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[Resolutions of the City Council No. ISO, ISS5.]
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[May 6, 1885.] No. 181. Resolution accepting the gift of Wil- liam Paisley to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved May 6, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of William Paisley, 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 Paisley, in said ground be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the William Paisley fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 181, 1885.]
[June 11, 1885.] In City Council. No. 238. Resolution to trans- fer the Thomas Grace North Burial Ground Fund to the Ferdinand Potter Fund. (Approved June 11, 1885. )
Resolved, That the fund known as the Thomas Grace fund, held in trust by the commissioners of the North Burial Ground for the care and preservation of the burial lot in said ground lately standing in the name of Thomas Grace, be hereafter known as the Ferdinand Potter fund, the income thereof to be applied to the care of said lot, which has been con- veyed by deed duly recorded from said Grace to said Ferdinand Potter. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 238, 1882.]
[June 8, 1885.] No. 252. Annual Report of the Commissioners of the North Burial Ground, upon the Receipts and Expenditures of the income from Trust Fund. (Presented June 8, 1885.)
City Council file, June 18, 1885.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 252, 1885.]
[June 8, 1885.] No. 253. Annual Report of the Commissioners of the North Burial Ground, upon the Trust Fund. (Presented June 8, 1885.)
City Council file, June 18, 1885
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 253, 1885.]
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June 20, 1885.] No. 272. Resolution accepting the Gift of Orra I. Angell to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Apprivel June 20, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Orra I. Angell, of the sum of one hin- Ired and fifty dollars, to the commissioners of the North Burial GroundI, 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 Angell, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Orra J. Angell fun 1. [Resolutions of the City Council Vo. 272, 1885.]
(June 20, 1885.] No. 273. Resolution accepting the Gift of William B. Cranston's heirs to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Ap- proved June 20, 1885. )
Resolved, That the gift of William B. Cranston's heirs, 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 said heirs, in said groon . be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the William B. C'ranston's heirs fund.
Resolutions of the City Council Vo. 273, 1885.]
June 20, 1885.] No. 274. Resolution accepting the Gift wot Ellen H. Cunliff to the North Burial Ground Fund. ( Approved Jane 20, 1885. )
Resolved, That the gift of Ellen H. Cunliff, of the sum of one bun- 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
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standing in the name of Joseph Cunliff in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Joseph Cunliff fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 274, 1885.]
[June 20, 1885.] No. 275. Resolution accepting the Gift of Peter Vennerbeck to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved June 20, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Peter Vennerbeck, 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 Vennerbeck, in said ground be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Peter Venner- beck fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 275, 1885.]
[July 8, 1885.] No. 304. Resolution accepting the Gift of Elizabeth B. Burt to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved July 8, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Elizabeth B. Burt, 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 Burt in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Elizabeth B. Burt fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 304, 1885.]
[July 8, 1885.] No. 305. Resolution accepting the Gift of Ann P. Wood to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved July 8, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Ann P. Wood of the sum of three 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
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of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the building lot stand- ing in the name of the heirs of Israel Amsbury, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the heirs of Israel Ams- bury fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 305, 1885.]
[September 12, 1885.] No. 400. Resolution accepting the Gift of Harriet A. Brownell to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved September 12, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Harriett A. Brownell, 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 heirs of Eleanor Field, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the heirs of Eleanor Field fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 400, 1885.]
[September 12, 1885.] No. 401. Resolution accepting the Gift of Alice Gartside to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved Sep- tember 12, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Alice Gartside, of the sum of two hun- dred 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 Alice, William 2d and Sarah A. Gartside and Frances Ramsey Gartside, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the heirs of Alice Gartside fund. [Resolutions of the City Council, No. 401, 1885.]
[September 12, 1885.] No. 402. Resolution accepting the Gift of Avis L. Harris, to the North Burial Ground Fund. ( Approved Sep- tember 12, 1885.)
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Resolved, That the gift of Avis L. Harris of the sum of six 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 Batez Harris, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Avis L. Harris fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 402, 1885.]
[September 12, 1885.] No. 403. Resolution accepting the Gift of Quincy Parker to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved Sep- tember 12, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Quincy Parker, 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 Parker in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Quincy Parker fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 403, 1885.]
[November 7, 1885.] No. 488. Resolution accepting the Gift of Charles I. Burlingame to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved November 7, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Charles I. Burlingame, 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 said Burlingame, in said ground be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Charles I. Burlingame fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 488, 1885.]
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[December 5, 1885.] No. 567. Resolution accepting the Gift of Mary C. Bragg to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved December 5, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Mary C. Bragg, 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 said Bragg, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Mary C. Bragg fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 567, 1885.]
[December 5, 1885.] No. 568. Resolution accepting the Gift of Robert Harris, Executor, to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Ap- proved December 5, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Robert Harris, 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 Nathaniel Cushing Harris, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Nathaniel Cushing Harris fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 568, ISS5.]
[December 5, 1885.] No. 569. Resolution accepting the Gift of Elizabeth Hitchen to the North Burial Ground Fund. ( Approved December 5, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Elizabeth Hitchen, 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
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the name of said Hitchen, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Elizabeth Hitchen fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 569, 1885.]
[December 5, 1885.] No. 570. Resolution accepting the Gift of Mary A. Penniman and Adin Alexander to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved December 5, 1885.)
Resolved, That the gift of Mary A. Penniman and Adin Alexander, of the sum of four 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 preserva- tion and care of the burial lot standing in the name of said Penniman and Alexander, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Penniman and Alexander fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 570, 1885.]
[January 2, 1886.] No. 607. Resolution accepting the Gift of Mary E. Peck to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved January 2, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Mary E. Peck, 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 said Peck in said ground, be and the same is hereby ac- cepted under the name of the Mary E. Peck fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 607, 1886.]
[February 1, 1886.] For the annual report of the Commissioners of the North Burial Ground for the year ending Dec. 31, 1885 see No. 63, resolutions of 1886 presented Feb. 1, 1886. Ordered printed Jan. 6, 1886. Resolutions No. 4.
[Resolutions of the City Council Nos. 4 ยง.63, 1886.]
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[February 20, 1886.] No. 71. Resolution accepting the Gift of William B. Crowell, Executor, Susan A. Williams and Alonzo Crowell to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved February 20, 1886. )
Resolved, That the gift of William B. Crowell, executor, Susan A. Williams and Alonzo Crowell, 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 Harrison G. Williams in said ground be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Harrison G. Williams fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 71, 1886.]
[April 19, 1886.] No. 142. Resolution accepting the Gift of Albert P. Hawkins to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved April 19, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Albert P. Hawkins, 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 Hawkins, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of Albert P. Hawkins fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 1.42, 1886.]
[April 19, 1886.] No. 143. Resolution accepting the Gift of Marie E. Luft, Executrix, to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Ap- proved April 19, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Marie E. Luft executrix, 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
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burial lot standing in the name of said Luft, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Marie E. Luft fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 143, 1886.]
[April 19, 1886.] No. 144. Resolution accepting the Gift of Esther H. Pierce and Elmira F. Pierce to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved April 19, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Esther H. Pierce and Elmira F. Pierce, of the sum of five 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 George A. Pierce and the heirs of William G. Pierce, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the George A. and Heirs of William G. Pierce fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 144, 1886.]
[April 19, 1886.] No. 145. Resolution accepting the Gift of Rufus Waterman, to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved April 19, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Rufus Waterman, of the sum of one hun- dred 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 one fourth of the burial lot standing in the name of John Barstow, Alexis Caswell, Freeman Foster and Richard Waterman, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Richard Water- man fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 145, 1886.]
[April 19, 1886.] No. 168. Resolution accepting the Gift of William Kenyon to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved April 19, 1886.)
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Resolved, That the gift of William Kenyon, 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 said Kenyon, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the William Kenyon fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 168, ISS6.]
[April 19, 1886.] No. 169. Resolution accepting the Gift of Amos Maker and Amanda A. Chatman to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved April 19, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Amos Maker and Amanda G. Chatman, of the sum of ninety 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 Maker and Chatman in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Maker and Chatman fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 169, 1886.]
[April 30, 1886.] Chapter 594. An Act in Amendment of Chapter 475 of the Public Laws, entitled "An Act Providing for the Burial of any Honorably Discharged Soldier or Sailor who shall here- after die without leaving means to defray necessary funeral expenses." It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows :
Section 1. Nothing in chapter 475 of the Public Laws passed at the January Session, 1885, shall be construed to require the town treas- urer of the town of Cranston to pay any money to meet the funeral expenses of, or the erection of any headstone for any person who shall have died at any of the state institutions in said Cranston, unless ad- mitted or committed from said town, but the treasurer of the town or city from which said person was admitted or from which he has been
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committed shall be liable for and shall pay the funeral expenses and for the erection of a headstone as provided in said chapter 475. [Acts of General Assembly, Jannary Session, 1886, page 174. Original act passed April 2, 1885. Amendment March 9, 1892. See extract from General Laros, Ed. of 1896, in effect February I.]
[May 24, 1886.] No. 241. Resolution accepting the Gift of Susan Moffitt to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved May 24, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Susan Moffitt of the sum of one hundred and 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 said Moffitt, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Susan Moffitt fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 241, 1886.]
[May 24, 1886.] No. 242. Resolution accepting the Gift of Mar- garet R. Pierce to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved May 24, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Margaret R. Pierce 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 said Pierce in said ground be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Margaret R. Pierce fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 242, 1886.]
[May 24, 1886.] No. 243. Resolution accepting the Gift of Sarah F. Atkinson to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved May 24, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Sarah F. Atkinson of the sum of one
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hundred and thirty 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 Atkinson, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Sarah F. Atkinson fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 243, 1886.]
[May 24, 1886.] No. 244. Resolution accepting the Gift of Mary A. Sherman to the North Burial Ground Fund. ( Approved May 24, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Mary A. Sherman 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 said Sherman, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Mary A. Sherman fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 244, 1886.]
[May 24, 1886.] No. 245. Resolution accepting the Gift of Lydia A. Cook to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Presented May * 24, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Lydia A. Cook 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 said Cook, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Lydia A. Cook fund. [ Resolutions of the City Council No. 2.45, 1886.]
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[Jitne 7, 1886.] No. 271. Report of the Joint Committee on North Burial Ground relative to Destruction of Trees in said Ground. (Presented June 7, 1886.)
To the Honorable the City Council of the City of Providence :
The joint committee on the North Burial Ground, to whom at the last regular meeting of the council was referred the resolution inquiring into the matter, of the destruction of trees in the North Burial Ground, report :
That they have consulted with the commissioners of the North Burial Ground as to their action in regard to such destruction, with the reasons therefor, and beg leave to present the statement of the com- missioners over their signatures with this report.
For the Committee,
Albert G. Carpenter, Chairman.
(COMMUNICATION.)
To Albert G. Carpenter, Esq., Chairman of Standing Committee on North Burial Ground :
Dear Sir: The undersigned commissioners of the North Burial ground herewith return to you the resolution offered in common council May 17, in relation to the destruction of trees in said ground.
In answer thereto we would say that it is and has been our constant endeavor in the management of the ground to avoid cutting down any healthy trees, unless it appeared to be absolutely necessary for the per- manent improvement of the ground.
In regard to the Ridge walk, so called, we would say that when we entered upon our duties as commissioners we found the beauty of said ridge walk as a whole absolutely and irretrievably destroyed by a large cutting which had previously been made through it, thereby separating the southern portion from the rest, and this southern portion was other- wise seriously mutilated.
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After carefully considering the matter, it was decided that the best thing to be done would be the entire removal of the said southern por- tion, thereby necessitating the cutting down of more or less trees.
Among other reasons which led to this conclusion was the fact that the city council had but recently refused to purchase a lot of land in the immediate vicinity of this part of the ground upon which was a large amount of sand urgently needed for filling purposes.
Finding, therefore, that the condition of the Ridge walk could not be improved by retaining this southern portion and that the material could be used very advantageously, the above mentioned course was decided upon.
In conclusion we would say that we earnestly invite inspection of our work by members of the city government, and we are confident that had the mover of this resolution made inquiry of either member of the commission a satisfactory explanation of our work could have been given.
Very respectfully, John W. Briggs, Gorham Thurber, Oren Westcott, Commissioners of the North Burial Ground.
Providence June 7, 1886.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 271, 1886.]
[June 7, 1886.] No. 272. Report of the Joint Committee on the North Burial Ground, relative to the Enlargement of the "Prescott Post Lot." (Presented June 7, 1886.) To the Honorable the City Council.
The joint standing committee on the North Burial ground, to whom on the 7th of September, 1885, was referred the message of the mayor relative to "soldiers or sailors buried in places used for the burial of paupers " report that they have given the matter full consideration and
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find that under the statute passed by the general assembly, at the May session, 1885, such bodies of honorably discharged soldiers or sailors as are buried in pauper ground must be removed therefrom.
There is a lot in the North Burial ground known as the " Prescott Post lot." It has been suggested that bodies above mentioned be buried therein ; but the present size of the lot, 40 x 60 feet, is none too large to hold the bodies of those that will eventually be buried therein by the different posts of the grand army of the republic.
Your Committee, therefore, recommend that the said " Prescott Post lot " be enlarged by annexing to it the present Police Association lot, giving the Police Association a lot nearer the French monument, in exchange.
The estimated cost of moving the monument on the Prescott Post lot, in order to bring it to the centre of said lot when enlarged, grading, turfing, etc., is four hundred and sixty dollars.
Your committee desire to express their thanks to the gentlemen of the Prescott Post and the Providence Police Association for their hearty co-operation in this matter.
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