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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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President’s Address. 
Report of the Secretary and Treas- 
urer. 
Communications; appointment of 
committees. 
Afternoon Session, 2 O’clock. 
Paper — The Origin, Progress and 
Present Condition of the A. A. C. S., 
by George W. Creesy, Supt. Harmony 
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass. 
Paper — The Ideal Cemetery, by 
William Falconer, Supt. Allegheny 
Cemetery, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Paper — A Few Thoughts, Retro- 
spective and Prospective, by H. A. 
Church, Supt. Oakdale Cemetery, Ur- 
bana, O. 
Discussion. 
Question Box. 
Wednesday, August 21. — Morning 
session 9 o’clock, Plankinton House. 
Paper — Endowment of Private 
Mausoleums, by Frank Eurich, Supt. 
Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. 
Discussion. 
Paper — Art in the Modern Ceme- 
tery, by O. C. Simonds, Graceland 
Cemetery, Chicago, 111. 
Discussion. 
Paper — The Best Modern Dust Lay- 
er and Road Binder, by J. C. Cline, 
Supt. Woodlawn Cemetery, Dayton, 
Ohio. 
Discussion. 
Question Box. 
Nomination of officers. 
Afternoon Session, 2:30 o’clock, in 
the Chapel at Forest Home Cemetery. 
Paper — What is Required of a Cem- 
etery Superintendent? by J. C. Scor- 
gie, Supt. Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Bos- 
ton, Mass. 
Discussion. 
Paper — Horticulture in the Ceme- 
tery, by John Reid, Supt. Mt. Elliott 
and Mt. Olivet Cemeteries, Detroit, 
Mich. 
Discussion. 
Question Box. 
Thursday, August 22. — Morning ses- 
sion, 9 o’clock, Plankinton House. 
Election of officers. 
Reports of committees. 
Unfinished business. 
New business. 
Afternoon: 
View of Parks and Public Places. 
Adjournment. 
James Currie, Forest Home Cemetery, 
is chairman of the local committee. 
LEGAL DECISIONS ON CEMETERY BEQUESTS 
In the volume, “British Ruling 
Cases,” is an interesting and exhaust- 
ive legal report on the validity of a 
legacy for the care of a burial ground. 
In the English Divisional Court, “In 
Re Manser, Attorney General vs. Lu- 
cas,” it was decided that a bequest 
for the purpose of keeping in good 
order burial grounds the use of which 
is restricted to members of the So- 
ciety of Friends is a gift for the ad- 
vancement of religion and therefore a 
valid charitable legacy. 
Mr. Alfred Manser, a member of 
the Society of Friends, commonly 
called Quakers, by his will gave va- 
rious legacies, and proceeded as fol- 
lows: “And as to all the rest, residue, 
and remainder of my estate and ef- 
fects, both real and personal, I give, 
devise, and bequeath the same to the 
said Edmund Lucas and George Bell 
Gripper upon trust to pay the follow- 
for the sole purpose of keeping in 
good order the existing burial 
grounds under the care of the meet- 
ing, and in particular the grave of my 
late wife.” By a codicil the testator 
gave his ultimate residuary estate to 
his brother, Henry Manser. 
The testator died on October 27, 
1902, and Henry Manser died on Jan- 
uary 31, 1904. 
The existing burial grounds under 
the care of the preparative meeting 
were: (1) Cottered (now disused), 
which John Exton, by his will dated 
December 9, 1710, gave unto all Chris- 
tian people to bury their dead frank 
and free without money and without 
price, so long as the world should en- 
dure; and he appointed certain per- 
sons as feoffees in trust to see the 
said burying place kept and preserved 
in a Christian and decent manner. 
[69] (2) Hoddesdon, a piece of land 
with a meeting-house built on part of 
it, which was by indenture of release 
dated January 13, 1829, conveyed to 
trustees upon trust for sale, and in the 
meantime for such purposes as the 
persons for the time being assembling 
as the monthly meeting of Friends, 
ing legacies and annuities, that is to 
say: to pay to the Hertford and Hod- 
desdon Preparative Meeting the sum 
of 1,000/., I directing that the meet- 
ing shall appoint five of their mem- 
bers to receive and give a receipt for 
the same, and that the same shall be 
invested by the five members, and the 
interest applied by them under the or- 
der of the said preparative meeting, 
commonly called Quakers, for the 
town of Hertford, should direct, and 
subject as aforesaid upon trust to per- 
mit the same premises to be used as 
a meeting-house and burial ground for 
the use and accommodation of the So- 
PERGOLA ENTRANCE TO GREENWOOD CEMETERY, K 
