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CONTENTS. 1896
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ORIGINAL OFFICERS
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OFFICERS, 1875
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OFFICERS, 1888
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OFFICERS, 1896
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LIST OF CORPORATORS 15
INTRODUCTORY ARTICLE 17
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 19
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
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LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS
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ORIGINAL OFFICERS, 1863.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
JAMES M. RAY, JAMES BLAKE,
W. S. HUBBARD,
W. H. TALBOT,
S. A. FLETCHER, JR., JOHN C. NEW,
THEODORE P. HAUGHEY.
PRESIDENT OF BOARD. JAMES M. RAY.
TREASURER. S. A. FLETCHER, JR.
SECRETARY.
THEODORE P. HAUGHEY.
SUPERINTENDENT. FREDERICK W. CHISLETT.
OFFICERS FOR 1875.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
JAMES M. RAY,
WILLIAM S. HUBBARD,
THOMAS A. MORRIS,
JOHN C. NEW,
S. A. FLETCHER, JR.,
NICHOLAS MCCARTY,
THEODORE P. HAUGHEY.
PRESIDENT OF BOARD. STOUGHTON A. FLETCHER, JR.
TREASURER. JOHN C. NEW.
SECRETARY.
GEORGE P. ANDERSON.
SUPERINTENDENT. FREDERICK W. CHISLETT.
OFFICERS FOR 1888.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
THOMAS A. MORRIS,
S. A. FLETCHER, JR.,
NICHOLAS MCCARTY, JOHN C. NEW,
WILLIAM S. HUBBARD, WILLIAM WALLACE,
THEODORE P. HAUGHEY.
PRESIDENT OF BOARD. STOUGHTON A. FLETCHER, JR.
TREASURER. SECRETARY. JOHN C. NEW. GEORGE P. ANDERSON.
SUPERINTENDENT. FREDERICK W. CHISLETT.
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OFFICERS FOR 1896.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
ALLEN M. FLETCHER,
THOMAS A. MORRIS,
WILLIAM S. HUBBARD,
NICHOLAS MCCARTY,
JOHN C. NEW,
JOHN M. KITCHEN,
GEORGE B. VANDES.
PRESIDENT OF BOARD. ALLEN M. FLETCHER.
TREASURER. JOHN C. NEW.
SECRETARY. GEORGE P. ANDERSON.
SUPERINTENDENT. FREDERICK W. CHISLETT.
LIST OF CORPORATORS.
Original Corporators. 1863.
JAMES M. RAY. JAMES BLAKE.
CALVIN FLETCHER.
WILLIAM H. MORRISON.
THOMAS H. SHARPE.
W. O. ROCKWOOD. WILLIAM S. HUBBARD. ALMUS E. VINTON.
THEO. P. HAUGHEY.
S. A. FLETCHER, JR. JOHN C. NEW. NICHOLAS MCCARTY.
WILLIAM WALLACE. JOHN M. LORD.
THOMAS A. MORRIS.
JOHN ARMSTRONG.
JESSE D. CARMICHAEL.
CHARLES N. TODD. WILLIAM SHEETS. JOHN M. KITCHEN. ROBERT BROWNING. ADDISON L. ROACHE. GEORGE TOUSEY. OVID BUTLER. JOHN H. VAJEN. E. B. MARTINDALE. HERMAN LIEBER. DANIEL VANDES. JACOB A. CROSSLAND. JOHN LOVE.
Present Corporators. 1896.
H. G. C. BALS.
ALLEN M. FLETCHER.
L. S. AYRES. P. H. JAMESON. BENJAMIN HARRISON. JOHN S. SPANN.
WM. S. HUBBARD.
H. H. HANNA.
JOHN S. DUNCAN.
JOHN F. WALLICK.
JOHN C. NEW.
NICHOLAS MCCARTY.
JOHN R. ELDER.
JOHN H. HOLLIDAY. THOMAS A. MORRIS.
JOHN ARMSTRONG. WM. N. JACKSON.
GEORGE B. YANDES.
JOHN M. KITCHEN.
O. S. RUNNELS. ADDISON L. ROACHE.
E. F. CLAYPOOL. WM. J. HOLLIDAY.
JOHN H. VAJEN. E. B. MARTINDALE. HERMAN LIEBER. JOHN COBURN.
FRED. RAND. HERVEY BATES.
MAIN ENTRANCE-OUTSIDE VIEW.
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INTRODUCTION.
3 N presenting this publication, the managers of Crown Hill Cemetery hope to give to all those interested some idea of its growth and progress in later years, and more especially since 1888, when the last book was issued. A comparison of the two shows an increase in the number of lot-owners for the past eight (8) years of 2,208; the former book contained 3,793 and the present one 6,001 names.
Changes have been made in the rules and regulations which restrict individual display both iu floral and monumental work, the excellent effect of which in pro- moting unity of design is well seen in the accompanying illustrations. The lawn plan, now enforced in most of the modern cemeteries, being especially adapted to the character of our landscape, was adopted in the very beginning as the fundamental scheme of all improvements, and the carrying out of this plan, subject only to the few changes that experience has proved to be necessary, places Crowu Hill to-day in the front rank of modern rural cemeteries.
A brief sketch of the origiu, organization and mnode of management of this cor- poration forms a fit introduction to the present work. For some years before its foundation it was so obvious that the old grave-yard known as Greenlawn would soon be inadequate to the needs of the city that suggestions of new sites and larger areas for this purpose were frequently made, but formal action in the matter was not taken until the Fall of 1863. Three pioneer citizens, who had been chiefly con- cerned in the planning aud extension of the old grave-yard, took lead in the far greater work of establishing the new one. Calvin Fletcher, Sr., James M. Ray and James Blake, having interested a few other citizens in the project, invited John Chislett of Pittsburg, Pa., to be present and address a meeting called by them on the 12th of September, 1863.
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Gen. Thomas A. Morris, Wm. S. Hubbard, Theodore P. Haughey, A. L. Roache, John C. New, S. A. Fletcher, Jr., Herman Lieber, J. D. Carmichael, James Blake and James M. Ray, attended the meeting. Aided by the advice of Mr. Chislett, com- mittees were appointed to select a site, perfect plans and prepare for incorporation, which was finally completed under the statute on the 25th of September, 1863, with thirty incorporators. The Crown Hill site was purchased ; additional ground has been added since to the original purchase, so that it now comprises 464 acres, mak- ing one of the largest cemeteries in the United States. Mr. Frederick W. Chislett, son of Mr. John Chislett, was elected superintendent and work was begun as soon as possible. On the Ist of June, 1864, Crown Hill was dedicated with appro- priate ceremonies, including an address by Hon. Albert S. White, Ex-United States Senator and Judge of the Federal District Court of the United States. The funda- mental principle of the organization is that all money received from sale of lots must be applied to maintain and improve the grounds; this is unalterable, and a final assurance to all concerned that the Cemetery can never be perverted to selfish or speculative abuses.
The Board of Incorporators is self-perpetuating, the members filling all vacancies at their pleasure and electing the Board of Managers annually. Upon these prin- ciples the management has been undeviatingly conducted with a success far exceed- ing the expectations of the most sanguine.
Since the last report was issued important changes have been made ; the main entrance and office has been moved to the east side of the Cemetery, and the hand- some stone gateway, with adjoining commodious offices, has been erected. The adjacent grounds have had their great natural beauty developed and made accessible by walks and drives, and the policy of the management to have this part of the Cemetery used only for ornamentation and park purposes, fully carried out. A water plant has also been added, furnishing ample facilities for sprinkling the drives and keeping them in excellent condition, free from dust at all seasons of the year. Two lines of electric cars, one on each side of the grounds, have greatly increased the facilities of access to the Cemetery, while a wagonette is in constant readiness to convey visitors wherever they wish to go, on the payment of a small fee.
The beauty of the site, its advantageous situation in relation to the city, the taste and skill applied to the planting of the grounds, conforming to the natural surface so as to improve these and be improved by them, and the wise liberality of the man- agement, have made Crown Hill Cemetery one of the finest in the country, and the pride of the Capital of the State.
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.
ECTION I. Under the laws of the State of Indiana, James Blake, Cal- vin Fletcher, Sr., James M. Ray, William H. Morrison, Thomas H. Sharpe, William O. Rockwood, William S. Hubbard, Theodore P. Haughey, Stoughton A. Fletcher, Jr., John C. New, Nicholas McCarty, Jesse D. Carmichael, Charles N. Todd, William Sheets, John M. Kitchen, Robert Brown- ing, Addison L. Roache, George Tonsey, Ovid Butler, J. H. Vajen, Elijah B. Mar- tindale, Herman Lieber, William Wallace, Daniel Vandes, John M. Lord, John Armstrong, John Love, Almus E. Vinton, Thomas A. Morris and Jacob A. Cross- land, agree to associate themselves, and they and their successors are hereby asso- ciated, as a body politic and perpetual corporation, under the name and title of the Crown Hill Cemetery, for providing within appropriate distance of the City of Indianapolis, in Marion County, Indiana, suitable grounds for the burial of the dead.
SEC. 2. The distinct and irrevocable principle on which this association is founded and to remain forever, except as is hereinafter allowed, is that the entire funds arising from the sale of burial lots, and the proceeds of any investment of said funds, shall be and they are specifically dedicated to the purchase and improvement of the grounds of the Cemetery, and keeping them durably and permanently en- closed and in perpetual repair through all future time, including all incidental ex- penses for approach to the Cemetery, and the proper management of the same ; and that no part of such funds shall, as dividend, profit, or in any manner whatever, inure to the corporators.
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SEC. 3. The said corporators shall, at least once in every year hereafter, fill, by election by ballot, all vacancies which may occur among them, and may, at the same time, or other times, increase and add to their number from those who may be lot-holders in the Cemetery, so that the said corporators shall never be reduced to less than fifteen nor exceed thirty members ; but 110 power shall belong to any less number than fifteen to transact any other corporate business, except to fill vacancies of corporators ; and they shall have power directly, or through their Board of Man- agers, to ordain and execute all such by-laws, not contrary to the Constitution and laws of the United States, or of this State, as may be needed for the government of the corporation, its officers, and affairs.
Provided, however, That any person holding title to a lot or any part thereof, whether by purchase, devise or inheritance, whether as joint tenants or tenants in common, shall be considered as a lot-holder within the meaning of this section, and qualified to be elected and act as corporator.
SEC. 4. The annual meeting of the corporators shall be held at such place in the City of Indianapolis, on the first Tuesday in the month of June, as of which notice shall be given ten days prior, by the Secretary, in two public newspapers of said city. In case of any failure to hold such annual meeting, at such date, within such month, and elect such Board of Managers, and fill any vacancies in the num- ber of corporators, an election for such purposes, and doing any other business, may be had at a general meeting of the corporators at any other time, on ten days' notice being given by order of the Board of Managers, to be published as above ; which order said Managers shall issue at the written request of any five of the corporators.
SEC. 5. The corporators shall, upon organizing and afterwards, at their annual meeting or general meeting when held, elect from their number, by ballot, seven Managers, who shall serve one year and until their successors are elected ; and, in case of a vacancy occurring in such number, between the annual election by the corporators, the remaining Managers shall, by ballot, fill such vacancy.
SEC. 6. The said Managers shall have power to constitute themselves a Board by the appointment, of their own body, a President, whose duty it shall be to pre- side at their meetings, or, in his absence, any Manager then chosen may preside, and to sign all conveyances of lots or property conveyed by the corporation ; and the Managers shall also appoint a Secretary and Treasurer, who shall each make a report of their proceedings, and the state of the finances, to the Board of Managers as often as may be required of them, and also at the annual meeting of the cor- porators. The Board of Managers, of whom five shall form a quorum, shall also have power to appoint a Superintendent, upon whom shall devolve, under its super-
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vision, the general management of the Cemetery, and also all other officers, agents and workmen which may be needful, and to fix the compensation of all persons appointed by them, and the same discharge at pleasure ; to take from the Treasurer security for the faithful performance of his trust ; and the said Managers shall keep fair minutes of their acts and doings, and make a report thereof to the corporators at their annual meeting.
SEC. 7. The said Managers shall have power to contract for and purchase, from time to time, of the owner or owners thereof, as much land in Marion County, in this State, not exceeding six hundred acres, as they shall deem appropriate, per- manently to provide a rural Cemetery, within six miles of the City of Indianapolis, as suitable grounds for the burial of the dead, and the same to lay out and orna- ment, and to divide and arrange into suitable plats and burial lots ; remove and alter old and erect new buildings, have appropriate entrances and approaches made, and secure permanent enclosures, and to do all other things needful to be done to adapt the said grounds for the purposes of a Cemetery ; and to sell and convey said lots and burial lots, in fee simple or otherwise, for the purpose of sepnlture, to individuals, societies, or congregations, without regard to sect, under such regula- tions as the said Managers may establish for the government of lot-holders, visitors to the Cemetery, and burial of the dead : Provided, That the lots granted by the said corporation for burial lots shall not be used for any other purpose. Said Managers may, in their discretion, at any time before disposing of the same for burial purposes, sell any portion of the lands purchased which may not be found appropriate to the object of the Cemetery, and purchase other snitable lands, not exceeding, finally, for the Cemetery, such six hundred acres. And, for the purpose of such purchase and acquiring such lands so to be used, or other needful ex- penditures of this corporation for carrying its indebtedness to the best advantage and affecting any of its objects, said Managers may borrow, on account of this asso- ciation, any amount of money which they may deem to be requisite, and execute and deliver any needful obligation therefor, and may engage to pay interest not exceeding eight per cent. per annum thereon, and may give any needful lien on the property of the association, except that in that case it shall be provided ex- pressly that whenever any section or portion of the grounds of the Cemetery be laid off, and ready for sale for burial use, the same as numbered and described on the plat of the Cemetery, shall be released from any and every such lien whatever, the Managers, if required, stipulating in such case that one-half of the proceeds of the sale of lots in such section laid off shall be applied to the discharge of the loan so secured by lien. The Board of Managers shall be authorized to invest any of the
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surplus funds, at any time, in the public securities of the United States of America, the City of Indianapolis, the State of Indiana, or any other State securities equally safe.
SEC. 8. Each corporator shall become a member of this association by subscrib- ing these articles, and shall thereby be under obligation, at the request of the Treas- urer of the corporation, to execute and deliver to him for the use of the Board of Managers, in effecting the object of this association, a note satisfactory to said Treasurer, payable at a bank in this city, without relief from valuation or appraise- ment laws, for the sum of five hundred dollars, in such installments thereof as may be called for, from time to time, by the Board of Managers, after ten days' written notice by the Secretary ; which payment shall bear interest until they are repaid at the same rate as may be paid by the Board for any money that may be borrowed to purchase the real estate for the Cemetery ; or such corporators or party giving such note may have credit for the amount of any such payment and such interest on any purchase of burial lots he may make in said Cemetery.
SEC. 9. Each corporator shall be entitled to one vote at any meeting of the corporators of this association.
SEC. 10. The seal of this corporation shall be of brass; an engraving thereon for an impression thereof shall be that of a broken column, enwreathed with ivy and evergreen, with the following words on its circle: "The Seal of the Crown Hill Cemetery."
SEC. 11. A failure to give the note which may as above be required of any cor- porator, when called upon by the Treasurer of the corporation, or to make any payment on such note after notice, when demanded, or a removal by any corporator from the County of Marion, Indiana, shall, ipso facto, vacate the membership of such corporator, and all his connection with this association shall thereupon cease.
SEC. 12. As no profit or income whatever can inure to the Managers or other corporators of this association, no individual liability whatever for its debts shall attach to them, or any of them, by its organization or its operations; and in all ob- ligations which may be given by its Managers, as a Board or otherwise, on behalf of the association in its engagements, it shall be expressed or understood that no individual liability is thereby incurred by the Managers or corporators of the asso- ciation, nor shall it ever be claimed thereon by the party or his assignee receiving such obligation.
SEC. 13. At any annual meeting of the corporators, duly notified, any altera- tion may be made in these Articles of Association by a vote of three-fourths of the whole corporators of the association, but no change shall ever be made in the dis-
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tinet and irrevocable principle of the perpetuity of this association, and the dedica- tion of all the net receipts thereof sufficiently to secure such perpetnity in the best manner to effect the objects of this association, according to the true tenor and meaning of these articles ; but, after twenty-five years shall have expired from the organization of this corporation, by a vote of twenty-five of the corporators living within the County of Marion, Indiana, the Managers, after a fund has accumulated which will amply and permanently provide for the preservation, sustaining, and ornamenting the Cemetery, such alteration may be made, at any annual meeting, in the principles and limitations of these articles, as that out of the surplus funds of this Cemetery Association contributions and appropriations may be made by the Managers in aid of the poor of the City of Indianapolis.
SEC. 14. The Managers shall annually set apart not less than ten (10) per cent. of the gross annual receipts of the association for a fund which shall amply and permanently provide for the preservation, sustaining and ornamenting the Cem- etery, and may annually set apart a larger per cent. of the receipts for such purpose, if in the judgment of the Managers it can be prudently done.
SEC. 15. The Managers may invest the funds of the association, not only in the way now provided by its articles, but also in good real estate mortgage secur- ities : Provided, however, The real estate mortgaged shall be worth not less than twice the amount to be loaned.
In witness, whereof, the undersigned subscribe their names as corporators of this association, at Indianapolis, this twenty-fifth day of September, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
JAMES BLAKE.
J. M. KITCHEN.
CALVIN FLETCHER, SR.
JAMES M. RAY.
W. H. MORRISON.
GEORGE TOUSEV.
THOMAS H. SHARPE.
OVID BUTLER.
W. O. ROCKWOOD.
J. H. VAJEN.
WILLIAM S. HUBBARD.
E. B. MARTINDALE.
A. E. VINTON.
HERMAN LIEBER.
WILLIAM WALLACE.
STOUGHTON A. FLETCHER, JR. JOHN C. NEW.
J. M. LORD.
NICHOLAS MCCARTY.
J. A. CROSSLAND.
T. A. MORRIS.
JOHN LOVE.
JOHN ARMSTRONG.
JAMES M. RAY, President.
THEO. P. HAUGHEY, Secretary.
CHARLES N. TODD.
WILLIAM SHEETS.
ROBERT BROWNING.
A. L. ROACHE.
THEODORE P. HAUGHEY.
DANIEL VANDES.
JESSE D. CARMICHAEL.
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RULES AND REGULATIONS.
REGULATIONS CONCERNING VISITORS.
HE Secretary will issue to each proprietor of one or more lots one ticket of admission into the Cemetery under the following regulations, and such as may hereafter be adopted, the violation of any of which, or the loan of the ticket, will involve a forfeiture of the privilege :
1. Tickets, to be styled "Special Tickets," may be issued to persons not pro- prietors, some members of whose families may have been interred on a "single in- terment " lot or on the lot of a proprietor.
2. All proprietors of lots are requested to present their tickets of admission at the gate before entering the grounds.
3. All visitors, whether in vehicles or on foot, are required to have tickets, to be presented to the gate-keeper, in order to gain admittance. Such tickets can be obtained on application to the Superintendent, at the office of the association, or of the President or any of the Managers.
4. Each proprietor shall have the privilege of introducing strangers.
5. No riding or driving will be allowed through the grounds faster than a walk or slow trot.
6. Horses must not be left, unless fastened where places are provided for the purpose ; and no bicycle riding or riding on horseback will be permitted on the grounds.
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7. All persons are prohibited from writing upon, defacing or injuring any monument or other structure, in or belonging to the Cemetery.
8. No flowers, shrubs or plants to be taken out of the Cemetery grounds by any one under any circumstances.
9. All persons are prohibited from plucking any flower, either wild or culti- vated, injuring or breaking any tree, shrub or plant, or entering on any individual lot without leave.
10. All persons are prohibited from discharging firearms in the Cemetery, ex- cept for military interments.
II. The gates are opened at sunrise and closed at sunset.
12. No money may be paid to the keeper of the gate, or any other person in the employ of the Cemetery, in reward for any personal services or attention.
13. Children will not be admitted unless attended by some person who will be responsible for their conduct.
14. No persons having refreshments of any kind will be permitted to bring them within the grounds, nor will any smoking be allowed.
15. Persons having baskets, or any like article, must leave them in charge of the gate-keeper.
16. Visitors are reminded that these grounds are sacredly devoted to the inter- ment of the dead, and that a strict observance of the decornm which should char- acterize such a place will be required.
17. Any person disturbing the quiet and good order of the place by noise or other improper conduct, or who shall violate any of the foregoing rules, will be compelled instantly to leave the grounds.
18. Dogs will not be admitted in the inclosure.
19. No omnibus will be admitted within the grounds.
20. The Superintendent is charged with the execution of these rules and reg- ulations. It is of the utmost importance that there should be a strict observance of all the proprieties due the place, whether embraced in these regulations or not, as no impropriety will be permitted to pass unnoticed. All well-disposed persons will confer a favor by informing the Superintendent of any breach of these rules that may come under their notice.
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PURCHASE OF LOTS.
Persons desiring to acquire lots in the Cemetery, and not being able to pay the entire price thereof in cash, will be required to pay not less than one-third of the price in cash, and to execute his note or notes for the remainder of the price in
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such amounts and upon such time as may be mutually agreed upon. But the pay- ment of snch money and the execution of such note or notes shall not confer any title whatsoever upon the purchaser to said lot or any part thereof until all of said notes shall have been fully paid. And upon failure to pay any of said notes in whole or in part at maturity, the Cemetery shall have the right at any time there- after to enter upon said lot and remove any body or bodies interred thereon, to- gether with all monuments or marking stones, to other grounds reserved for single interments ; and in such event, all moneys theretofore paid shall be deemed and taken as having been paid in consideration of the right to bury upon such lot and the occupancy thereof for the time being, and for the price of said grounds to which such body or bodies shall have been transferred, and to cover the cost of transfer- ring such remains, monuments and marking stones ; and thereafter such proposed purchasers shall have no right or equity whatever in the lands so conditionally purchased. And in no case shall a deed be executed for any lot until the same has been fully paid for.
RULES AND REGULATIONS PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS, LIMITATIONS AND PRIVILEGES TO WHICH EVERY LOT IN CROWN HILL CEMETERY IS SUBJECT.
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