, 1865-11-29
THE cirY CEMETERY SUIT.
Meeting Of Lot Owners..The Question
At IssNe.

rpursu.nt
Of lot ovner~ In H. o,s ts " 10 .%ns,.s
"at evening In the Supe7yisok3t Room, to CON
euls with the Mayor and several members OF the
Common Council, Is Ia tho condition m v1teh ,he
nv. az s-n,e...s. s.esuee % that property and
viii consent TO remove their dead, Or rstan tseir
mans heirs. A Is aiseaty ye1, NJ " 49, @ 1T !,
has been decided bv the Srnr,nt a0S1 1t
that the clty hse no 1ersl 1HteaG H., eoI,t u
rsrs Of he Cemetery, ineuna bup; ~ o,s ne s n9r,h
X ha. heen nTnnsn5 ~ rrsel, ~ 10, ~ ma ~!
ti1 1g M ~ prr"a anass1 .ae property 70 the
th1t y nae hee9 deemed advisable to yacato The
elounat Hfos1ueo tne lot oWnets VIII Consent TO ~
he ss1s sy srdR9dpe 1s n
i rs e 6esr N expression q theIr opnoa that aa
were present.
The Mayor, 10 explaining the object OF the meet
ing. aid be had caused N advertisement to be in
the lot oNners a. could be reached In order that be
might stale TO ihem The position in which The city
s,ood Tl,h regard TO The property, and the poaioa
to set .has matter before them In 1873, MI Milf
man, who lived in the North Division, purchased
certain lots nom The canal Commissioners, for
the Land, md In f1si9 he did before
The second payment had matuzed. The
Public Administrator, af1er his de1usc. sdrn,nis-
tered On hs estate to pay his debts and advertised
tor permission from ihe courts to .eil the property
He d,d eel portion Of the property, and the c1fy
AdniinIsisaor casc deed for he p1opsrfS sn sn1
alter the deed vas given The city sold te lots Tor
bnriut puIposet.
1ee supreme Court. aftes long course Of iitfez-
the sale was Illegal and invalid, and ii wus s3rpr,s
nE iast tto beginning to end there had been moth
esS, inE 'eEsi IN al ths tsan,acton The city was nno
6T[ 6en. n me matter and p1d The tnl 1aue Of he
p1SSRs.!y. SRs.:y XII
mi. leeI .,ss ~ ,a memoes o. the bar discovered
heirs, IL an eeemen III; y Ma5s
That decision WIS reyefae hx thr smn1 nas e.t! o1t
The property is supposed now To- be W919S !1ol ,
$o3 tO1, and the city IS now bound either in Ava
Council to confer Wish the beirS Iu,aI6n on ,ba
subject, which resulted IN its beins ~ refer a.
price which the city void pay for The ground. The
Committee agreed TINT If they did not ACCEPT tho
decision Of The asbitrators the city noal Eve M
ter now rested. He fthe Mayor} prono-ea ia A.,
for the best interests Of the Oily and Tor tho protec
ton Of the citizens. The eity asked and hoped
that In the event Of It's providing o,her lots ennai
10 1hoee now occupied, which iha city now pr1,
rosed 10 do. The owners II ou1d acres to remnya
their dead at heir own expense He desired TO
have an expression Of opinion Is to Whether fhry
proposed to vaca,e the lois or to let their dead re-
main: The Cty WA bound 10 be governed by their
deGts!on.
era in the old cemetery, inquired II 1t had been def
nlteiy settled with regard to the uuly Of the ttle
70 f6e !ss haso ,1au s,, # had .rta.d 81, :,
preme Court, hr0m which there Val no appeal.
Mr.. Hcsrey said that In order 10 decide wilh rea-
son a. 10 the propt,ety Of rcmor1n9 the dead, II
might become mailer Of great difficulty. Ii one
eonld Be su.s that the removal could 30 eiected
without iucuIr4ng the danger OF having such spec