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Respectfully submitted, Albert G. Carpenter, Chairman. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 272, 1886.]
[June 28, 1886.] No. 273. Resolution Authorizing the Com- missioners of the North Burial Ground to Enlarge the "Prescott Post Lot." (Approved June 28, 1886.)
Resolved, That the commissioners of the North Burial Ground are hereby authorized to increase the size of the Prescott Post lot, so called according to the plans of the city engineer, which includes an exchange of lots with the Providence Police Association ; the expense of the same provided it is not over five hundred dollars, to be paid out of the appro- priation for contingencies, and the said commissioners shall cause to be
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buried in the Prescott Post lot, when so enlarged, all the bodies of hon- orably discharged soldiers and sailors, now interred in pauper ground. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 273, 1886.]
[June 28, 1886.] No. 277. Resolution accepting the Gift of Fannie Christie to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved June 28, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Fannie Christie, 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 ing in the name of heirs of William Christie, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the heirs of William Christie fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 277, 1886.]
[June 28, 1886.] No. 278. Resolution Accepting the Gift of Harriet M. Gardner to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved June 28, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Harriet M. Gardner, 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 said Gardner, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Harriet M. Gardner fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 278, 1886.]
[June 28, 1886.] No. 279. Resolution accepting the Gift of Ann E. Merrill to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved June 28, 1886.)
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Resolved, That the gift of Ann E. Merrill, of the sum of one 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 said Merrill, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of Ann E. Merrill fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 279, 1886.]
[June 28, 1886.] No. 280. Resolution Accepting the Gift of Jane B. Tilley, Executrix to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Ap- proved June 28, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Jane B. Tilley, executrix 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 provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of William J. Tilley, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the William J. Tilley fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 280, 1886.]
[June 28, 1886.] No. 304. Annual Report of the Commissioners of the North Burial Ground upon the Receipts and Expenditures of the Trust Fund. (Presented June 28, 1886.)
City Council file, July 1, 1886.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 304, 1886.]
[June 28, 1886.] No. 305. Annual Report of the Commissioners of the North Burial Ground upon the Trust Funds. ( Presented June 28, 1886.)
City Council file, July 1, 1886.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 305, 1886.]
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[July 3, 1886.] No. 313. Resolution Accepting the Gitt of Executors of Will of Charlotte R. Goddard, to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved July 3, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of executors of the will of Charlotte R. Goddard, 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 provisions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preserva- tion and care of the burial lot standing in the name of Mary A. God- dard, in said ground be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Charlotte R. Goddard fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 313, 1886.]
[July 3, 1886.] No. 314. Resolution Accepting the Gift of James M. Holroyd, to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved July 3, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of James M. Holroyd, of the sum of three hundred and seventy-five 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 Holroyd, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the James M. Holroyd fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 314, 1886.]
[July 17, 1886.] No. 342. Resolution Accepting the Gift of Benjamin Brown to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved July 17, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Benjamin Brown, of the sum of one hun- dred 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
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burial lot standing in the name of the said Brown in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Benjamin Brown fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 342, 1886.]
[July 17, 1886.] No. 343. Resolution accepting the Gift of Lucy Ann Butts to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved July 17, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Lucy Ann Butts, 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 said Butts, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Lucy Ann Butts fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 343, 1886.]
[July 17, 1886.] No. 344. Resolution Accepting the Gift of Elizabeth A. Gammell and Hope B. Russell to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved July 17, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Elizabeth A. Gammell and Hope B. Russell, 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 pro- visions of chapter 367 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of said Gammell and Russell, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Gammell and Russell fund. .
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 344, 1886.]
[July 17, 1886.] No. 345. Resolution Accepting the Gift of B. B. Hammond and M. G. Gladding, Executors to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved July 17, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of B. B. Hammond and M. A. Gladding,
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executors, of the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars, to the commis- sioners 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 four burial lots standing in the name of R. M. Gladding, George F. and B. H. Gladding, Florence Mahoney and Wil- liam E. Jillson, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Gladding Mahoney and Jillson fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 345, 1886.]
[July 17, 1886.] No. 346. Resolution Accepting the Gift of Mary A. Soule to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved July 17, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Mary A. Soule, 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 Mary A. Soule, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of Mary A. Soule fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 346, 1886.]
[September 17. 1886.] No. 410. Resolution Accepting the Gift of Hannah Pope to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved Sep- tember 17, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Hannah Pope, of the sum of one hundred 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 William Pope, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the William Pope fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 410, 1886.]
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[September 17, 1886.] No. 411. Resolution Accepting the Gift of Anna P. Smith to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved Sep- tember 17, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Anna P. Smith, of the sum of two 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 Catherine James, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Catherine James fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. JI1, 1886.]
[September 17, 1886.] No. 412. Resolution Accepting the Gift of Sidney Mcknight to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved September 17, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Sidney Mcknight, 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 said McKnight, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Sidney Mcknight fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 412, 1886.]
[September 17, 1886.] No. 413. Resolution Accepting the Gift of George T. Paine Administrator, to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved September 17, ISS6.)
Resolved, That the gift of George T. Paine 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 Rosina Greenwood and John
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Curtis, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Greenwood and Curtis fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 413, 1886.]
[September 17, 1886.] No. 414. Resolution Accepting the Gift of Edward D. Williams to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved September 17, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Edward D. Williams, 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 Williams in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Edward D. Williams fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 414, 1886.]
[September 17, 1886.] No. 415. Resolution Accepting the Gift of Robert P. Williams to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved September 17, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Robert P. Williams, 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 Williams, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Robert P. Williams fund. [Resolutions of the City Council, No. 415, 1886.]
[October 2, 1886.] No. 429. Resolution Authorizing the City Treasurer to Purchase a Lot in the North Burial Ground. (Approved October 2, 1886. )
Resolved, That the city treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to
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purchase of the owners, lot number one hundred and seventy-two, group number twelve, for a sum not exceeding twenty-four dollars, and charge the same to the North Burial Ground Sinking Fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 429, 1886.]
[October 25, 1886.] No. 477. Resolution Accepting the Gift of Robert H. Lee to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved Octo- ber 25, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Robert H. Lee, 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 of the public laws, to the preservation and care of the burial lot standing in the name of said Lee, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Robert H. Lee fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 477, 1886.]
[October 25, 1886.] No. 478. Resolution accepting the Gift of Abby F. Sessions, Administratrix, to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved October 25, 1886.)'
Resolved, That the gift of Abby F. Sessions, administratrix, 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 Thomas Sessions, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Thomas Ses- sions fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council Vo. 478, 1886.]
[October 25, 1886.] No. 479. Resolution accepting the Gift of Emily A. Hopkins to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved October 25, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Emily A. Hopkins, of the sum of seventy-
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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 Hopkins, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Emily A. Hopkins fund. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 479, 1886.]
[October 25, 1886.] No. 480. Resolution accepting the Gift of William C. Hammond and Simeon M. Pike to the North Burial Ground Fund. ( Approved October 25, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of William C. Hammond and Simeon M. Pike 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 preserva- tion and care of the burial lot standing in the name of said Hammond and Pike, in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the Hammond and Pike fund.
Resolutions of the City Council No. 480, 1886.]
[December 7, 1886.] Chapter CCCXXXIV. No. 536. An Ordinance Providing for the Perpetual Care of the Prescott Post Lot in the North Burial Ground. (Approved December 7, 1886.)
It is ordained by the City Council of the City of Providence as follows :
Section 1. The commissioners of the North Burial Ground are hereby directed to have perpetual care taken of the Prescott Post lot in the North burying ground.
Sec. 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent here- with are hereby repealed.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 536, 1886.]
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[December 31, 1886.] No. 578. Resolution Granting Permis- sion to the North Burial Ground Commissioners to lay a Railway Track Across North Grove Street. (Approved December 31, 1886.)
Resolved, That the commissioners of the North Burial ground are hereby given permission to construct a temporary railway across North Grove street, in order to facilitate the transportation of sand and gravel to be used in filling and grading in the North burial Ground. [Resolutions of the City Council No. 578, 1886.]
[December 31, 1886.] No. 579. Resolution Accepting the Gift of Mary R. Beattie to the North Burial Ground Fund. (Approved December 31, 1886.)
Resolved, That the gift of Mary R. Beattie 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 the south half of the burial lot standing in the names of Walter and John Beattie in said ground, be and the same is hereby accepted under the name of the John Beattie fund.
[Resolutions of the City Council No. 579, 1886.]
[January 1, 1887.] Ordinances of 1887. Chapter VII. Burial Grounds.
Section 1. The North Burial Ground estate, as the same now is or hereafter may be constituted by any purchases to be made by the city of Providence or other parties, or any donations for and on behalf thereof, and the Hopkins Burial Ground, being the lot of land conveyed to the town of North Providence by Admiral Ezek Hopkins, by deed recorded in the record of deeds in said town in book of deeds 2, page 377, shall be under the care, control and direction of the commissioners of the North Burial Ground and of the superintendent of the North Burial Ground ; and said superintendent shall give his personal care,
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services and attendance to the protection, maintenance, improvement and proper use of the grounds within said estates, and to maintaining and enforcing all ordinances and regulations applicable thereto under the direction of said commissioners.
Sec. 2. The said commissioners shall exercise a general supervision over said burial grounds, see that all ordinances, regulations and resolu- tions of the city council in relation thereto are duly enforced, and do all acts necessary and proper for the improvement and protection of the grounds, avenues and fences thereof. Said commissioners shall annually, in the month of January make a report to the city council of the condi- tion of the said burial grounds, which report shall contain an accurate detailed account of all moneys expended by said commissioners, in pur- suance of the authority given by this chapter, and the general purposes of such expenditure ; and also such other information as said commis- sioners shall deem expedient.
Sec. 3. The said commissioners are authorized to purchase such horses, cattle, carts and other vehicles, and all such tools and imple- ments as may be necessary for the proper care and management of said burial grounds ; and all such property, so purchased, shall belong to the city of Providence. The said commissioners are also authorized to em- ploy such workmen as they may deem necessary in laying out and caring for said burial grounds, and in keeping the lots, fences, monu- ments and avenues therein in proper order, and in doing such new work as they may contract to perform.
Sec. 4. All rents collected from said burial grounds, all fees or rewards of any kind derived therefrom, paid to the superintendent of said burial grounds, or to any other person, and all income of whatever description derived from said burial grounds, shall be paid to the city treasurer of the city of Providence, and together with the sums received from the sale of lots in said burial grounds, less five cents per square foot for every square foot of land sold in said burial grounds, shall con-
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stitute the North Burial Ground improvement fund. Said five cents per square foot not going to constitute the said North Burial Ground improvement fund, is hereby appropriated as a sinking fund for the extinguishment of any indebtedness of the city already contracted, or which may hereafter be contracted, principal or interest, on account of the purchase of land for said burial grounds.
Sec. 5. Said commissioners are authorized to expend said North Burial Ground improvement fund each year, in the payment of salaries and in the improvement and protection of the grounds, avenues and and fences of said burial grounds ; and the city treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same from time to time upon the order of said com- missioners.
Sec. 6. The said commissioners are authorized to appoint one of their own number treasurer, who shall keep all books and accounts, which it may be necessary for said commissioners to have kept, relating to said burial grounds, draw all drafts upon the city treasurer for all moneys over which said commissioners have the control, and make up and render all reports required to be made and rendered by said com- missioners. The said treasurer shall receive an annual salary of three hundred dollars, payable quarterly from said North Burial Ground im- provement fund.
Sec. 7. The superintendent of the North Burial Ground shall be appointed by the commissioners of the North Burial Ground, and shall hold his office during the pleasure of said commissioners. He shall perform such duties, in addition to those prescribed by the ordinances of the city, as said commissioners shall require, and shall receive such salary as said commissioners shall determine, not exceeding fifteen hun- dred dollars per annum payable quarterly, from the said North Burial Ground Improvement fund, in addition to house and garden rent.
Sec. S. The superintendent shall keep a record, in a book to be appropriated to that special purpose, of all burials which are made in
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the said burial grounds, stating the name, residence, occupation, age, the date and, as near as may be, the place of interment, of each person buried with any other circumstances which said commissioners shall direct.
Sec. 9. The superintendent under the direction of said commis- sioners, shall keep the fences around the said burial grounds in proper repair, and the gates thereof locked ; he shall report to the chief of police every violation of this chapter, as soon as may be, that the same may be prosecuted ; and he shall act in conformity with the directions of said commissioners, in all cases not otherwise specially provided for.
Sec. 10. The superintendent shall receive the fees for digging all graves dug in the said burial grounds, being the sum usually charged for such service ; and also the sum of one dollar for assisting in select- ing and for marking out and granting a certificate for a deed of each lot in said burial grounds,- said fees to be paid by the parties for whom the service is rendered,-and also the sum of twenty-five cents for every other certificate which he may give in his official capacity, and shall pay on the first Monday of each month all such fees into the city treasury.
Sec. 11. The superintendent shall keep an exact account of all fees received by him in pursuance of the provisions of this chapter, and shall on the first Monday of each month transmit a copy of the same to the city treasurer and to the treasurer of the commissioners of the North Burial Ground.
Sec. 12. No person shall take up, hold or own any lot within said burial grounds, except for the purpose of using the same in good faith for a burying lot ; nor shall any transfer or sale of any lot therein be made without leave first had and obtained in writing from said commis- sioners.
Sec. 13. No person shall remove any stake, post, bound or fence placed around, within or upon said grounds, under the direction or per-
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mission of said commissioners or of the superintendent, ror mutilate, deface or injure the same, or any monument, tree, shrub or other thing intended for protection, improvement or ornament placed therein, nor commit any trespass or injury within or upon said ground or any part thereof.
Sec. 14. No person shall erect or build any vault or tomb within the limits of said burial grounds, nor inclose any part or portion thereof, without leave first had and obtained from said commissioners, which. leave shall be first certified by said commissioners to the superintendent of said ground ; and no person shall rent or let for money or other valu- able consideration, or permit to be let or occupied for money or other valuable consideration, any tomb or vault or any place or apartment therein, within the limits of the North Burial Ground, without leave first had and obtained in writing from said commissioners.
Sec. 15. No grave shall be dug, nor any body buried in or upon any avenue, path or passage-way in the said burial grounds ; and any body so buried shall be removed by the superintendent or by said commissioners, at the expense of the person or persons burying or procuring the same to be buried.
Sec. 16. No grave shall be dug, nor any body buried within said burial grounds, excepting in and upon lots of proprietors, unless the place of such grave or burial be located under the direction of said superintendent or of said commissioners.
Sec. 17. Any person who shall dig or commence or attempt to dig any grave in said burial grounds, except by authority of the superin- tendent, shall pay a fine of five dollars for each offence.
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