1856-09-01 Trustee Committee on Lots: Interment in Public Lots, 1831.036.006 - p2

charge of such matters, very many will neglect
it, and if the Corporation keep no regular records
that after the lapse of a short time every thing
will become so confused that it will be
nearly impossible to remedy the evil. —

In this respect, Mount Auburn exhibits
a marked contrast with Greenwood on Long
Island, where the records of their Public Lots
are perfect and every grave can be identified.

The expense of opening all the graves in
St James Lot and asertaining the name on each
plate where there is any, could cost about
one hundred and fifty dollars, and your Committe
can see no other way of obtaining a satisfactory
result. The fence is also in a very dilapidated
condition, having been at the first entirely
unfit for the purpose.

The new Lot, called the
St Johns Lot, is in much better condition
than the other and would require less expenditure
to put it in proper order and obtain a correct
record of the interments already made there. —
In this new lot, Mr. Mann has used a neat
head stone with the number of the grave upon it,
which cost the Corporation thirty seven and a half
cents each, and for which the purchaser of the