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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE. The Committee have examined the accounts of the superintendent, and find that he had— On ad On hand, January 31st, 1882, Collected for Lots sold, Sale of hearse runners, Received Cash of the Committee, Which he accounted for as follows: Paid Sundry Bilis, amounting to Ten per cent. on sale of lots. Services of superintending. Paid to Town Treasurer, $197 73 146 00 10 00 1 37 $355 10 $40 80 14 60 20 00 279 70 $355 10 We have not laid out the lots in the new part yet, for the reason that, in conference with the Selectmen, it was thought best to have a plan of the whole cemetery, as additions have been made from time to time, and the old plans are so worn they can hardly be recognized. Owing to the lateness of the season, we suppose the surveyor did not have time to make the survey, as we have not received the plan. The ceme- teries have been well cared for and are looking very well. There has been several new monuments set up 32 the past year, of very elegant design, which adds very much to the looks of the place. Some of the heirs interested in the Simonds lot in the old cemetery, thought that the wall on the line of their lot ought to be rebuilt. We viewed it with Mr. Eli Simonds and found that it had settled apart, and had fallen down in places, and needed something done. We, not having the means at hand to rebuild, thought we would wait until the Fund had accumu- lated enough to do it in good shape. Subsequently Mr. Eli Simonds made a proposition, that if we would give him the amount of accumulated funds, which was thirty dollars, he would see that the wall was laid in good shape, and he and some others would make up the balance of cost; which we agreed to, and the wall has been built in good shape, at a cost of nearly sixty dollars. L. S. PIERCE, L. W. WRIGHT, T. M. BOWEN. Cemetery Committee.