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Resolved, that the thanks of the city council be hereby tendered to William Earle Esq., commissioner of the north burial ground and treas- urer of the commission, for the services so many years rendered by him, and the unceasing interest he has taken in the welfare of the north burial ground.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 78, 1878.]
[February 11, 1878.] No. 79. Resolution of thanks to Andrew Winsor late Commissioner of the North Burial Ground. (Approved February 11, 1878.)
Resolved, that the thanks of the city council, be and they are hereby tendered to Andrew Winsor, Esq., for the able and efficient man- ner in which he has performed the duties of commissioner of the north burial ground.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 79, IS7S.]
[February 11, 1878.] No. 81. Resignation of Andrew Winsor, Commissioner of the North Burial Ground.
Providence, February 11, 1878.
To the Honorable City Council :
I hereby tender my resignation as commissioner of the north burial ground.
Very respectfully yours, Andrew Winsor. Read, whereupon it is ordered that the same be accepted. [Resolutions of the City Council No. SI, IS78.]
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[February 11, 1878.] No. 82. Declination of William Earle, Commissioner of the North Burial Ground.
Providence, February 11, 1878.
To the Honorable the City Council of the City of Providence :
Gentlemen : - I hereby decline a re-election to the office of com- missioner of the north burial ground for the ensuing year.
The city council will please appoint a committee to receive and receipt for the trust funds, which I hold as treasurer of the commis- sioners.
Yours respectfully,
William Earle.
The following persons are elected Commissioners of the North Burial Ground, Viz :
Robert H. I. Goddard, Augustus Hoppin,
Oren Westcott. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 82, 1878.]
[March 18, 1878.| No. 141. Message from the Mayor with the declination of R. H. I. Goddard and Augustus Hoppin, Commissioners of the North Burial Ground. ( Presented March 18, 1878.)
Mayor's Office, City of Providence March 18, 1878.
Gentlemen of the City Council :
I regret to announce to you that Messrs. Robert H. I. Goddard and Augustus Hoppin, who were elected Commissioners of the North Burial Ground, by the city council on the 11th ultimo, have declined to accept the office. I transmit herewith their letters of declination and suggest that the vacancies be filled at an early day.
Thomas A. Doyle, Mayor. Providence, March 16, 1878
Hon. Thomas A. Doyle, Mayor :
Dear Sir : - It is impossible for me to accept the position of Com- 1
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missioner of the North Burial Ground, to which I was elected February II, 1878, and I beg most respectfully to decline the same.
I am, very respectfully your obedient servant R. H. I. Goddard. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 141, 1878.]
[March 18, 1878.] Samuel W. Brown, City Clerk :
Dear Sir :- I hereby most respectfully decline the position as one of the Commissioners of the North Burial Ground. An indisposition of some days, has prevented me from acknowledging the receipt of this commission, and from taking definite action thereon.
I am very respectfully, your obedient servant Augustus Hoppin.
Providence, 8th, March, 1878.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 141, 187S.]
[April 11, 1878.] No. 182. Resolution accepting gift of Susan F. Carlisle to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved April 11, 1878.)
Resolved, That the gift of Susan F. Carlisle of the sum of two hun- dred dollars, to the commissioners of the north burial ground, in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of said Carlisle in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council, under the name of Susan F. Carlisle fund. \Resolutions of the City Council No. 182, 1878.]
[May 6, 1878.] No. 241. Report of the Joint Committee on the North Burial Ground. (Presented May 6, 1878.)
To the Hon. City Council :
The joint committee on the north burial ground, who by resolution No. 77, were instructed to transfer the property in the hands of the late commissioners of the north burial ground, to their successors in
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office, respectfully report, that they have performed the duty assigned them, and have made the transfer, and that the receipt given by the new commissioners has been deposited with the city auditor. Andrew Winsor, Chairman.
Providence May 4 1878. Resolutions of the City Council No. 241, ISTS.]
May 23, 1878.] No. 254. Resolution accepting gift of $1.000 from Sophia Augusta Brown to the North Burial Ground Fund, to con- stitute the John Carter Brown Fund. ( Approved May 23. 1878. )
Resolved, That the gift of Sophia Augusta Brown of the sum of one thousand dollars, to the commissioners of the north burial ground in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of John Carter Brown, in said ground, be and the sime is hereby accepted by the city council, under the name of the John Carter Brown fund.
Resolutions of the City Council No. 254, 187S.]
[May 23, 1878.] No. 255. Resolution accepting the gift of $400 from Sophia Augusta Brown to the North Burial Ground Fund to con- stitute the Harriet Brown Fund. ( Approved May 23, 1878. )
Resolved. That the gift of Sophia Augusta Brown of the sum of four hundred dollars, to the commissioners of the north burial ground. in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter joy of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot tanding in the name of Harriet Brown and heirs, Lucy Thayer and Huriet A. Thayer and heirs, and Harriet Brown's heirs, and Williams Faver's heirs in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council under the name of the Harriet Brown fund. Resolutions of the City Council No. 255. 18-8.]
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[June 3, 1878.] For the report of the Commissioners of the North Burial Ground on the trust funds for the thirteen months ending May 31, 1878 see No. 276-7, Resolutions of 1878, presented June 3, 1878 and approved the same day.
[Resolutions of the City Council Nos. 276-7, 1878.]
[June 3, 1878.] No. 285. Resolution accepting gift of Mary Demont Bowen to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved June 3, 1878.)>
Resolved, That the bequest of Mary Demont Bowen, of the sum of two hundred dollars, to the commissioners of the north burial ground, in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of said Bowen in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council, under the name of the Demont fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 285, 1878.]
[July 10, 1878.] No. 349. Resolution accepting gift of Cutting S. Calef to the North Burial-Ground Fund. (Approved July 10, 1878.)
Resolved, That the gift of Cutting S. Calef of the sum of two hun- dred dollars, to the commissioners of the north burial ground, in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of the heirs of Richard Sanders in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council, under the name of the Cut- ting S. Calef fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 349, 1878.]
[July 10, 1878.] No. 350. Resolution accepting gift of Horace Martin to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved July 10, 1878.) Resolved, That the gift of Horace Martin of the sum of one hun-
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dred dollars, to the commissioners of the north burial ground, in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of said Horace Martin in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council, under the name of the Horace Martin fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 350, 1878.]
[July 10, 1878.] No. 351. Resolution accepting gift of Mary Low Newcomb to the North Burial-Ground Fund. (Approved July 10, 1878.)
Resolved, That the bequest of Mary Low Newcomb of the sum of one hundred dollars, to the commissioners of the north burial ground, in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of the heirs of Simon Dean in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council, under the name of the Mary Low Newcomb fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 351, 1878.]
[July 10, 1878.] No. 352. Resolution accepting Gift of William D. Sherman, Administrator, to the North Burial-Ground Fund. ( Ap- proved July 10, 1878.)
Resolved, That the gift of William Davis Sherman, administrator, of the sum of one hundred dollars, to the commissioners of the north burial ground, in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the pro- visions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of said Sherman, administrator. in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council, under the name of the William D. Sherman, administrator, fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 352, 187S.]
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[July 25, 1878.] No. 359. Resolution accepting the gift of Daniel Crawshaw to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved July 25, 1878.)
Resolved, That the gift of Daniel Crawshaw of sixty dollars, to the commissioners of the north burial ground in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of said Crawshaw in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council, under the name of the Daniel Crawshaw fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 359, 1878.]
[September 16, 1878.] No. 435. Resolution accepting gift of William D. Davis to North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved Sep- tember 16, 1878.)
Resolved, That the gift of William D. Davis of the sum of two hun- dred dollars, to the commissioners of the north burial ground, in trust ; the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of said Davis in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council, under the name of the William D. Davis fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 435, 1878.]
[September 16, 1878.] No. 436. Resolution accepting gift of R. H. Thurston to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved Sep- tember 16, 1878.)
Resolved, That the gift of R. H. Thurston of the sum of one hun- dred dollars, to the commissioners of the north burial ground, in trust ; the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing
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in the name of said Thurston in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council under the name of the R. 1I. Thurston fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 436, IS7S.]
[January 20, 1879.] For the annual report of the Commissioners of the North Burial Ground for the year ending Dec. 31, 1879 see No. 37 Resolutions of 1879 presented Jan. 20, 1879 and approved Feb. 1, 1879 Ordered printed Jan. 6, 1879 with Sup'ts report Resolution No. 7. Resolutions of the City Council Nos. 37 8. 7, 1879.]
[February 13, 1879.] No. 79. Resolution to pay Mrs. Sarah Sweet the sum of sixty-nine dollars and sixty cents. (Approved Feb- ruary 13, 1879.)
Resolved That the city treasurer is hereby directed to pay to Mrs. Sarah Sweet the sum of sixty-nine dollars and sixty cents, being the amount paid by her to the city for a lot of land in the North Burial Ground, and for which sum the city executed its deed of said lot to the heirs of Menzies Sweet, August 29, 1876, the said city having pre- viously, July 15, 1848, executed and delivered to said Menzies Sweet its deed of the same lot ; said payment to be charged to the North Burial Ground account.
(Resolutions of the City Council No. 79, IS79.]
[April 5, 1879.] No. 143. Resolution accepting gift of Edward S. Thurber, to the North Burial Ground Fund. ( Approved April 5, 1879.)
Resolved, That the gift of Edward S. Thurber of the sum of one hundred dollars to the commissioners of the north burial ground in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot
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standing in the name of the "heirs of Edward Thurber," in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council under the name of the Edward Thurber fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 1.43, IS79.]
[May 27, 1879.] No. 240. Resolution to lay Water Pipes and set Hydrants in the North Burial Ground. (Approved May 27, 1879.)
Resolved, That the water commissioners are hereby directed to lay water pipes and set hydrants in the north burial ground, in accordance with the plans in the water department, estimated to cost about seven- teen hundred and thirty-five dollars.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 2440, 1879.]
[June 30, 1879.] No. 301. Annual Report of the Commis- sioners of the North Burial Ground, upon the Receipts and Expendi- tures of the Trust Fund. (Presented June 30, 1879.)
City Council file, June 30, 1879.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 301, 1879.]
[June 30, 1879.] No. 302. Annual Report of the Commis- sioners of the North Burial Ground upon the Trust Funds. (Presented June 30, 1879. )
City Council file, June 30, 1879.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 302, 1879.]
[September 20, 1879.] No. 395. Resolution directing the City Treasurer to refund to Mary A. Covell the sum of thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents. (Approved September 20, 1879.)
Resolved, That the city treasurer is hereby directed to pay to Mary A. Covell the sum of thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents, being the amount paid by her in 1877 for a lot in the north burial ground, of
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which she already held a deed from the city, executed in 1848 to her predecessors in title ; said payment to be charged to the account of the north burial ground.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 395, IS79.]
[November 3, 1879.] No. 467. Message of the Mayor relative to purchasing of land for the North Burial Ground. (Presented Novem- ber 3, 1879. )
City of Providence, Executive Department, City Hall, November 3, 1879.
Gentlemen of the City Council :
The North Burial Ground contains upward of one hundred and twenty acres of land, a portion of which, say about fifteen acres, is so swampy as to be unfit for burial purposes, unless filled to a sufficient depth to permit graves to be dug therein.
On the west of and adjoining the railroad bed of the Providence and Worcester Railroad Company and the Boston and Providence Railroad Company is a tract of land containing about two and three quarter acres, belonging to Hon. Edward P. Knowles, which he will sell to the city on proper terms. This parcel of land adjoins land recently pur- chased by the Providence and Worcester Railroad Company, and upon both tracts there is considerable elevation of sand excellent for filling the low portion of the cemetery, and is so near thereto as to be easily available for the purpose.
The quantity of earth which can be removed from the land of Mr. Knowles will be from eighty thousand to one hundred thousand cubic yards and will be determined by the grades which may be hereafter established on the streets in the vicinity thereof.
This earth will make about five acres of saleable lots in the burial ground, which at present selling prices will yield upwards of seventy-tive thousand dollars.
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The removal of earth will also furnish employment during the winter season for the unemployed, who, as usual will be pressing the overseer of the poor for aid or work.
I recommend the purchase of the land by the city, and that in the resolution giving authority therefor there be included a provision that when the land has been graded it shall be sold under the direction of the committee on city property and the proceeds thereof returned to the city treasury, to balance the outlay therefor.
Thomas A. Doyle, Mayor. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 467, 1879.]
[November 11, 1879.] No. 468. Resolution referring the mes- sage of the Mayor, relative to the purchase of land for the North Burial Ground. (Approved November 11, 1879.) .
Resolved, That the Mayor's message dated November 3, 1879, rela- tive to the purchase of land for the purpose of filling certain swampy portions of the north burial ground, be referred to the joint committee on the north burial ground to examine and report thereon. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 468, 1879.]
[January 3, 1880.] No. 544. Resolution setting apart a lot in the North Burial Ground, to the Providence Police Association. (Ap- proved January 3, 1880.)
Resolved, That the commissioners of the north burying ground, and the joint standing committee of the city council on said ground, be and they are hereby requested to set apart for burial purposes, a lot of land in the north burial ground, to the "Providence Police Association," to be held by said association subject to the ordinances of the city council, and all future legislation in relation thereto, and report their doings to the city council.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 544, 1880.]
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[January 3, 1880.] No. 550. Resolution accepting gift of Eliza- beth Higginson Weeden, to the North Burial Ground Fund. ( Ap- proved January 3, ISSO.)
Resolved, That the gift of Elizabeth Higginson Weeden of the sum of one hundred dollars to the commissioners of the north burial ground, in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of the said Weeden, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council under the name of the Elizabeth Higginson Weeden fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 550, ISSO.]
[January 3, 1880.] No. 551. Resolution accepting gift of Eliza- beth Higginson Weeden to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Ap- proved January 3, 1880.)
Resolved, That the gift of Elizabeth Higginson Weeden of the sum of one hundred dollars to the commissioners of the North Burial Ground, in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of Stephen Arnold Aplin in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council under the name of the Stephen Arnold Aplin fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 551, 1880.]
[January 3, 1880.] No. 552. Resolution accepting gift of Har- riet M. Remington, to the North Burial Ground Fund. ( Approved January 3, 1880.)
Resolved, That the gift of Harriet M. Remington of one hundred dollars to the commissioners of the North Burial Ground, in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in
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the name of William Henry Simmons in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council under the name of the William Henry Simmons fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 552, 1880.]
[January 19, 1880.] For the annual report of the Commissioners of the North Burial Ground for the year ending Dec. 31, 1879, see No. 33 Resolutions of 1880, presented Jan. 19, 1880. Ordered printed Jan. 13, 1880, with Sup'ts report, Resolution No. 4. [Resolutions of the City Council Nos. 33 & 4, 1880.]
[January 24, 1880.] No. 38. Resolution accepting gift of Thomas J. Carpenter, to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved January 24, 1880. )
Resolved, That the gift of Thomas J. Carpenter, executor, of the sum of one hundred dollars to the commissioners of the north burial ground, in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of James H. Sabin, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council under the name of the James HI. Sabin fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 38, ISSO.]
[January 24, 1880.] No. 39. Resolution accepting gift of Fred- erick Miller, Executor, to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved January 24, 1880.)
Resolved, That the gift of Frederick Miller, executor, of the sum of fifty dollars to the commissioners of the north burial ground, in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of Susan J. Winsor in said ground be and the same is hereby accepted by the city council under the name of the Susan J. Winsor fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 39, 1880.]
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[February 2, 1880.] No. 46. Thanks of the Providence Police Association, for gift of lot in North Burial Ground. (Presented Feb- ruary 2, 1880.)
To the Honorable the City Council of the City of Providence :
At the annual meeting of the members of the Providence Police Association held this day, the secretary was instructed to convey their thanks to the honorable city council of the city of Providence for the favor accorded them, by their action in setting apart a burial lot in the North Burial Ground, for the use of the deceased members of said association.
Seth L. Horton, Secretary.
Providence, January 12, 1880.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 46, ISSO.]
February 19, 1880.] In City Council. Chapter CXLVII. No. 66. An Ordinance in amendment of Chapter XXXVI of the Ordi- nances of the City of Providence, "Officers of the City and their duties." (Passed in Board of Aldermen, February 2, 1880. Passed in Common Council, February 2, 1880. Became a law upon the adjourn- ment of the Board of Aldermen, February 19, 1880.)
It is ordained by the City Council of the City of Providence as follows :
Section 1. A commission shall issue to every person elected to any of the offices enumerated in this chapter.
Section 2. Every person so elected to office shall, within thirty days after the date of his commission, duly engage himself to the faith- ful performance of the duties of office, before the city clerk, who shall keep a record thereof.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 66, ISSO.]
March 4, 1880.] Chapter 791. An Act in addition to Chapter 230 of the General Statutes, " Of Offences against Private Property." It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows :
Section 1. Section 21 of Chapter 230, of the General Statutes is
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hereby amended by inserting in line 6, after the words "public square " the words "or who shall take and carry away, without the consent of the owner thercot, any cultivated plant, tree or shrub from any grave- yard, or from any public or private grounds or who shall wantonly or maliciously injure or destroy any plant or shrub growing upon the land or in the building of another, or who shall poison the earth about such plant or shrub so as to prevent or injure the growth thereof " so that said section shall read as follows.
"Section 21. Every person who shall take and carry away without the consent of the owner thereof, any corn, grain, fruit or growing vegetable out of any field, garden or orchard, or shall maliciously root up cut down, or otherwise injure or destroy any tree, root fruit or vege- table growing in any garden, field, orchard, highway common or public square ; or who shall take and carry away, without the consent of the owner thereof, any cultivated plant tree or shrub from any graveyard, or from any public or private grounds or who shall wantonly or mali- ciously injure or destroy any plant or shrub growing upon the land or in the building of another, or who shall poison the earth about such plant or shrub so as to prevent or injure the growth thereof ; or who shall maliciously or wantonly in any way injure or deface any building not his own, or break the glass or any part of it in any such building ; or shall maliciously injure any fence on or enclosing lands not his own shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars ; and every justice court within the town shall have jurisdiction over either of the offences in this section mentioned, when- ever the value of the property taken or destroyed shall not exceed the sum of twenty dollars ; and may sentence the offender to imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or to be fined not exceeding twenty dollars." [Acts of General Assembly, Chapter 791. General Laws of 1882. Chapter 242, Section 22. Sec Act of April 26, 1892, and extract from Ed. of 1896, in effect February I.]
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[April 5, 1880.] No. 134. Resolution accepting gift of Thomas A. Millett, to the North Burial Ground Fund. ( Approved April 5, ISSO. )
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