CITY OF BOSTON.

To the City Council of the City of Boston: —

The Board of Commissioners of Cedar Grove Cemetery, in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, chap. 68, of the acts of 1868, and chap. 349 of the acts of 1869, respectfully submit to your Honorable Body their

SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.

On March 12, 1869, the Board organized for the year by the choice of Nathan Carruth, Chairman, and A. C. Clark, Clerk.

Mr. James Emery, who had been engaged before the previous Annual Report, entered upon the discharge of his duties as superintendent, and the work upon the grounds and structures of the cemetery has been carried forward, mainly in accordance with the designs of Luther Briggs, Esq., as rapidly and successfully as was promised in that report.

The small dwelling-house, which then stood near the main entrance on Adams street, has been removed to a suitable location on Milton street, enlarged and fitted for the superintendent's residence, and is now occupied as such; the necessary stables, sheds, and houses for tools and storage have also been completed.

To protect the grounds from intrusion and afford such security as the uses to which the place is devoted require, substantial fences have been erected, of which 2,200 lineal feet, between the cemetery and the street, are wrought fences, of appropriate

design; while those dividing it from private lands, though plain, are equally durable.

A handsome receiving tomb, having its exterior face of Roxbury stone and Rockport granite, has been built with forty compartments, and is occupied.

Of avenues and paths, the loam and rock have been removed to the extent of 10,800 lineal feet, and the same have been constructed so far as is required for present use; while 1,080 lineal feet of the same have been permanently constructed of stone and gravel in the best manner.

At the main entrance, granite posts of good style and workmanship have been set, and are in readiness for the iron gates, which have been already contracted for; about two hundred feet of circular curbstone have been set at this entrance, and contiguous thereto a small building for lodge and office has been built.

Fair progress has been made upon the ponds near the railway station.

The cemetery has also been furnished during the year with the horses, carts, harnesses, tools and other appliances necessary for the works in progress.

In November, 1869, Mr. Carruth, contemplating a considerable absence from the country, resigned the chairmanship of the Board, and Mr. William Pope was unanimously elected to that position.

By the provisions of the act uniting Boston and Dorchester, the present city succeeds to the property, rights, trusts and duties of the late town, and among others, to the trust of holding the title to the cemetery property, for the uses and purposes enumerated in the act of the legislature, by virtue of which the cemetery is organized; it has therefore become necessary to make a corresponding change in the phraseology of the deeds given to the purchasers of lots. A form of the same is herewith submitted, marked " Appendix A."

A vacancy, to be filled by the City Council, will occur in March, 1870, by the expiration of the term of one of the commissioners.

The interest felt in this cemetery by the citizens of Dorchester has not been diminished by the obliteration of the line which separated the town from Boston. On the contrary, the impetus given to improvements in the neighborhood by the union, and the progress made in developing the cemetery grounds, have increased their attachment to the place, and their desire to co-operate in making it a beautiful resting-place for their dead.

A detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures by the Board, and of the funds subject to its order, is herewith submitted, marked " Appendix B."

All which is respectfully submitted.

WM. POPE,

HENRY L. PIERCE,

HENRY J. NAZRO,

ALBE C. CLARK,

Commissioners of Cedar Grove Cemetery.

Boston, Feb. 26, 1870.

(Appendix A.)

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,

THAT the City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in consideration of

of

100 Dollars paid by

the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, doth hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey to the said heirs and assigns, forever, one lot of land in the Cemetery in said City, called CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY, on the way called

and the sole

and exclusive right of burial of the dead therein. The said lot superficial square feet, and is on the Plan of said Cemetery in the

containing numbered

possession of the Board of Commissioners, having the care, superintendence, and management of said Cemetery, and may heirs and assigns, at

be inspected by the grantee,

all reasonable times.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforegranted premises unto the said heirs and assigns, forever; but subject to the restrictions, limitations, and conditions, and with the privileges following, viz. :

1. That the proprietor of said lot shall have the right to enclose the same with a wall, curb, or fence, the materials and design of which shall have been first approved by said Commissioners, not exceeding one foot in thickness, one-half of which may be placed on the adjoining lands of said city.

2. That said lot shall not be used for any other purpose than as a place of burial for the dead; and no trees therein, or in the border thereof, shall be cut or destroyed without consent of said commissioners.

3. That the proprietor of said lot shall erect and maintain