The Press., 1884-08-28
THE STAFFORD SPRINGS CEMETERY,

OOAARACUAOAs ! AAO AxS5 eAA " AL 1AAO HAtsA up to II indicate sections for lots; / 12 is the vault 13 new entrance IA X lake 15 observatory 16grove; IT W> old part, or original cemetery before the association took it; IS conco1irse. tNS
 The old cemetery and most of the IN land for the new, as we have before \ stated, is the gift of Josiah Converse, Esq., MT. Converse, before making the donation, very properly insisted upon guarantee that itNhould be forever kept for cemetefy purposes, s and and cared for as snth. After sA careful deliberation plan was pro- posed which was entirefyN xsfactory to MT. Converse, and in pursuance
 thereof a charter of incorporation "~D was secured from the legislature. k The following bylaws giGEfhe plan
 The first ten articles in usual form give the required list of officers and ~~. their duties board of not less than "~~. seven directors who shall elect president, yice-presid dent, secretary, treasurer, and all necessary commit """% tees, and have general charge of the 1- cemetary. The directors to be chosen at the annual meeting to be held on <~ the fourth Monday in March.
 Article II provides that all sales of of lots shall be by deed, and give
 purchasers only the right of interest
 therein to himself and heirs and con- fined to himself and family and such friends as may be buried therein
 without compensation to the lot owners, and the lot remains subject
 to all the bylaws and regulations of the association. Subsequent sales or transfer of lots valid only upon ; consent of the directors as certified ; by the secretary. Every lot owner II entitled to one vote in the annual
 meeting, though purchasers of right sr~ for one or more single graves are not
 held to be lot owners. The mem- bers of the association shall annually
 appoint committee of two to audit all accounts.
 ART. XIV. For the purpose of pro- curing grounds, plotting, grading, and improving same, an Improvement Fund to consist of four hundred shares of twenty-five dollars each, which shall not be increased beyond that amount until the original fund shall have paid and retired under the provisions of the - bylaws; and payable in such way and man ner and at such time and times-provide6 that not more than ten per cent. of the whole 8u9l D0 Cdl10u db OuG pdylu0uC, ana nc payment shall be called for within sixty days of the preceding or prior payment-as the di rectors of the association shall require, to be repaid in such way and manner, and at such times, as shall be provided for in said bylaws or by the directors. And interest shall he paid annually at the rate of six per cent. te the owners of said shares on all money due to them from the asa sstion.
 Each Gshareho oldeEN say nesting of the as |sociation shall be entitled to a number ot votes equal to the number of shares held by such shareholder, and may vote either in per son or by proxy, excepting at meeting ol meetings held under provisions of section six teenth of these by Jaws,
 ART. NV. All moneys received from the sale of lots shall be appropriated as follows Twenty-Five per cent. shall be set aside as z perpetual fund for the care of the grounds which fund with the income therefrom shal be invested as the bylaws provide, and sha forever be kept separate from all other funds of the association and the treasurer shall an nually make a statement in writing to the as sociation of the amount and condition O same. Twenty-Five per cent. shall be SCI asida for the purpose of retiring the Improve ment Fund. Twenty-Five per cent. shall b, set aside for the purpose of retiring the I'm provement Fund or for the opening of new I ty-fve per cent. shall be disposed of as thu directors may provide.
 ARF. XVI. It shall be the duty of the di rectors to retire the Improvement Fund when ever so required by major vote of the asso citation at meeting specially warned for th purpose, at which meeting only lot-owner ghall be entitled to vote, not less than twenty five lot owners being present and voting q said meeting. III ART. XVII. All sums of money received b, the treasurer as parts of the Perpetual Funt under provisions of article fifteenth, shall b invested as follows:
 1. Deposited in savings banks in state 0 Connecticut.
 3. Loaned on real estate, the value of tn real estate being not less than double tn amount loaned on same; the security In al cases shall be 8 first mortgage. 3. Invested in the bonds or funded deb of the United States, state of Connecticut or town of Stafford. .Es 4, Mot more than twenty-five per cent. said fund shall be placed ia one bank or il one class of investment as provided.
 The 18th article provides that beqnest for the repair, preservation, or removal 9 any tomb OF other special purpose, sucl as planting or cultivation of trees, shrub or plant shall be invested and income nse' as directed. In absence of special llnstrHe ticus such bequest will be invested as pc art. XVII. .
 The rules and regulations provide thaa graves shall be opened for lnterment o disinterment by the superintendent onI, on an order from the secretary. Lot own CTS may erect monuments subject to ap nroval of directors. but no fence, hedge, O coping is allowed to enclose lot. Excavation for vaults and foundation fo for monuments or headstones must D made by employees of the association un der direction of the. superintendent, an' the latter of solid masonry, cementec, no l less than six feet deep for monuments, no less than three and one- half feet for nea stones, ,and not less than six inches Witnll the lines of the lot.
 | Lot owners have the right to plant shfnB and plants on lots, under advice and GOT trol of the superintendent, but the assoc ation reserves the right to remove trees 1 shrubs. monuments or inscriptions tna are objectionable or injurious. No tre can be removed without consent of the st
 perintendent, and lot owners must remoy
 all rubbish collected on their grounds !
 places of deposit provided, otherwise 1t WI be done by the association at the lot owl
 CTS expense.
 The superintendent has control of 2
 workmen engaged upon vaults, monument or other work, and those failing to recol
 nize his authority may be excluded fro