MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY. IX 



manner following, namely : fourteen hundred dollars shall 

 be first deducted from the gross proceeds of the sales of 

 lots, during the preceding year, for the purpose of defray- 

 ing the superintendent's salary and other incidental ex- 

 penses of the Cemetery establishment ; and the residue of 

 the said gross proceeds shall be divided between the said 

 Horticultural Society, and the corporation created by this 

 act, as follows, namely : one fourth part thereof shall be 

 received by, and paid over to, the said Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, on the first Monday of January of every year, and 

 the remaining three fourth parts shall be retained and 

 held by the corporation created by this act, to their own 

 use forever. And if the sales of any year shall be less 

 than fourteen hundred dollars, then the deficiency shall 

 be a charge on the sales of the succeeding year or years. 

 Fourthly, the money so received by the said Horticultural 

 Society shall be forever devoted and applied, by the said 

 Society, to the purposes of an experimental Garden, and 

 to promote the art and science of horticulture, and for no 

 other purpose. And the money so retained, by the corpo- 

 ration created by this act, shall be forever devoted and 

 applied to the preservation, improvement, embellishment 

 and enlargement of the said Cemetery, and Garden, and 

 the incidental expenses thereof, and for no other purpose 

 whatsoever. Fifthly, a committee of the said Horticul- 

 tural Society, duly appointed for this purpose, shall, on 

 the first Monday of January, of every year, have a right 

 to inspect and examine the books and accounts of the 

 Treasurer, or other officer acting as Treasurer of the corpo- 

 ration created by this act, as far as may be necessary to 

 ascertain the sales of lots of the preceding year. 



