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not project above the surface of the ground. All 

 foundations must extend 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, monu- 

 ments and headstones, 

 must be accepted by 

 the superintendent as 

 being in conformity with 

 the foregoing rules be- 

 fore being taken into 

 the cemetery. 



Rule 16. No monu- 

 ment, headstone or 

 coping, and no portion 

 of any vault above 

 ground shall be con- 

 structed of other ma- 

 terial than cut stone or 

 real bronze. No arti- 

 ficial material will be 

 permitted. 



Rule 17. The trustees 



must be removed as soon as the work is completed. 

 In case of neglect, such removal will be made by the 

 cemetery at the expense of the lot-owner and contractor, 

 who shall be severally responsible. No material of any 

 kind will be received at the cemetery after 12 o'clock 

 M. on Saturdays. 



Rule 19. The trustees shall have the right to make 



exceptions from the 

 foregoing rules in favor 

 of designs which they 

 consider exceptionally 

 artistic and ornamental, 

 and such exceptions 

 shall not be construed 

 as a rescission of any 

 rule. 



Rule 20. It shall be 

 the duty and right of 

 the trustees from time 

 to time to lay out and 

 alter such avenues and 

 walks, and to make such 

 rules and regulations for 

 the government of the 

 grounds as they may 

 deem requisite and 

 proper and calculated 

 to secure and promote 



wish, as far as possible, 

 to discourage the building of vaults, believing, with the 

 best landscape gardeners of the day, that they are gener- 

 ally 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 exception- 

 ally 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 18. 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 



2101. Edge of the concert grove in Prospect Park. 



the general object of 

 the cemetery. 



Rule 21. The superintendent is directed to enforce 

 the above regulations and to exclude from the cemetery 

 any person willfully violating the same. 



Cemeteries should be established upon a basis to 

 enable those in authority to take uniform care of the 

 grounds for all time. The prices charged for lots should 

 be high enough to enable a fund to be set aside that will 

 yield an annual income sufficient to pay all necessary 

 general expenses. In laying out a new cemetery, those 

 in charge should seek the best advice available. Such 

 advice should be based on a thorough knowledge of 

 landscape gardening and the special needs of burial- 



rounds. Much information can be obtained by visiting 

 pring Grove, at Cincinnati, Ohio, generally recognized 

 as the pioneer of park-like cemeteries, and perhaps the 



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2102. A park-like effect in a private place. 



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