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in 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 de- 

 fraying the superintendent's salary and other incidental 

 expenses 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 

 Society, 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 ofiicer acting as treasurer of the cor- 

 poration created by this act, as far as may be necessary 

 to ascertain the sales of lots of the preceding year. 



