, 1886-05-20
Rules and Regulations.
FOR THE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE
MASONIC CEMETERY.


RULE There shall be appointed an
nuaIIy at the regular communication to
he held on or about the 9th day o:
December. a committee consisting OF the
most WorshipfUl Master eI-oificIo, and
three brothers to be named by the
master and approved by the Lodge, who
shall be called the Cemetery Committee,
who shall have sole charge and care of
tie cemetery, and report their doings at
each regular communication OF the
Lodge for approval.
RULE q The Cemetery Committee
shall appoint suitable person to have
charge of the cemetery, who shall be
called the Superintendent of the Gene
tery. ana shal! hold his office for one year
from the date of his appointment, unless
removed foE cause.
RULE 3-It shall be the duty OF the
superintendent OF the cemetery to direct
and oversee all burials, and the digging
and filling OF graves. Aud to keep an
accurate account thereof, giving the
name, age, birthplace, and time and
place OF death, and the number OF lot or
block where each person shall be buried.
To attend to all funerals after the same
shall have arrived at the cemetery, and
to see that strict order and decorum ale
observed, and that the ceremonies are
conducted in proper and decorous
manner without disturbance or annoy
auce. It shall also be the duty OF the
superintendent TO keep the grounds in
order, and 20 clean out all the streets and
avenues at least once month from the
first of April to the first of December
And to have all work done to the salts
4. -
RULE All applications for the
interments or for the purchase Of lots
must be made to the committee, or by
their direction to the Secretary of the
Lodge And list of the names OF the
cemetery committee shall bent all times
kept posted in conspicuous place near
the entrance to the cemetery.
RULE 5-No interments shall be per-
mitted in any portions OF the cemetery
grounds not having been sold or con.
veyed by the committee or Lodge to the
party in whose immediate interest such
intcrments are designated to be made,
except as hereafter provided.
RULE 6-In the purchase of lots, pay
ment for the same will be required strictly
in advance, and no interments shall be
made until such lots are paid for; any
exception or relaxation to this rule can
only take place in cases requiring the
necessary dispersion of charity by the
Lodge.
RULE IA deed Of conveyance will be
executed to each purchaser of lot or
lots by the Lodge free of cost to the
party, on the payment of the sum
as the price OF such lot or
lots.
RULE s.-One half of the cemetery
grounds il reserved for Masonic uses.
and subject to sale to Masons only. and
the remaining half is subject to sale to
persons not connected with the Frater-
nifty.
RULE 9.-The prices to be paid for lots
or blocks are as follows: For each block
or twenty square feet, twenty dollars,
$40; for each half block, thirteen dollars,
S13; for each quarter block, eight dollars,
So.
RULE 10.-All moneys arising from
the sale Of lots or blocks shall be and
constitute fund to be called the ceme-
the general Improvement OF the cemetery
grounds aud in keeping the same in
good repair and condition.
RULE 11.-All persons owning lots IN
the cemetery are requested to keep them
neat and clean, and should they desire
to beautify them with shrubbery or
Towering plants. they will be assisted by
the superintendent for a reasonable COM
pensation.
RULE 12--The planting of fir, spruce,
cedar, hemiock, maple or any other kind
OF trees which attain large size is
strictly prohibited within the incIosure
of the cemetery. and where such trees
spring up spontaneously, it shall be the
duty OF the superintendent to have them
thoroughly rooted out.
RULE 13.-The planting OF flowers and
shrubbery on any OF the lots will be
encouraged, but all hedges must be kept
trimmed and not allowed to attain
growth OF higher than three feet.
RULE No structure, fence or
railing, which may be erected by indi- |
viduals around any lots or graves, (otber
than monuments or tomb stones) within
the cemetery enclosure, shall exceed
three feet IN height, nor shall any fence
or railing encroach upon any OF the
avenues or alleys, nor upon any lots or
ground not embraced within the con-
veyed premises OF the party causing such
structure to be erected.
RULE Is. - All persons are hereby
cautioned against defacing any OF the
grave stones or monuments, or removing
any OF the Towering plants, flowers or
sbrubbery from any of the lots, or from
within the cemetery enclosure, and it
shall be the duty of the superintendent
to prosecute all such offenders to the full
extent Of the law.
RULE 16.-In order for the protection
OF the young shrubbery planted upon
the grounds, no teams or vehicles except
the nearse conveying the remains of the
deceased for interment will be allowed
within the cemetery enclosure for the
term OF three years from this date, unless
upon extraordinary occasions the COM
mittee shall deem the same necessary.
JAMES G. SWAN,
ID. II. HILL.
G. ALDRICH.
Committee.