The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-04
a DRIVE QUESTION.
Meeting OF the Lot Holders OF Bona
venrure Csnstery.

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venture Cemetery
The call for a meeting Of tie lot holders o.
/ the Evergreen Cemetery Company Of Bon
aventure, " brought about thirty gentlemen
+ together in Metropolitan hall last night
( The attendance would probably have beer
/ larger had there not been several political
/ and other gatherings at other places. The
meeting as organ zsd By calling Capt. j
/ r. F. Tattnall to the chair, and the ap-
/ pointment Of Gugie BOurquin, Esq, seere-
I t&ry.
| The chairman stated that the object Of
/ the meeting wss 20 consider cert ain amend
ments to the charter which had been ap-
I piled for by the corporation. asking that
| additional powers be vested in the board OF
managers.
| The application as printed in the MORN
| ING NEWS was then read. lhs salient
points in the proposed amendment are con
tanned in the ext7ac. published
below. The company has hereto hereto;
fore under its bylaws, exercised
the rights set forth in the anne DIM ents,
but number Of lawsuits have lately re-
suited from attempts 20 collect the charges
for keeping lots in order, and the object o.
the proposed amendments was 70 ests biisl
rhs right Of the corporation - fix and col
let such amounts
ne amendment Is as IClcWst
Should any proprietor OF any burial lot in sad
cemetery, CT his or her agent, keep ald maintain
such lot and it's appurtenances IN good order
and condition to be determined ny the board Of
InaEagsrs} at the expense Of such owner, and
without the aid Of tie servants .1d employees
o. SAID company, then the said bard OF mana
gers may, a. their own option, nit the sad
annual fees 10 be charged for the keeping Of
SAID lots as aforesaid, or any part hereof;
II or'ier 10 place ard nlalnta.1 ID cleanlY, de-
Caur and condition al. /. lois "a SAD
c. -ustery which have been sold o. disposed o.
the board OF mana --rs Of sucC Q AeierF, or a
majority thereof, shall nave the 1-Et - demand
and receive from the owner, or f'lpEaetor or
agent Of each lo- an annual fee rr assessment
Of five dollars for lot OF -four cl--red square
feet or less ard an annual fee Cd. ten dollars for
a lor q larger dimensions, wti-- shall clnsti-
tgte a. annual indebtedness 10 sad company
% be collected by suit, Il Eer-,,a-y, i any
court LAYING JCrssdietioni pro .si, however.
that no burial lot snail be sIUie- 30 he levy Or
execution or 70 re entry or forfeiture FOR said
indebtedness
es dent Estil addressed the nesting in
regard 20 the affairs o. the company He
said that those who manage us Affairs
were simply cndeavcring to act for the b1st
interests u all concerned. l. was necessary
thai the corporation should have funds To
kesp the cemetery in order, and the
managers knew no other way % get money
TO keep the ulace in order than by taxing
exrens IS. re ex lainei t1at the
manager; wers not interested any more
than otner lot holders, as they held
but little stock, and lid value very highly
at lit-ia He said that tie capital stock
# the company was $50, 600, ana during the
twent years Of Its existence, though its
receipts Gsi been nearly 81. 90, only 5000
had been paid in dividends, The bala ce
having beel expended IL caring for the
~. Ia said IA .-ss- fpgH mr.
interest bat that OF keeping ~ tne GENE cry,
aud a majority OF them had always opp0 ID
even declaring the small IIv.tslIs that mad
been paid. TWo-tnirds OF the stock was
held by the estate Of the original owner OF
the land. aud it was IL
recognition Of that interest that there
had ever been en- attempt to make the
stock pay even the little tat had bean
paid. All the money colee,-i from lot
holders, n. the fees, and nearly all that had
been realized By the sale OF los, had been
expended on the Cemetery.
4ir. J. |. StOddard also spoke to the same
purpose. He wanted a solution f the ques-
ton # how 10 take care Of the property
without money.
Mr. B. Brady spoke againyt tie proposed
amendments. claiming that it endangered
the rights OF the lot holders
He was followed by DIR B1urquia, who
spoke 20 the same fleet.
+. R. Richards Esq, the attorney for the
lot holders VINO resisted the collection OF the
fees, by general req est, gave hi, views
the case. They were in opposition TO the
right OF the corporation t. collect any
charges for keeping the los in order. He
went into history o. the corporation, and
gave some very interesting facts. Mr..
Richards said that he Thought tn
company should lie Organized on
different basis, ard that the
lot holder, should become stockholders; that
though the lot holders now had right to
vote, there were 800 share Of stock, and it
would be some time before there would Re a
sufficient number Of votes t. have q decisive
voice in the management Of tle corpora
ton.
The president and the managers pres
ent expressed themselves willing to have
the company re-organized. and said tina
hculty in every lot holder getting all the
stock he wanted.
The question as 70 how to arrive ct that
happY state of affairs when all would be
equally interested aud everyt ing satisfac-
tory to all concerned was stiil al open one,
when Mr.. Stoddard offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolued That a committee Of three lot
holders, who are nos stockholders be appointed
b. the chair to confer with the board OF man.
ayers with view of adjusting am.cably differ
ences which now exist, and for the purpose OF
ffndin< out what method. i. any can b. adopted
10 put tue Evergreen Cemetery Company Of
Bonaveature upon a sure and better basis.
Res diced further, That pending the report of
the committee, which shah be made 10 an
adjourned meeting OF the lot holders, at a time
t. be appointed by the chair, that ths board OF
managers suspend action upon the proposed
amendment
The chair appointed the following gentle
men the commit e called for in tie resolu-
ton: GugIe Bourquin, c. II. Harms and
Bernard Brady.
The meeting then adjourned.