Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-07-12


Riddle, and their successors, to be appointed
in the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall
from time to time and at all times hereafter,
constitute a board of managers BY the name
and style of the Managers of the Bedford
Mineral Springs; and il is further declared,
stipulated and agreed between the said par
ties, that the said managers and their sue
cessors, shall have exclusive direction and
management of the said Mineral Springs, and
shall have power and authority to collect and
receive all the monies due from the former
managers and treasurer and from all other
persons for subscriptions and contributions
arising from said Springs, or which may here
after arise or accrue from the same, to make
bylaws, rules aud regulations TO be observed
by all persons resOrtIng to the said Springs,
and TO enforce the observance of the same,
and 10 direct contract for and superintend
all improvements, which they may i'll their
discretion deem necessary for beautilying the
ground adjacent to the said Springs, and rem
dering it an elegant, comfortable and salubri-
GUS resort.
And it is further agreed, that in the execu-
ton of the said trust, and in the management
Of the said Springs, the following fundamen'
tai rules and regulations shall be observed,
that is to say:
1st. The said John Anderson, his heirs
and assigns, owners Of the adjacent lands and
improvements, shall in succession, be one Of
the managers of said Springs. And it is fur
ther covenanted and agreed, that if the said
John Anderson should sell or devise his ad-
iaeent lands and improvements to two or
more persons, he shalin such case designate
and appoint, by deed DIT viii, the person who
shall succeed him az manager of the said
Springs and such deyisee or ahenee shall,
upon every subsequent devise or aliena-
ton, in like manner, 5esiguate the person
who shall succeed as manager of the said
Springs. 1t being expressly understood and
agreed that one peron, and only one person,
owner Of the adjacent land and Improvements
now held by the sale j ohm Anderson, or part
thereof, shall pursusntto this deed and as rep
resenting the said adjacent property, act as
manager, with the said grantees and their sue
cessors, and if itsho1ld so happen that the said
John Anderson, ,.or any devisee, or alienee Of
the said property, entitled to act as manager
representing the said property, should here
after die intestate, then, and in such case,
the person who shall take the principal or
most valuable boarding house adjoining the
said springs, under the decree ofthe Orphans
Court, shall act as manager and so 10 ike
cases forever.
I'd. The said managers shall from time to
time, and as often as they may deem neces-
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ident, Secretary and Treasurer.
Sd. The said managers shall meet at such
times as they may diem expedient, upon their
own adjournment G upon notice from the
President, or in his absence from the Secre-
tary; and any three Of them shau be quo
rum to transact business.
4th. The Secretary shall keep fair record
of all proceedings Of the board, and particu-
larly of all monies received and expended by
them, which record shall be exhibited at the
Springs, for the inspection OF all contributors,
on the first Monday u August annually.
9TH The treasure shall receive all monies
belonging to the board Of managers, and paid
by persons using the said waters, and pay out
the same upon orders signed by the President
and attested by the Secretary.
9th. The board Of managers shall, from
time to time, regulate, order and determine
the sums which shall be annually paid by per
sons using the said Springs, baths and i'm
provements, and cause the same, together
with ali other monies arising from the use Of
the said waters, to be collected and paid over
to their treasurer, and to be annually expen-
ded in the manner and for the purposes here
in mentioned, and the managers may also,
upon such terms as they may deem just and
equitable, commute with persons wishing to
use the said Springs and baths for sum to
be paid in gross, for the use of the said
Springs and baths, for term of years, or
dHring the natural lives of the persons so com
muhng, In lieu of annual Hyments.
Tth. Tirc managers shans IrOtn time To time,
make all such buildings and improvements as
they, OF a majority of them, in their discre-
ton, may deem useful and necessary for beau
tifying and rendering the said Springs and
adjacent property an elegant, convenient and
salubrious place of resort for orderly, decent,
and respectable company. who may be desi.
rous of visiting the same in search Of health
or innocent amusement
Sth. The managers, out of the monies ari-
sing from the said Springs, shall make as ma
ny public walks as they may deem necessary,
in the vicinity Of the said Springs, and shall
make and keep in repair at least one good,
safe and convenient public road from the
Borough of Bedford TO the said Springs, in
addition to the public road which is already
laid out and which is to be kept up at the
expense Of the township Of Bedford
9th. The managers shall, from time totime,
appoint bath keepers, waier-dippers and 9TH
er necessary servants, and provide glasses,
wash bowls. towels and such other necessaries
as they may deem proper for the convenience
and comfort Of the persons using the waters
of the said Springs.
10th The said John Anderson and his
family, and his lineal descendants forever,
aud the managers for the Il ne being, and
each person who has heretofore acted or may
hereafter act in the capacity of a manager of
the said Springs, for the space of one year,
and more, shall, together with their respec-
tive families, be entitled 70 use the said waters
and baths during the respective lives of such
managers, without any further contributions,
and no other compensation whatever shall be
auF,or,1ad pr raaairraN Enr he
services as such.
1ith. The undermined contributors to the
improvement Of the said Springs, to wit: Will
liam Proctor, Jr., Henry Wertz. Jr., Elijah
Adams, Jacob Bennett John Moore, Esquire,
Peter Arnold, David Kelley, Christopher Rei-
ley, Esq, Jacob Fletcher, Daniel Leibarger,
William Henry, George Henry, Josiah NJ.
Espey, Esq, William Reynolds, Esq, Henry
Weaver, Henry Woods, Esq, Thomas Wick
roy, Samuel Davidson, Henry Scoyil, VIII
liam McDermett, Valentine Ripley, Henry
Wiandt, Johu Woods, Esq, John Schell, Jr.,
Robert Allison, Esq, Michael T. Simpson,
Samuel Riddle, Esq, Joseph Weigley, Esq,
Andrew Dunlop, ESQ, William NJ. Brown,
Esq, Benjamin Bar1r Esq, George D.
Foulke, John Young, ESQ.,, John Davis, Dr.
Rev James r. Wilson, Thomas Hunt, Esq,
Charles Mcdowell and John Dibert shall
each be permitted to use the waters OF the
said Springs, and the cold baths. during their
natural lives without any further contribu-
tious.
18th. Upon the death, resignation or re-
moyal from the manor Of Bedford Of any of
the said grantees, or any Of their successors,
a successor or successors shall be appointed
by the residue Of the said grantees or their sue
cessors, in the said management, and approx
ed Of bv the said John Anderson. his heirs or