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Passed December 14 1840.
[City Council Records No. 2, pages 16 ยง17.]
[February 22, 1841.] Upon the several petitions of Josiah Bar- ney Jonah Steere John Atkinson and Charles H. Handy requesting leave to fence in and enclose Burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burial Ground it is Resolved that the same be received and the prayers thereof granted and that said petitioners be and they are hereby severally authorized to fence in and enclose such lots for such purpose Provided the same be done under the direction of the Overseer of the North Burial Ground with the sanction of the Mayor and provided the several privileges hereby granted shall be sub- ject to all future regulations of the City Council in relation thereto and shall Continue during the pleasure of the City Council and no longer.
Passed Feb 22 1841.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 23.]
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[May 10, 1841.] To the City Council of the City of Providence The Surveyor of Highways respectfully reports That as directed by the Resolution of the City Council passed May 13 1839 he has caused the portion of the North Burial Ground lying South of the fence to be levelled and graded so far as seemed to be expedient considering the Elevation of the adjacent Streets and that he has expended on said work one hundred ninety six dollars.
That the lot has not been brought by the labor done to a perfectly uniform grade to do which would require a large Expenditure both upon the lot and the Streets ; And that acting with the advice of the Mayor he has suspended operations for the present and respectfully submits this report of what has been done.
Providence May 10 1841
H. G. Mumford Surveyor.
Read whereupon it is Resolved that the same be received
Passed May 10 1841. . [City Council Records No. 2, page 32.]
[May 10, 1841.] Upon the several petitions of David W. Barney Benjamin Priest Harriet Hazard John F. Jolls George A. Lummus & John A. Wadsworth requesting leave to fence in and enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burial Ground it is Resolved that the same be received and the Prayers thereof granted and that said petitioners be and they are hereby severally authorized to fence in and enclose such lots for such purpose ; provided the same be done under the direction of the Overseer of the North burial ground with the sanction of the Mayor and provided that the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to the future regula- tions of the City Council in relation thereto and shall Continue during the pleasure of the City Council and no longer.
Passed May 10 1841.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 33.]
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[June 15, 1841.] Upon the several petitions of Barker T. Yer- rington John McPhail Arba B. Dike and James Mumford requesting leave to fence in and enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burial Ground It is Resolved that the prayers of said petitioners be severally granted and that said petitioners be and they are hereby severally authorized to fence in and enclose such lots for such purpose provided the same be done under the direction of the Overseer of the North Burial Ground with the sanction of the Mayor & provided that the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to all future regulations of the City Council in relation thereto and shall Continue during the pleasure of the City Council and no longer.
Passed June 15 1841.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 58.]
[September 13, 1841.] Upon the Report of the Committee to whom was referred the petition of Warren Batcheller respecting the triangular piece of the City's land lying South of the North Burial ground it is Resolved that the same be received and that the Standing Committee on Highways be and they are hereby authorized and directed to Cause said land to be graded, enclosed with a suitable fence and walks to be laid and trees planted therein whenever the sum of six hundred dollars shall have been raised by subscription and paid into the hands of said Committee towards defraying the expense thereof And that the sum of six hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appro- priated for the payment of the residue of such expense to be paid by the City Treasurer to the Chairman of said Committee out of any money in the City Treasury not otherwise appropriated whenever the said first named sum shall have been paid over to said Committee.
Passed Sept. 13, 1841.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 68.]
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[October 11, 1841.] Upon the several petitions of George B. Jastram & John A. Jastram and of Martin Bailey & Ase Howard and of Mary Arnold George M. Richmond John Gladding Elizabeth G. Chandler Amey Shin Arnold and Nathan B. Hall requesting leave to fence in and enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burial Ground it is Resolved that the prayers thereof be severally granted and that said petitioners be and they are hereby sev- erally authorized to fence in and enclose such lots for such purpose provided the same be done under the direction of the Overseer of the North Burial Ground with the sanction of the Mayor and provided that the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to all future regu- lations of the City Council in relation thereto and shall Continue during the pleasure of the City Council and no longer.
Passed Octob. 1I, 1841.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 72.]
[January 10, 1842.] The Committee on City Property to whom was referred the petition of Henry J. Duff Patrick Healy Patrick Ham- mell & others praying for a grant as a Donation to the Catholics of this City a portion of the North burial ground for their use exclusively.
Respectfully Report that they have Considered the subject and have come to the conclusion that the City does not possess the right & there- fore Cannot grant as a donation to any Society whatever for their use exclusively any portion of the said burial ground. They therefore report against granting the prayers of said Petition.
For the Committee.
Providence Jany 10th 1842 Jas E. Butts Chn.
Read whereupon it is Resolved that the same be received and that the Petitioners named therein have leave to withdraw their petition.
Passed January 10 1842.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 75.]
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[April 6, 1842.] Upon the several petitions of Celindia W. Dennis Elias Stoyles William Mitchell Welcome Angell and Nicholas Easton severally requesting leave to fence in and enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the north burial Ground it is Resolved That the prayers thereof be and the same are hereby granted and that said petitioners be and they are hereby severally authorized to fence in and enclose such lots for such purpose provided the same be done under the direction of the Overseer of the North Burial Ground with the sanction of the Mayor and provided that the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to all future regulations of the City Council in relation thereto and shall Continue during the pleasure of the City Council & no longer.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 78.]
Passed April 6th 1842.
[April 19, 1842.] Upon the several petitions of John Donley & Thomas W. Foley requesting leave to fence in and enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burial Ground it is Resolved that the prayers thereof be severally granted & that said peti- tioners be & they are herewith severally authorized to fence in & enclose such lots for such purpose provided the same be done under the direc- tion of the overseer of the North Burial Ground with the sanction of the Mayor and provided that the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to all future regulations of the City Council in relation thereto and shall Continue during the pleasure of the City Council & no longer.
Passed April 19th 1842.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 78.]
[May 10, 1842.] An Ordinance in addition to an Ordinance in relation to the interment of the dead.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Providence as follows viz .-
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Section 1. Whenever any person shall die in this City it shall be the duty of the Physician attending in his or her last sickness to leave within forty-eight hours after the death, at the last residence of such deceased person a certificate stating the disease or accident which caused his or her death which certificate shall be delivered to the Undertaker who may conduct the funeral of such deceased .-
Section 2. No Undertaker or other person shall bury the body of any person dying in this city without first enquiring for the certificate of the physician as aforesaid, and if no such certificate can be procured the undertaker or person directing the funeral shall within three days after such funeral report the want of the certificate to the City Clerk, and the undertaker shall with their monthly returns deliver the physi- cians certificate to the City Clerk.
Section 3. Every Physician omitting or neglecting to leave such certificate as aforesaid and every undertaker or other person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall forfeit & pay the sum of five dollars for such offence to be recovered for the use of the City before any court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall go into operation on the first day of July next.
Passed May 10 1842.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 80.]
[May 10, 1842.] An Ordinance in addition to an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance in relation to the interment of the dead "
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Providence as follows, to wit.
Section 1. No Undertaker or other person shall hereafter bury or cause to be buried the body of any deceased person except in such grounds as are now known and used as burying grounds or such as shall hereafter be by the City Council designated as burying grounds & authorized to be used as such-
THOMAS MACKIE
. . .. .
MED DET AYNI WHITELEY
Monument to THOMAS MACKIE BURGESS Mayor of Providence 1841-1852
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Section 2. Every person so offending shall forfeit & pay for every offence the sum of Forty dollars to & for the use of the City to be sued for & recovered in an action of debt in the name of the City Treasurer before the proper Court to try the same -
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be published for three weeks in the Providence Journal the Manufacturers & Farmers Journal & the Independent Inquirer .-
Passed May 10 1842.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 80.]
[August 29, 1842.] Upon the several petitions of George J. Harris James E. Budlong Elizabeth Bridgham requesting leave to fence in and enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burial Ground it is Resolved that the prayers thereof be granted and that the said petitioners be and they are hereby severally authorized to enclose such lots for such purpose provided the same be done under the direction of the overseer of the North Burial Ground with the sanc- tion of the Mayor and provided that the several privileges hereby granted be subject to all future regulations of the City Council in rela- tion thereto & shall Continue during the pleasure of the City Council & no longer .-
Passed August 29 1842.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 101.]
[September 26, 1842.] Upon the several petitions of William P. Read William Angell John H. Lonsdale Peter Church William H. Crins Alexander Eddy William Wirling Augustus Arnokl Horace Cole William Cameron William W. Chace Bowen Spencer Samuel T. Manchester & James M. Turner requesting leave to fence in & enclose Burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burial Ground it is Resolved that the prayers thereof be granted & that said petitioners be and they are hereby severally authorized to fence in &
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enclose such lots for such purpose Provided the same be done under , the direction of the Overseer of the North Burial Ground with the sanction of the Mayor & provided the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to all future regulations of the City Council in relation thereto and shall continue during the pleasure of the City Council & no longer.
Passed Sept. 26 1842.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 103.]
[October 31, 1842.] Upon the petition of Cyril Babcock Albert Angell Elias Smith Perry O. Osborn Edmund Thurber requesting to fence in & enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North burial ground it is Resolved that the prayers thereof be severally granted and that said petitions be & they are hereby author- ized to fence in & enclose such lots for such purposes Provided the same be done under the direction of the Overseer of the North burial ground with the sanction of the Mayor & provided that the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to all future regulations of the City Council in relation thereto & shall Continue during the pleasure of the City Council & no longer.
Passed October 31 1842.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 104.]
[December 5, 1842.] City of Providence
Mayors Office Dee 5 1842
Gentlemen of the City Council
I Respectfully Recommend that you authorize a survey of the North burying Ground with a view to a division of a portion into Family bury- ing lots of Convenient dimentions in order that the grants the Council may hereafter make may be so located & defined that there need be no encroachments.
From the careless manner in which lots have been located under the
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grants of the Council it is extremely difficult to prevent encroachments & improper interments. Of 105 grants made since November 1838 the locations of only five have received the sanction of the Mayor In many cases no bounds whatever have been set up to shew the extent of the lot granted and the number of disputes that will arise unless some sur- veys & laying out of the ground is made will I fear be constantly increasing. I Respectfully Your Consideration of the matter.
Thos. M. Burgess Mayor.
Read whereupon it is Resolved that the same be referred to the stand- ing Committee on City Property to examine & report thereon.
Passed Decembr 5th 1842.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 105.]
[February 6, 1843.] Upon the several petitions of Abby H. Ful- ler William H. Wicks George P. Daniels Francis Hall & Uriah Baker requesting leave to fence in & enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North burial ground it is Resolved that the prayers thereof be severally granted and that said petitioners be & they are hereby severally authorized to fence in enclose such lots for such purpose Provided the same be done under the direction of the Overseer of the North Burial Ground with the sanction of the Mayor and Pro- vided that the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to all future regulations of the City Council in relation thereto & shall con- tinue during the pleasure of the City Council & no longer.
Passed Feb 6th 1843.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 106.]
[March 27, 1843.] Upon the petition of James S. Pidge Thomas Swan George W. Pidge Abner Gay Jun. Edward Martin & John Wilson severally requesting leave to fence in & enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North burial ground it is Resolved that the prayers thereof be severally granted and that said
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petitioners be & they are hereby severally authorized to fence in & enclose such lots for such purpose provided the same be done under the direction of the Overseer of the North Burial ground with the sanc- tion of the Mayor and provided that the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to all future regulations of the City Council in relation thereto & shall Continue during the pleasure of the City Coun- cil & no longer.
Passed March 27th 1843. [City Council Records No. 2, page 107.]
[May 8, 1843.] Upon the Petition of John Wilson James Martin Joseph M. Hall William Haswell William D. Averry John M. Shambell Anthony Dexter Thomas Kent George B. Earle Edwin H. Brown Joseph H. Humphreys Benjamin D. Earle Albert G. Dexter George W. Brown Joseph W. Briggs Richard Smith for self and son Pitts Smith Thomas Greene Charles Lassell J. F. Crooker Severally requesting leave to fence in & enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burial Ground it is Resolved That the prayers thereof be granted and that said petitioners be & they are hereby authorized to fence in & enclose such lots for such purposes provided the same be done under the direction of the Overseer of the North burial ground with the sanction of the Mayor And Provided that the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to all future regula- tions of the City Council in relation thereto & shall Continue during the pleasure of the City Council & no longer.
Passed May 8th 1843. [City Council Records No. 2, page 109.]
[June 12, 1843.] Resolved That so much of the Address of the Mayor delivered to the City Council on the fifth day of June instant as relates to the North Burial Ground be & the same is hereby referred to the standing Committee on City Property to report thereon at the next meeting of the City Council
Passed June 12 1843.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 123.]
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[June 19, 1843.] Upon the Petition of James Howarth Ephraim A. Burrows George Hail Horatio Rogers Mathew Watson Daniel B. Salsibury George Hawkins Hiram Hill Charles W. Henry John Cle- worth Seth Howard William Allen William H. Harris John H. Greene William N. Landerkin Mary Rivers Hiram Smith Enoch T. Paul George W. Hall Joseph Brown Nathan Barden Edward S. Lyon re- questing liberty to fence in & enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burial Ground it is Resolved that the prayers thereof be granted and that said petitioners be and they are hereby severally authorized to fence in enclose such lots for such purpose provided the same be done under the direction of the Overseer of the North Burial Ground with the sanction of the Mayor and pro- vided that the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to all future regulations of the City Council in relation thereto and shall Con- tinue during the Pleasure of the City Council & no longer.
Passed June 19 1843.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 126.]
[September 11, 1843.] Upon the several petitions of Albert H. Ormsbee Michael Smith William Munroe Sarah Straight Alugina Angell Henry G. Coggeshall requesting liberty to fence in and enclose burying Lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burial Ground it is Resolved that the prayers thereof be and the same are hereby granted and that said petitioners be and they are hereby sev- erally authorized to fence in and enclose such lots for such purpose provided the same may be done under the direction of the Overseer of the North Burial Ground with the sanction of the Mayor and provided the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to all future regulations of the City Council in relation thereto and shall continue during the pleasure of City Council and no longer.
Passed Sept. 11th 1843.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 130.]
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[January 8, 1844.] Upon the Petitions of Samuel Guild George Wood Joseph R. Brown Napthali Newhall Samuel B. Bullock Ethan Whipple James M. Bostwick Joseph Drummond N. P. Bartlett and Rowland Evans Thomas L. Tuell Halsey H. Maine James A. Gowdey N. C. Northup Harris Reynolds Jesse Parks William B. Bowen Chris- topher Blanding severally requesting leave to fence in & enclose burying Lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burial Ground it is Resolved that the prayers thereof be severally granted and that said petitioners be and they are hereby authorized to fence in and enclose such Lots for such purpose provided the same be done under the direction of the Overseer of the North Burial Ground with the sanction of the Mayor and provided that the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to all future regulations of the City Council in relation thereto and shall continue during the pleasure of the City Council and no longer .-
Passed January 8 1844. [City Council Records No. 2, page 143.]
[March 11, 1844.] Upon the several Petitions of George W. Steinhauer George Tripp Edwin Tripp William B. Bradford & Daniel C. Easton severally requesting liberty to fence in and enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burial Ground it is Resolved that the prayers thereof be granted and that said peti- tioners be and they are hereby authorized to fence in & enclose such lots for such purpose provided the same be done under the direction of the overseer of the North Burial Ground with the sanction of the Mayor and provided that the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to all future regulations of the City Council in relation thereto and shall continue during the pleasure of the City Council and no longer.
Passed March 11 1844.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 147.]
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[April 8, 1844.] Upon the several petitions of N. C. Northup Ethan Whipple F. F. Foster Lydia Owen Smith Owen Silas G. Tripp William C. Helme Jane Kelly George Owen Ezekiel Owen & Henry Whiting requesting liberty to fence in and enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burial Ground It is Resolved that the prayers thereof be granted and that said petitioners be and they are hereby severally authorized to fence in and enclose such lots for such purpose provided the same shall be done under the direction of the Overseer of the North Burial Ground with the sanction of the Mayor and provided the several privileges hereby granted shall be sub- ject to all future regulations of the City Council in relation thereto and shall continue during the pleasure of the City Council and no longer Passed April 8 1844.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 152.]
[April 8, 1844.] Upon the Petition of Henry Holden, in behalf of a Committee appointed by authority of the General Assembly, to remove the remains of the late Gov'r Nicholas Cooke and his family, from the old family burial Ground near Transit Street, it is
Resolved, that said Holden and his associates be, and they are hereby authorized to fence in and enclose a burying lot in the North Burial Ground for a place of deposit for the remains now in said family burial Ground; and to deposit the same therein ; provided the same shall be done under the direction of the Overseer of the North Burial Ground, with the sanction of the Mayor ; and provided that the privi- lege hereby granted shall be subject to all further regulations of the City Council, relative thereto; and shall continue during the Pleasure of the City Council and no longer.
Passed April 8, 1844.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 155.]
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[May 13, 1844.] Upon the several Petitions of Gardner Pettis Robert Pettis Thomas R. Tripp Major Tripp Benjamin Cornell Laban T. Rogers Arnold R. Pond & Hiram Chappell severally requesting leave to fence in and enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burial Ground-it is Resolved That the prayers thereof be and the same are hereby granted and that said petitioners be and they are hereby severally authorized to fence in and enclose such lots for such purpose provided the same be done under the direction of the Overseer of the North Burial Ground with the sanction of the Mayor and provided the several privileges hereby granted shall be sub- ject to all future regulations of the City Council in relation thereto and shall continue during the pleasure of the City Council & no longer.
Passed May 13, 1844.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 160.]
[June 17, 1844.] Upon the several Petitions of John Thurston Walcott M. Scott Charles A. Smith Edward P. Manning Royal A. Webster Thomas J. Peckham Geo. W. Buffington James Fenner Edward J. Mallett William Robinson William J. Cobb Susan Angell Abby L. Newel Chas H. Waterhouse requesting liberty to fence in and enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burial Ground it is Resolved that the prayers thereof be granted and that said petitioners be and they are hereby severally authorized to fence in and enclose such lots for such purpose provided the same be done under the direction of the overseer of the North Burial Ground with the sanction of the Mayor and provided that the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to all future regulations of the City Council in relation thereto and shall continue during the pleasure of the City Council and no longer.
Passed June 17 1844.
[City Council Records No. 2, page 177.]
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[July 8, 1844.] Upon the several Petitions of Daniel Fish Thomas Steward Mary Morrison Alexander Burgess John Tyler and William Amos Greene requesting liberty to fence in and enclose burying lots sufficient for their respective families in the North Burying Ground it is resolved that the prayers thereof be granted and that said petitioners be and they are hereby authorized to fence in and enclose such lots for such purpose provided the same be done under the Direction of the Overseer of the North Burial Ground with the Sanction of the Mayor and pro- vided that the several privileges hereby granted shall be subject to the future regulations of the City Council relative thereto and shall continue during the pleasure of the City Council and no longer.
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