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[Resolutions of the City Council, ISS4, page 212.]
[June 2, 1884.] No. 236. Resolution taking land known as the "Proprietor's Burial Ground," at the corner of Friendship and Beacon streets, for the purposes of a Public Park. ( Approved June 2, 1884.)
Resolved, That the following described land, viz. : beginning for the southeasterly corner, at a point in the westerly line of Plain street, 0.04 feet westerly from a stonebound ; thence northerly in the westerly line of Plain street 283.91 feet ; thence deflecting 92° 27' 30" westerly and running westerly in the southerly line of said Plain street 263.38 feet to Friendship street ; thence deflecting 36° 50' 20" southerly and run- ning southwesterly 71.72 feet to the southeasterly corner of Friendship street and Beacon street ; thence reflecting 50° 55' southerly and run- ning southerly in the easterly line of Beacon street 239.42 feet to a point 0.84 of a foot easterly of a stone bound ; thence deflecting 91° 58' 20" easterly and running easterly (ranging from said last men- tioned stone-bound to the first mentioned stone-bound) 317.96 feet to the point of beginning ; said tract contains 88,815 square feet of land, be, and the same is hereby taken by the city of Providence for the pur- pose of a public park, and that there be filed a description of said land with a statement that the same is taken pursuant to the provisions of an act passed by the general assembly, May 2d, 1884 ; said description and statement to be signed by his honor the mayor of said city of Providence, in the office of the recorder of deeds of said city. \Resolutions of the City Council No. 236, 1884.]
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[May 22, 1884.] No. 237. Report of the Street Committee upon Building and Grading North Main Street, from Sexton Street to Come- tery Street. (Presented May 22, 1884. )
To the Honorable the City Council of the City of Providence :
The street committee to whom was referred December 6, 1883, by the board of aldermen, "an ordinance relative to the removal of the tence at the North Burial Ground, and also for building and grading North Main street from Sexton street to Cemetery street," report :
That upon a careful consideration of the matter they are of the opinion that some action must be taken by the city council, which will cause North Main street to be put in proper condition for safe and con- venient travel thereon.
By an agreement made with the Randall heirs, September 8, 1881, the city consented to widen North Main street, and in conformity there- with, the board of aldermen proceeded to lay out said street from Sexton street to the old city line, of an uniform width of ninety-nine feet, the report of the committee thereon being received and ordered recorded April 20, 1882. The westerly line of said street, by the lay-out came upon land enclosed by the easterly fence of the North Burial Ground, thus leaving trees and other obstructions within the street.
The ordinance under consideration by the committee provided for the removal of the fence above referred to, but the committee deemed such a provision in the ordinance unnecessary as the power was vested in the board of aldermen to cause all the obstructions within the lines of the street to be removed, and therefore recommended to said board that a warrant issue for such removal, action thereon being taken, April 17th, 1884.
To remove these obstructions before it was determined what is to be done with the roadway, will leave the highway on the westerly side impassable and consequently dangerous to public travel, and it is under - stood by the committee that the commissioners of the North Bunal
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Ground, with whom arrangements have been made to reset the fence now standing in the street, that they cannot without great expense and detriment to the burial ground, do any work before the city council has taken further action.
Accompanying the ordinance referred to the committee was an esti- mate of the city engineer, dated January 27, 1883, in which he estimates the cost of moving the fence and grading and building the street at $ 16,667.01, which contemplated the building of a boulevard and park in the centre of the street.
The committee have deemed it better to build a roadway, as is cus- tomary in other streets, although the first cost thereof will be a trifle more than the first estimate, but will accommodate much better the great amount of travel passing over said highway.
The estimate of the engineer's department allowing the use of the whole roadway between the curbs for traffic is seventeen thousand, six hundred dollars.
Your committee therefore recommend non-concurrence with the common council upon the ordinance which was referred, and the passage for the accompanying substitute.
Respectfully submitted, For the Committee, Geo. E. Martin, Chairman.
(See No. 334 current series.) [Resolutions of the City Council No. 237, 1884.]
[June 5, 1884.] No. 264. Resolution accepting the Gift of Charles A. Gamwell, to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved June 5, 1884.)
Resolved, That the gift of Charles A. Gamwell, of the sum of eighty- four dollars to the commissioners of the North Burial Ground, in trust, the income thereof to be applied under the provisions of chapter 367 of
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the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of said Gamwell, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Charles A. Gamwell fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 264, 1884.]
[June 5, 1884.] No. 265. Resolution accepting the Gift of Sarah A. Harris and Martha A. Paine to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved June 5, 1884.)
Resolved, That the gift of Sarah A. Harris and Martha A. Paine, of the sum of three 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 Elisha Smith, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Elisha Smith fund.
Resolutions of the City Council No. 265, 1884.]
[June 5, 1884.] No. 266. Resolution accepting the Gift of Conrad Keller and Bradley M. Graffam to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved June 5, 1884.)
Resolved, That the gift of Conrad Keller and Bradley M. Graffam, of the sum of one hundred and forty 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 preserva- tion and care of the burial lot standing in the name of said Keller and Graffam, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Keller and Graffam fund.
[ Resolutions of the City Council No. 266, ISS4.]
[June 16, 1884.] No. 300. Annual Report of the Commis- stoners of the North Burial Ground upon the Receipts and Expenditures of the Trust Funds. (Presented June 16, 1884.)
City Council file, June 26, 1884.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 300, ISS44. ]
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[June 16, 1884.] No. 301. Annual Report of the Commis- sioners of the North Burial Ground, upon the Trust Fund. ( Presented June 16, 1884.0)
City Council file, June 26, 1884.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 301, 1884.]
[June 28, 1884.] No. 311. Resolution accepting the Gift of James M. Cross, Administrator to the North Burial Ground Fund. ( Approved June 28, 1884.)
Resolved, That the gift of James M. Cross, administrator, 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 Edward S. Lyon, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of Edward S. Lyon fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 311, 1884.]
| August 7, 1884.] No. 374. Resolution Authorizing the City Treasurer to Purchase a certain Lot in the North Burial Ground. (Passed in Common Council, May 19, 1884. Passed in Board of Alder- men, July 17, 1884. Became a law upon the adjournment of the Com- mon Council August 7, 1884.)
Resolved, That the city treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized to purchase a lot in the north burial ground numbered 68, group 22, containing three hundred and twenty square feet of land, at a price not exceeding twenty cents per square foot ; and that the expense thereof be charged to the north burial ground sinking fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 374, 18844.]
[September 16, 1884.] No. 430. Resolution accepting the gift of Jno. Alexander Beall to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved September 16, 1884.)
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Resolved, That the gift of Jno. Alexander Beall, of the sum of one hundred and 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 John G. Burrough in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the John G. Bur- rough fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 430, 1884.]
[September 16, 1884.] No. 431. Resolution accepting the gift of John W. Greene, Administrator, to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved September 16, 1884.)
Resolved, That the gift of John W. Greene, administrator, of the sum of one hundred and fifty 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 William F. Greene, in said ground be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the William F. Greene fund.
Resolutions of the City Council No. 431, 1884.]
September 16, 1884.] No. 432. Resolution accepting the gift ol Emanuel Rawcliffe to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved September 16, 1884.)
Resolved, That the gift of Emanuel Rawcliffe, of the sum of one hundred and 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 said Rawcliffe, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Emanuel Rawcliffe fund.
Resolutions of the City Council No. 432, ISS4.]
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[September 16, 1884.] No. 433. Resolution accepting the gift of Mary Steere to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved Sep- tember 16, 1884.)
Resolved, That the gift of Mary Steere, of the sum of one hundred and forty 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 Steere, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Mary Steere fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 433, 1884.]
[September 16, 1884.] No. 434. Resolution accepting the gift of W. I. Williams, Executor, to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Ap- proved September 16, 1884.)
Resolved, That the gift of W. I. Williams, executor of the sum of one hundred and 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 Samuel R. Williams in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Samuel R. Williams fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 434, 1884.]
[October 23, 1884.] No. 508. Resolution accepting the Gift of Brown S. Wood to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved Octo- ber 23, 1884. )
Resolved, That the gift of Brown S. Wood of the sum of two hun- dred and sixteen 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 Wood, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Brown S. Wood fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 508, 1884.]
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[December 9, 1884.] No. 571. Resolution accepting the Gift of Almira Durfee to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved Decem- ber 9, 1884.)
Resolved, That the gift of Almira Durfee of the sum of one hun- dred and 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 the said Durfee, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Almira Durfee fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 571, 188.4.]
December 9, 1884.] No. 572. Resolution accepting the Gift of Harriet Seagrave, to the North Burial Ground Fund. ( Approved December 9, 1884.)
Resolved, That the gift of Harriet Seagrave of the sum of one hun- (red and twenty-five 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 Seagrave, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Harriet Seagrave fund.
Resolutions of the City Council No. 572, 1884.]
(January 19, 1885.] No. 31. Resolution accepting the Gift of W. II. Crins and C. R. Drown, Executors, to the North Burial Ground Fund. ( Approved January 19, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of W. H. Crins and C. R. Drown, executors of the estate of Marcy Gorham, of the sum of one hundred and 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
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the name of said executors, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Marcy Gorham fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 31, 1885.]
[January 19, 1885.] No. 32. Resolution accepting the Gift of Elizabeth Mabbett to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved January 19, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Elizabeth Mabbett of the sum of seventy- five 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 Mabbett, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Elizabeth Mabbett Fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 32, 1885.]
[January 19, 1885.] No. 33. Resolution accepting the Gift of Alfred Sherman, Executor, to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Ap- proved January 19, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Alfred Sherman, 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 monument on the lot standing in the name of George J. Sherman, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the George J. Sher- man fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 33, 1885.]
[January 26, 1885.] For the annual report of the Commissioners of the North Burial Ground for the year ending Dec. 31, 1884 see No. 36 Resolutions of 1885 Presented Jan. 26, 1885 Ordered printed Jan. 8, 1885 Resolution No. 4.
[Resolutions of the City Council Nos. 4 8. 36, 1885.]
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[February 8, 1885.] No. 48. Resolution accepting the Gift of Charles F. Irons, to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved February 3, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Charles F. Irons 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 Charlotte Irons, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Charlotte Irons fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 48, 1885.]
[February 24, 1885.] No. 74. Resolution accepting the Gift of Ithiel T. Davis to the North Burial Ground Fund. ( Approved Feb- ruary 24, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Ithiel T. 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 stand- ing in the name of said Davis, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Ithiel T. Davis fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 74, 1885.]
[April 2, 1885.] Chapter 475. An Act Providing for the Burial of any Honorably Discharged Soldier or Sailor who shall Hereafter Die without leaving Means to Defray Necessary Funeral Expenses. It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows :
Section 1. Whenever any person who served in the army, navy, or marine corps of the United States during the late war, and was honor- ably discharged therefrom, shall die within this state, without leaving means sufficient to defray necessary funeral expenses, he shall be buried and the expenses thereof paid in the manner hereafter provided.
Section 2. The town council of any town and the board of aller-
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men of any city shall annually designate some proper person other than those designated by law for the care of paupers or the custody of crim- inals, who shall cause to be interred the body of any honorably dis- charged soldier, sailor or marine who served in the late war and received an honorable discharge and who may not have left sufficient means to pay his funeral expenses, and in case the deceased has relatives or friends who desire to conduct the burial and who are unable or unwilling to pay the charge thereof they shall be allowed to conduct the funeral, and the cost of said interment shall be paid to them or their represen- tatives by the town or city treasurer upon due proof : Provided, how- ever, that the whole expense of such funeral shall not in any one case exceed the sum of thirty five dollars.
Sec. 3. Any interment provided for by the provisions of this act shall not be made in any cemetery or plot used exclusively for the pauper dead, and if any such deceased honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine may have already died and been buried in any place , used exclusively for the burial of paupers, they shall be removed there- from as soon as may be, after the attention of the town or city council within whose limits such person may have been buried, shall have been called thereto.
Sec. 4. The grave of any deceased soldier, sailor or marine, who may be buried under the provisions of this act, shall be marked by a headstone containing the name of the deceased, and, if possible, the organization to which he belonged or in which he served; such head- stone shall cost not more than fifteen dollars, and the expense of such headstore and burial shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the town or city in which the said soldier, sailor, or marine may have died.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect immediately. [Acts of General Assembly, January Session, 1885, page 136. Amendments passed April 30, 1886 and March 9, 1892. See also General Laws, Ed. of 1896, in effect February 1, 1896.]
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[April 6, 1885.] No. 127. Resolution accepting the Gift of John C. Fluhrer's heirs to the North Burial Ground Fund. ( Approved April 6, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of the heirs of John C. Fluhrer of the sum of one hundred and 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 said heirs, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the John C. Fluhrer fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 127, 1885.]
[April 6, 1885.] No. 128. Resolution accepting the Gift of Abraham H. Granger to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved April 6, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Abraham H. Granger of the sum of seventy-five 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 Granger, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Abraham H. Granger fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 128, 1885.]
[April 6, 1885.] No. 129. Resolution accepting the Gift ot David Prew to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved April 6. 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of David Prew of the sum of seventy-five 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 the said David Prew, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the David Prew fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 129, 1885.]
[April 20, 1885.] No. 155. Resolution accepting the Gift of Rebecca B. Danforth to the North Burial Ground. (Approved April 20, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Rebecca B. Danforth of the sum of one hundred and 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 the said Danforth, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Rebecca B. Danforth fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 155, 1885.]
[April 20, 1885.] No. 156. Resolution accepting the Gift of Samuel Dyson and George Hemingway to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved April 20, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Samuel Dyson and George Hemingway of the sum of one hundred and 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 names of said Dyson and Heming- way, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Dyson and Hemingway fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 156, 1885.]
[April 20, 1885.] No. 157. Resolution accepting the Gift of Harriet A. Taft to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved April 20, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Harriet A. Taft of the sum of five hun-
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dred dollars, 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 the heirs of Oliver Earle and John A. Taft, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Earle and Taft fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 157, 1885.]
[ May 6, 1885.] No. 179. Resolution accepting the Gift of Wil- liam H. Evans to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved May 6, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of William H. Evans of the sum of seventy- five 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 stand- ing in the name of said Evans, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the William H. Evans fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 179, ISS5.]
[May 6, 1885.] No. 180. Resolution accepting the Gift of Caro- line E. Makepeace to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved May 6, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Caroline E. Makepeace, of the sum of one hundred and 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 said Makepeace, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Caroline E. Makepeace fund.
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