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ing of foundations. The cost of the same must be paid in ad- 

 vance. 



RULE 12. Every foundation must be at least as wide and 

 as long as the base stone resting upon it, and must not project 

 above the surface of the ground. All foundations must ex- 

 tend as low as the bottom of the grave. 



RULE 13. Only one monument will be permitted on a 

 family burial-lot. 



RULE 14. (This should be a rule limiting the height of the 

 headstones, and the lower this limit is made the better. Even 

 with the lawn is considered best.) 



RULE 15. All stone and marble works, monuments and 

 headstones, must be accepted by the superintendent as being 

 in conformity with the foregoing rules before being taken into 

 the cemetery. 



RULE 16. No monument, headstone or coping, and no 

 portion of any vault above ground shall be constructed of other 

 material than cut stone or real bronze. No artificial material 

 will be permitted. 



RULE 17. The trustees wish, as far as possible, to dis- 

 courage the building of vaults, believing, with the best landscape- 

 gardeners of the day, that they are generally injurious to the 

 appearance of the grounds, and, unless constructed with great 

 care, are apt to leak and are liable to rapid decay, and in course 

 of time to become unsightly ruins. Therefore no vaults will 

 be permitted to be built unless the designs for the same are ex- 

 ceptionally good, and the construction is solid and thorough. 

 The designs must be submitted to the trustees, and will not be 

 approved unless the structure would, in their judgment, be an 

 architectural ornament to the cemetery. 



RULE 1 8. Material for stone or marble work will not be 

 allowed to remain in the cemetery longer than shall be strictly 

 necessary, and refuse or unused material must be removed as 



