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THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
RULES A ND REGULATION S. 
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. , 
Among the Rules and Regulations of the River- 
side Cemetery Company, of Norristown, Pa., incor- 
porated this year, are the following. The cemetery 
has been laid out and will be conducted on the 
Lawn plan; 
Tne purchasers of lots in this cemetery will receive a deed 
from this company, guaranteeing to them and their heirs a bur- 
ial place forever, or for the burial of such members of their fam- 
ily as they may choose to admit; but owners can not sell or trans- 
fer their lots, or any part thereof, to any other person whatever, 
without the consent of the Managers first had and obtained in 
writing. Upon the surrender of t’le deed, a new deed will be is- 
sued to the assignee upon payment of one dollar. 
The Cemetery Company will give perpetual care to all lots 
and graves without charge. j 
No enclosures of any kind will be allowed around lots, nor 
will cradles be allowed around graves. All lots are to be mark- 
ed by corner posts set flush with the sod. In order to insure per- 
manency no headstones will be allowed higher than one foot a- 
bove the surface of the ground, or less than six inches thick, or 
more than twenty-four inches in width, and a headstone must be 
in one piece with stub sufficiently long to enable the Cemetery 
Company to build it in a foundation. 
The Managers have no desire to interfere with the individual 
taste of the lot holders, but to protect the interest of each separ- 
ate purchaser they reserve to themselves the right to prevent the 
erection of any construction which may be considered detrimen- 
tal to the cemetery. Not more than one monument will be al- 
lowed to a lot. This does not include headstones, of which one 
will be allowed to each grave, but no headstone must mark more 
than one grave. 
All foundations for stone work will be done by the Cemetery 
Company at the expense of the lot or grave holder. No work 
shall be done on Sunday, and no material for work shall be de- 
livered on Saturday. All debris and obstructions must be re- 
moved before Sunday. Stone men are requested not to put 
their name on any work within the cemetery with a view to ad- 
vertising, nor to duplicate any work except headstones already 
on the grounds. 
Workmen must not scatter material over adjoining lots, or 
leave the same on the ground any longer than necessary, and to 
prevent injury to the lawns, planks must be laid when any heavy 
material is to be moved over them. 
No money shall be paid to attendants at the gate or on the 
grounds. The beauty of the whole cemetery is considered, ra- 
ther than the decoration of individual lots; trees, shrubs and 
plants may be cultivated, but no tree or shrub growing 
within or overhanging any lot shall be cut down, removed or 
trimmed without permission of the superintendent or acting of- 
ficer. Neithershall trees or shrubs be planted without permission. 
A safe rule to adopt in visiting the cemetery: “Touch no- 
thing in the cemetery that does not belong to you.” 
The following is the By-law governing Perpetual Care; 
The Board of Directors shall annually set apart ten per cent, of 
the gross receipts from the sale of lots for a Principal Fund for 
the perpetual care of the cemetery, and shall pay over the same 
annually to “The Norristown Title, Trust and Safety Deposit 
Company,” of Norristown, Pa , as Trustee thereof. The said 
Trustee shall invest and reinvest the said principal fund from 
time to time in safe securities, and annually pay the income ari- 
sing therefrom to the said Cemetery Company, to be used in 
keeping the cemetery in good order and repair. If the Ceme- 
tery Company for any reason fails, neglects or refuses to keep 
the said cemetery in good order and repair, then the said Trus- 
tee or any successor in trust shall use and apply the said income 
for the said purposes. 
Association of American Cemetery Superintendents. 
O. C. SIMONDS, “Graceland,” Chicago. President. 
G. W. CREESY, "Harmony Grove,’' Salem, Mass.. Vice-President. 
F. EUBIOH, Woodlawn, Toledo, O., Secretary and Treasurer. 
'Publi^ber'^ t@)ep(3irtment. 
Tile receipt of Cemetery Literature and Trade Catalogues will be 
acknowledged in this column. 
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TO ADVERTISERS. THE MODERN CEMETERY is the only publica- 
tion of its class and will be found a valuable medium for reaching 
cemetery officials in all parts of the United States. 
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TO SUBSCRIBERS. Cemetery officials desiring to subscribe for a 
number of copies regularly to circulate among their lot owners, 
should send for our special terms. Several well-known cemeteries 
have already adopted this plan with good results. 
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Contributions on matters pertaining to cemeteries are solicited. 
Address all communications to 
R. J. HAIGHT, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago. 
We have received a photograph of a Shelter 
House, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. ; and 
photograph and blue prints of a Receiving Vault 
for the Canton Cemetery Association, Canton, O. , 
which will be illustrated in an early issue. 
Mr. Aaron Sonneborn, secretary, Pueblo Ceme- 
tery Association, Pueblo, Colo., will be pleased to 
receive from secretaries or superintendents, annual 
reports, maps of grounds, etc., for which he will 
feel under obligations and gladly reciprocate. 
Earnshaw & Punshon, Civil and Landscape En- 
gineers, Cincinnati, O., whose advertisement regu- 
larly appears in the MODERN CEMETERY, have just 
issued a very neat little pamphlet of references of 
over 50 pages. In it a wide, varied and reliable 
experience is practically detailed and corroborated. 
A most comprehensive catalogue and price list 
of Stable Fittings is that of Tom Moore, of 1367 
Broadway, Brooklyn, and New York City, which 
has just come to hand. It is replete with varieties 
of stable necessities, descriptions, prices and illus- 
trations, and offers an abundance of information in 
th's line of supplies. 
Cemetery Literature received: Rules and Reg- 
luations, By-Laws, etc., of the Riverside Cemetery, 
Norristown, Pa., 1894. Rules and Regulations of 
the Evergreen Cemetery Company, El Paso, Tex- 
a.s, 1894. Origin, History, By-Laws, Regulations 
and Catalogue of Fair Haven Union Cemetery As- 
sociation, New Haven, Conn., 1894; illustrated by 
several half tone engravings. 
