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THE MODERN CEMETERY, 
RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
Every cemetery should be governed by certain rules and 
regulations, which should be printed in pamphlet form for distri- 
bution among lot owners. While this has been done in most of 
the large cemeteries, where the rules are very much alike, we 
will, for the benefit of the smaller cemeteries, publish in this de- 
partment such rules as commend themselves for general adoption. 
Contributions are solicited. 
The Superintendent. 
The by-laws of Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, 
Ky. , prescribe the duties of the superintendent as 
follows; 
1. The superintendent shall reside in or near 
the cemetery. 
2. He shall have the general direction and con- 
trol, under the Board of Managers, of the improve- 
ment and grounds of the cemetery. 
3. He shall lay out lots in the cemetery, and 
shall preserve a record thereof, so that the same 
may be known and easily found should the bound- 
aries become obliterated or changed. 
4. He shall see that the regulations of the 
Board of Managers, with respect to interments, dis- 
interments, the construction of tombs and monu- 
ments, and improvement of lots by the holders 
thereof, be properly observed. 
5. He shall have charge and keep an account 
of the property, tools and implements of the ceme- 
tery company which may be on the premises, and 
shall render to the secretary an inventory and ap- 
praised value of the same, to be incorporated in the 
secretary’s annual report. 
6. He shall furnish, when required, estimates 
of the probable expenditures of the coming week 
or month, or of any proposed work or improvement, 
and shall, on a fixed day of each week, certify and 
deliver to the treasurer a pay-roll in which he shall 
state the number of hands employed, their names, 
the time they have worked, the rate of wages, and 
the amount due to each of them. The pay-roll thus 
certified shall be the guide for the treasurer in pay- 
ing said wages. The superintendent shall make 
and preserve a duplicate copy of said pay-roll, which 
shall always be subject to the inspection of the presi- 
dent and any manager of the company. 
7. He shall keep a record, which shall contain 
an account of all the interments that take place in 
the cemetery, in the form determined on by the 
Board. 
8. No interment shall take place in the ceme- 
tery without a permit from the secretary. This per- 
mit shall be handed to the superintendent, who is 
required to cause the grave to be prepared, but who 
will not be responsible for its preparation by 
the time appointed, unless he shall have six hours 
of day light notice thereof. 
9. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to 
take charge of the keys of the receiving tomb, un- 
der such directions as to the use of it as shall be 
hereafter made. 
10. He shall have power to remove from the 
cemetery any improper and disorderly persons; also 
to abate nuisances, remove stray animals, rubbish, 
and unnecessary encumbrances. 
11. As agent for the managers, he shall have 
sole power to employ or discharge workmen for the 
cemetery, subject to supervision of the president, 
and to order and arrange their respective duties as 
the Board may direct, and he shall have the gener- 
al control and direction of all persons engaged in 
the grounds, including the sexton and policemen. 
12. The Board of Managers have adopted rules 
for the government and police of the cemetery, and 
may from time to time adopt more. 7 'hese it will be 
the duty of the superintendent to see properly enforc- 
ed, and to attend generally to the instructions of the 
Board in reference to the affairs of the cemetery. 
13. Inasmuch as it is desired that the lot-holders 
shall have every facility afforded them in the care 
of their lots, it is enjoined on the superintendent, in 
his intercourse with them, to consult their wishes in 
this respect as far as he can do so, consistently with 
his other duties. 
14. No person in the employment of the com- 
pany shall be permitted to receive any perquisite 
for any matter connected with the cemetery, or his 
duties therein, his salary being considered in full 
payment therefor; 
15. A fire proof safe is provided by the ceme- 
tery company for the safe-keeping of the records of 
the superintendent, and of 'the keys of the receiving 
tomb. 
THE SECRETARY AND TREASURER. AND SUPERIN- 
TENDENT. 
Article XH. While the officers filling the above 
places have each their allotted duties, as herein be- 
fore set forth, it is very necessary, for the facilita- 
ting of the business of the company, that close com- 
munication be had between the above-mentioned 
officers, and it is therefore directed that at least once 
every working day the superintendent shall call at 
the company’s office to receive any messages or busi- 
ness left there with the secretary, with whom the 
public have close communication, and which busi- 
ness will come under the control and action of the 
superintendent. The superintendent will in turn 
report to the secretary and treasurer any necessary 
information regarding such business. 
THE sexton. 
Article 3. It shall be the duty of the sexton to 
superintend the digging of graves and the inter- 
ments therein. He shall be present and supervise 
