Pages That Mention Read, James
1835 Trustees Meeting Minutes, Volume 1, 1831.005.001
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The subscribers, being Proprietors of lots in the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, hereby signify their assent to the Act of the Legislature passed the , entitled an Act to incorporated the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn.— Dated .
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of the Meeting and Charles P. Curtis was chosen Secretary, and was duly qualified.
Act of Incorporation accepted
The Act of the Legislature passed entitled an Act to incorporate the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn was read by the Secretary, and it was unanimously— Voted to accept the same and to proceed to organize the said Corporation;
Trustees chosen
It was then voted to proceed to the choice of nine Trustees, to be chosen by ballot, and Samuel Whitwell Esq. was appointed a Committee to receive sort & count the votes for trustees, and on his report it appeared that Messrs Joseph Story Samuel Appleton, George Bond, Jacob Bigelow, Benjamin A. Gould, Charles Brown, Charles P. Curtis, Joseph P. Bradlee and James Read were unanimously chosen Trustees of the said Corporation It was then voted that Joseph Story Esq. be a committee to prepare such By laws as he should deem necessary, who reported the followings; –
By Law_ Annual Meeting.
The annual Meeting of the Corporation shall be held on the twenty fourth day of September in each year ^being the day on which Mount Auburn was consecrated to the purposes of a Cemetary, unless the same day shall happen on a Sunday, in which case it shall be held on the day next succeeding; and the annual meeting shall ^be held in the City of Boston at such place and time of the day as the Trustees shall appoint; –
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Trustees
A meeting of the Trustees of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn was held at the office of Charles P. Curtis in Boston on Thursday the __ Present Messrs. Joseph Story, Samuel Appleton, Jacob Bigelow, James Read, Charles P. Curtis Benjm A. Gould, Charles Brown.
The meeting was called to order by Mr. Chas. P. Curtis, the Secretary chosen at the Proprietors Meeting, & thereupon Mr. Samuel Appleton was chosen chairman.
President Chosen.
The Trustees then voted to proceed to the choice of a President by ballot, when the Hon. Joseph Story was unanimously chosen President.
Treasurer.
Mr. George Bond was then chosen Treasurer in the same manner.
Salary of Sec.
Mr C. P. Curtis then resigned the office of secretary. It was voted that the salary of the Secretary be one hundred dollars per annum.
Secretary
Mr Benjamin R. Curtis was unanimously chosen by ballot to be the Secretary of the Corporation & was duly qualified
Comee to procure Deed.
Voted. That Messrs Bond & C. P. Curtis be a committee to apply for & obtain a conveyance from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society of the land & other property appertaining to the Cemetery & Garden pursuant to the act passed
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Comee on Lots
Voted. That Messrs Bond, Bigelow & C. P. Curtis by a committee on laying out & discontinuing lots in the said Cemetery, with power to employ as many hands as they shall see fit.
Do on Rules as to Visitors
Voted that Messrs Story & Curtis be a committee to Prepare Rules & Regulations concerning visitors & Interments at Mt. Auburn.—
Do on Seal.
Voted. That Messrs Bigelow & Story be a committee to devise a Seal for the Corporation & to report to the Trustees at a future meeting.—
Rules as to Visitors.—
Voted. That until further ordered, the Rules & Regulations adopted by the Garden & Cemetery Committee of the Masstts Horticultural Society, concerning visitors & interments at Mount Auburn be in full force.
Superintendent
Voted. That Mr John W. Russell be continued as Superintendant of the Mount Auburn Cemetery with all the powers & authorities heretofore conferred on him by the Masstts Horticultural Society, or the Garden & Cemetery Committee thereof.
Register of Interments
Voted. that Mr Gould be a committee to procure a book suitable for registering interments at Mount Auburn.
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Trustees. No Quorum.
A meeting of the Trustees of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, was holden at the office of the
Secretary in Boston on Present Messrs Bond, Brown, Reed & C.P. Curtis, & a quorum of the board not being present it was voted to adjourn the meeting to Monday next at 4 oclock P.M. at the same place.
Attest B.R. Curtis Secy.
Notice - annual meeting. 1835.
Mount Auburn Cemetery The annual meeting of the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, will be held on at the Rooms of the Horticultural Society, in Boston, to hear the report of the Treasurer, to determine whether the bye-law fixing the time of the annual meeting shall be altered & to act on any other business to which may legally come before the said Proprietors at the annual meeting. Signed Benj. R. Curtis Secretary Boston .
Proprietors.
Pursuant to the above notice, which was published more than seven days before the time of meeting in the Boston Daily Advertiser, & Boston Atlas, two newspapers printed in Boston, the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn met at the time & place therein designated, & the meeting was called to order by the President.