serve until 1880, (by reelection.)	___	___	261.
Israel M. Spelman, " [to] " [serve] " [until] " [1880]	___	___	273.
T. Quincy Browne " [to] " [serve] " [until] " [1876]	___	___	273
John R. Poor	___	4
Joel Richards	___	4
Charles F. Choate	___	2
A.H. Safford	___	1
A.P. Morse	___	1
Alex. Wadsworth	___	1
Clement Willis	___	1

And the three gentlemen first-named were declared elected as Trustees for the terms stated.

Trustees' power [to] make By-Laws revoked.

On motion of M^r John R. Poor, it was

Resolved, – that the vote of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, adopted on the tenth of July, 1835; giving the Trustees of this corporation power to make By-Laws, to be in force until otherwise ordered by the corporation is hereby repealed, and such authority revoked.

Citation of vote conferring this power, adopted 1835

[The vote of the Proprietors above referred to is in the terms following, viz: –

"The Trustees shall have authority to make any By-Laws for the due regulation and management of the property, business and prudential concerns of the corporation not