1866-04-02 Trustee Committee on Officers Salaries, 2021.004.066

The Committe appointed at the last meeting of the Trustees "to inquire and report upon the c ompensation of all Salried Officers of the Corporation" having attended to the duty assigned, them beg leave to report.

That from the Statements made to them in writing by the Superintendent, Treasurer, and Secretary of the sums received by them respectively for Salary and compensation for Services they find the amounts received by those officers for the past year to be as follows:

By the Superintendent - Salary $1500 Special grant 400 and the use of house - 1900

By the Treasurer salary 1200 of which $222.73 was for care of repair fund

By the Secretry. Salary $800 Special grant200

$1000 $3100

Brought over. $1000 $$3100

For making and recording deeds to Proprietors 208

Recording transfers and all instruments 160.50

Legal Services 59

Commissions on lots sold for Proprietors 30 1457.50 4557.50

To the compensation of the Secretary should also be added the sum of $165.43 paid by the Trustees for Office rent and taxes, by which amount the necessary office expenses of the Secretary for the transaction of his own business are thereby diminished.

Your Committee while they do not consider that the aggregate of Salaries paid to the officers is too great, have been struck with the dispro portion between the amounts received and the Services rendered by each - and they are unanimously of opinion that the Services of the Superintendent whose duties require all his time

and a vast amount of labor and skill have been during the past year by no means as well compensated as those of the Treasurer and Secretary, whose duties require a much less amount of time and labor.

The Committee are also of opinion that a fixed Salary to each of these offices is preferable to the system which has heretofore in part prevailed of compensating the Services of some of them by a commission on receipts and investments and by fees for particular duties performed.

They consider it also highly inexpedient (as leading to abuse and complaints) that any salaried officer of the Corporation, other than the Superintendent should in any case act as agent or broker in negotiating or effecting sales of lots for proprietors. They consider that the rendering of such services for a fee or reward by an officer of the Corporation should be discouraged as far as possible, but, if they are required in any case, the Superintendent who has the most perfect knowledge of the location, condition and value of lots in this Cemetary, is theproper person to be employed -

and they recommend the passage of a resolution forbidding the Treasurer, Secretary and Gate Keeper as acting as paid agent or broker in making sales or exchanges of lots and from receiving any compensation or commission for so doing - and that the Superintendent alone be authorized to act in that capacity.

Your Committee recommend that the salaries for the present year be as follows:

Superintendent - $2250 Treasurer - 1000 Secretry - 1200 Gate Keeper 550 and the use of allowance for Sunday

And that the Secretary account for and pay over to the Treasurer all sums received by him for making and recording deeds and transfers and for other services.

Edward S. Rand} Otis Norcross} Commitee

In Trustees Apr. 2. 1866. "Recommited to same Com^ee with all accompanyig papers,"

Attest A. J. C. Secy.