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C. DAVENPORT, Secretary.
VAULT BOOK AND VAULT PERMIT.
Many persons, that have family lots, deposit their dead during the winter, in the Cemetery Vault, where they remain till spring ; others do · the same at all seasons, where they remain for a few days, for the arri- val of friends, or for the selection of a lot. All that are deposited in the Vault, have their names recorded in the " Vault Book."
On page 68 is the form of the Vault Book, with the headings printed, and ruled columns one half the width of those in the original book. It represents two pages, and the double lines the division between them.
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On application for a Permit to the vault, the entry is made in the Vault Book, as the example of January 2d.
The spaces left blank in the first example, are not filled till application is made for an interment Permit.
After the entry is made in the Vault Book, a Permit is then filled out and delivered to the applicant, which is taken to the Cemetery by the Undertaker, or by some one with the funeral procession, and delivered to the Superintendent.
INTERMENT PERMITS, PERMIT BOOK, AND STATISTICS.
When an interment is to be made, application must be made to the Secretary ; and the applicant is expected to give the information neces- sary to fill the following Blank Statistics :
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Name of Deceased
Place of Nativity,
Late Residence,
Date of Birth,
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The Secretary then makes out an Interment Permit, (See the form on page 70.) The blank before the word Grave in the Permit is filled with " plain " or "brick." If a plain grave is wanted, the length only - of the coffin (or box, if the coffin is enclosed in one, ) is required ; but if the grave is to be a brick one, then all the dimensions are necessary. The blank lines below the date for interment are usually filled with direc- tions, as to the location of the grave on the lot. The Permit is sent by a messenger to the Superintendent at the Cemetery, and the grave is made ready by the day and hour specified,
. The entry on the Permit Book is made from the Statistics. For form of Permit Book see page 66.
On each Monday morning the Permits are all returned by the Super- intendent to the Secretary, accompanied by a Report containing the names, together with the date, number of Section and Lot, of all the interments made during the week ending the previous Saturday.
The Statistics are now compared with the Superintendent's Report, and recorded in the most important book of the Cemetery, the "Record of Interments," which see on page 71.
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REMARKS.
"The Record of Interments " has an Index, a separate volume, where the names are alphabetically arranged, and numbered to correspond with the numbers in the first column of this book.
"The List of Proprietors " is a book containing the names of the Lot Holders, alphabetically arranged, as in this pamphlet, with an additional column for the No. of the deed, and serves as an Index to the "Lot Book," and to the " Deed Book."
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RECORD OF LOTS IN THE CEMETERY OF SPRING GROVE.
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An Act,
TO INCORPORATE THE PROPRIETORS OF THE CEMETERY OF SPRING GROVE.
Szc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, that from the time this act shall take effect, WILLIAM NEFF, DAVID LOE- ING, R. BUCHANAN, THOMAS H. MINOR, JOHN C. WRIGHT, A. HARKNESS, PETER NEFF, TIMOTHY WALKER, DAN'L H. HORNE, JOHN BAILEY, and [here follow all the names of the subscribers to the Cemetery grounds,] and their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby, constituted a body corporate, under the name of "The Proprietors of the Cemetery of Spring Grove," by which they shall have power to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, have and use a corporate seal, make and alter by-laws, and do all other acts and things necessary and proper for effecting the object of their incorporation, which is to provide a place of repose for the dead.
SEC. 2. Any person may become a member of this corporation by becoming the owner of one or more Cemetery lots, as the same shall be laid off by the Board of Directors, and the ownership of a lot shall enti- tle the owner or owners thereof to one vote at all meetings ; but no mem- ber shall have more than one vote.
SEO. 3. The affairs of this corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors, consisting of nine persons, members of the corporation, to be elected by ballot, and receive a majority of the votes. The first election shall be held at a time and place to be designated by the first ten persons above specifically named as corporators, who shall be commissioners for organizing the corporation ; of which election the same notice shall be given as is herein provided for other elections, and every person who shall have subscribed and paid for a lot, shall be entitled to a vote at this election. Immediately after the first election, the Board shall be divided by lot, into three classes, consisting of three each. The first class shall hold their office until the next annual meeting thereafter; the second class, a year longer than the first ; and the third class, a year longer than
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thờ cioend; to thuế at tach sommel meeting after tint fret ofsetion, toto will be three Directors choses, to serve for three years, and it thonibotes previously existing shall be sapplied. But in case of fullers to shoot, these Directors previously in office shall hold over until their successors bre cleoted, and in case of a vacaney occurring between any two annual meetings, the Board shall have power to fill such vacancy until the next annual meeting. A. quorum of the Board for all purposes shall be five persona
Sne. 4. The annual meeting for the eldetion of Directors shall be. hold on the first Monday of October in each year. But special meetings may be called by the President, at the request, in writing, of ten mem- bers; of which, as well as of the annual meetings, ten days' notice chall be given by advertisement, in at least two of the daily papers published in the city of Cincinnati.
Sso. 5: The Board of Directors shall, at their first meeting after each annual election, aleet by ballot a President from their own body, and two persons from the members of the corporation, to act as Secretary and Treasurer. These officers shall hold their office for one year, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified ; and the Treasurer shall give bond, with surety to be approved by the Board, is such sum as the by-laws shall direct, for the faithful performance of his duties.
SEC. 6. This corporation is authorized to purchase, or take by gift or devise, and hold land exempt from execution and from any appropriation' to public purposes, for the sole purpose of a Cemetery, not exceeding three hundred acres ; one hundred and sixty-seven acres of which, such as shall be designated. by the Directors, shall be exempt from taxation, and the remainder shall be taxed as other lands, until the Legislature shall otherwise direct. After paying for such land, all future receipts, whether from. the sale of lots,, from donations, or otherwise, shall be applied exclusively, under the direction of the Board, to laying out, preserving, protecting, and embellishing the Cemetery, and the avenues leading thereto; and to paying the necessary expenses of the corporation. No debts shall be contracted in anticipation of future receipts, except for originally laying out, enclosing, and embellishing. the grounds and aven- ues, for which a debt, or debts may be contracted, not onceeding Fire Thousand Dollars in the whole, to be paid out of future receipts ; and no. lote shall be sold by the Corporation on eredit, but the Board of Direces: tous- shell have power to-appropriate lots for the interment of such mest torious, paraone,, not members, as they may see proper.
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Sac. 7. The original conveyance of lots from the Corporation to indi- viduals, shall be evidenced by a certificate, signed by the President, and countersigned by the Secretary, under the seal of the Corporation, speci- fying that such a person is the owner of such a lot ; and such certificate shall vest in the proprietor, his heirs, and assigns, a right in fee.simple to such lot, exempt from execution, attachment, taxation, or any other clsim, lien er process whatever, for the sole purpose of interment, under the regulations of the Corporation; and said certificates shall have the same force and effect as deeds duly executed in' other cases, and may be recorded and certified. Copies thereof shall be evidence, as in other cases, and said lots, or such portions thereof as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, and with their assent, may be conveyed by deed in due form of law, for the sole purpose of interment as aforesaid, but no original certificate shall be granted to any person who does not produce a receipt from the Treasurer that he has paid for his lot, in full; nor shall any person be the proprietor of more than three lots at the same time, unless by the unanimous consent of the Directors.
Szc. 8. For the purpose of convenient selection and description, the Board of Directors shall cause a plat to be made of the lots to be dis- posed of for interment, designating such lots by consecutive numbers, which plat shall be recorded on the books of the Corporation. The orig- inal choice of lots between those who shall have subscribed and paid for them prior to the time of making the selection, shall be determined by lot, in such manner as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. And after the original selection shall have thus been determined, before [future] purchasers may select from the lots not previously appropriated.
SEC. 9. The Board of Directors shall have power to enclose, improve and adorn the grounds and avenues, and to erect buildings for the general use of the Corporation, and to prescribe rules for enclosing, adorning and erecting monuments in the Cemetery lots ; and to prohibit any use, division, improvement, or adornment of a lot, which they may deem im- proper. And they shall make report of their doings to each annual meeting of the Corporation.
Szo. 10. Any person who shall wilfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove, any tomb, monument, or grave-stone, or other struc- ture, placed in the Cemetery aforesaid, or any fence, railing, or other work for the protection or ornament of the said Cemetery, or of any tomb, monument, or grave-stone, or other structure aforesaid, or any Cemetery lot within the Cemetery aforesaid, or shall wilfully destroy. cut, break or injure any tree, shrub, or plant, within the limits of said
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Cemetery, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon con- viction thereof, before any Court of competent jurisdiction, be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars, or more than five hundred dollars, and by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than one, nor more than thirty (30) days, according to the nature and aggravation of the offense, and such offender shall also be liable, in an action of trespass in the name of the said Corporation, to pay all such damages as have been occasioned by his unlawful act or acts; which money, when recovered, shall be applied by the said Corporation, under the direction of the Board of Directors, to the reparation and restoration of the pro- perty destroyed or injured as above; and members of said Corporation shall be competent witnesses in said suits.
Smo. 11. This Act shall be regarded as a public Act, and shall take effect from and after its passage.
JOHN M. GALLAGHER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. DAVID CHAMBERS, Speaker of the Senate.
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, Columbus, Ohio, February 14th, 1845.
I, SAMUEL GALLOWAY, Secretary of State, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Act is a true copy from the original Rolls on file in this Department.
SAMUEL GALLOWAY,
Secretary of State.
An Act,
TO AMEND THE ACT ENTITLED, " AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE PROPRIN- TORS OF THE CEMETERY OF SPRING GROVE," PASSED JANUARY 21, 1845.
Szo. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Spring Grove be, and they are hereby ompowered to sell on such terms, for such purposes, and in such quanti- ties as they shall deem proper, all that portion of the low grounds of the Cemetery, within the following limita, to wit : commencing at the south-
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wat sapere of the Comstary grounds, in the water of the Hamilton Read, running thence north-west with George Hill's line, moven hundred foot, thenos in a north westerly direction across said Cemetary grounds, to the cast line of meid grounds in the center of the Winton Road, to a point eight hundred feet north of the center of the Hamilton Road, thense south, along the mid Winton Road to the center of the Hamilton Road. eight hundred feet, thepoo in a south-westerly direction, following the maid Hamilton Road, to the place of beginning ; and that the said Propri- clara be, and they are also hereby authorized, to sell all the lands belong- ing to them lying South of the Hamilton Road, being twelve acres and a half sove, more or less.
Szo. 2. That the Secretary, Treasurer, and all other officons elected by the Board of Directors, shall hereafter hold their offices during the pleasure of the said Board. And the Secretary may be chosen bereaften from other persons than lot owners or stockholders.
Suo. S. That all parts of the late Aot, to which this is an amend- ment, inconsistent with this Act, be, and they are hereby repealed. JOHN G. BRESLIN,. Speaker of the House of Representatives. BREWSTER RANDAL, Speaker of the Senate.
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I hereby certify the foregoing Act to be correctly copied from the original Rolla now on file in this office. SAMUEL GALLOWAY,
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BY WM. D. GALLAGHER.
Am-Pilgràn Fethers.
Maker of all above! Father of all below ! As now we meet, thy 'chosen ' met Thousanda of years ago.
Sojourners, like ourselves, On earth, for a brief space, They sought the grove, and hallowed it As their last resting place."
And kindred feelings yet Thy children's bosom sway ; And oft they meet, as we have met Within these shades to day :-
The cool groves rising round, The slopes beneath them spread, We consecrate, with awe profound, Forever to the dead.
The Hebrew's latest sigh, 'Mid being's parting moans, Was, that his aged form might lie With his forefathers' bones.t
So when we've breathed our last, Here may our burial be, To wait with kindred dead, the blast That summons us to thee.
Thy smile is on us,, God ! From the beautiful blue skies It looks, and from the fresh green sod That all around us lies.
Oh, when the hour shall come Earth's scenes no more we know, Smile thus upon our hearts, as down To the dark grave we go !
Thy voice is with us here, 'Mid the silence and the shade, Where oft the Mourner's bitterest tear Must fall upon the glade.
But it speaks net of despair- It bids us look above, At the Bow of Promise spanning there The whole bread Heaven of love.
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BY LEWIS J. OIST.
When from the Garden of the Lord, The parent of our race was driven, Then bare he forth this solemn word, The sentence of Avenging Heaven- Of his offence the fruit-'twas said, In sweat and toil thou still shalt mourn, Till to that dust, of which first made, Thy kindred body shall return !"
Long ages since have passed away, But that stern sentence, spoken first To Adam, in Earth's primal day, Yet stands- its fiat unreversed ! To all his race (exempt Lo part,) The mandate high doth still remain ; "From dust first made-of dust thou art, And to it shalt thou turn again !"
And thus to toil and suffering born, Fulfils our race its destiny ; Still the primeval curse we mourn- To live-to labor-and TO DIE ! Yet as from Eden's peaceful shades, Reluctant wandered man first forth- Bo longs he still, in Eden's glades To moulder back to native Earth !
To use thus holy, dedicate, We set apart this hallowed space- This sacred spot now consecrate, To us and ours a resting place : And thus, upon this holy ground, While near yon City rears its head, Another City do we found- A quiet CITY OF THE DEAD !
Not with the bustling noise and din, With which our living homes we rear, To-day are we assembled in This sacred place, to feeling dear : For is it not a hallowed spot- This place, where we shall ask to lie With those we love ?- Oh I is it not The holiest spot beneath the sky !
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Here where swells yon blue sky above, And spreads this rich green sward beneath, We set apart for those we love, A fit abode in gentle death ; That not, as with the saddened gloom Of cloistered cell, and time-worn towers, We'd link the memories of the tomb- But with the sunshine and the flowers !
Here gentle Beauty shall they bring, Whose resting place we thus prepare, Where softest murmuring winds shall sing Meet requiem o'er form so fair : Here, too-when Manhood's breast shall yearn His wanderings o'er the earth to close- His footsteps hither shall he turn To seek a last, sweet, calm repose !
Here shall the Warrior calmly rest, When conquering Death hath captive bound him, Whose step the earth once proudly pressed, With all his marshalled hosts around him : And here the Poet, whose high lays Of noble deeds have sung the story, Shall sleep, forgetful of the praise That once was his proudest glory !
Why should the memories of the dead Be ever those of gloom and sadness ?- Why should their dwellings not be made 'Mid scenes of light, and life, and gladness ? Here let the young and gay repair, And in this scene of light and beauty, Gather from Earth, and Sky, and Air, Lessons of Life, and Love, and Duty !
And here at many a dewy morn, Or calm and holy eventide, Affection's quiet steps shall turn, And o'er each loved form softly glide ~ Whose gentle shade, still hovering near, The trembling mourner may accost ; And from each leafy tree-top hear The voices of "THE LOVED AND LOST !"
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Address.
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"I am a stranger and a sojourner with you : give me a possession of burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
These are the words of Abraham to the children of Fleth. They were spoken on a mournful occasion- the death of Sarah. ~ And Abraham came to her tent to mourn and to weep for her : and for four hundred shekels of silver he purchased the field of Ephron and the trees that were thereon, and the cave of Macpelah, which was at the end of the field, for a burying place."
Sarah was among the loveliest of her sex. She filled the heart of the patriarch : and yet, when dead, he desired that she might be buried out of his sight. That visage, so remarkable fer ite beauty, had become marred by death ; and that form so lovely, was cold and lifeless.
Who in this large assembly has not felt the sorrows of Abraham ? Whose heart has not, like his, been wrung with grief at the loss of those dearer to him than life ?:
Our assemblage here, this day, shows that we think seriously of death, and of the "house prepared for all living." We have come to conse- crate that house : to look over the place where the open grave shall soon receive us. This is the destiny of man. The grave, is the end of his earthly hopes ; of his joys and sorrows ; his ambition, his worldly glory.
In all ages of the world, the living have felt solicitude about the place of their interment. On his dying bed, the patriarch. Jacob said to his children, "bury te not in Egypt, but with my fathers in the cave of Macpelah, that is in the field of Ephron. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah." And Joseph, when dying in Egypt, "took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and je
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shall carry up my bones from hence." Who could desire to die amongst strangers and be buried in a strange land ? There is no consolation in the impression, that the place of our interment shall be neither known nor cared for by any one. There seems to be society even in the grave. We cannot but cherish the hope that, when dead, we shall have the sym- pathies of the living. We could desire them to visit our graves, and to spread over and about them some memorials of their affection. It would now almost seem that the body, dust as it is, could scarcely be insensible to such pious remembrances of our friends. And the deathless spirit, unclogged by matter, we are ready to believe, sees and knows, with its quickened energies and enlarged powers, things on earth and in Heaven.
The reflection is consolatory on the bed of death, that our dust shall mingle with the dust of our friends. That the bodies shall be nearest each other in the grave, which were dearest to each other in life. That this is the feeling of our nature, all history attests. It is found in all countries, civilized and uncivilized. The barbarous nations of antiquity had high places for their sacrifices, and the burial of their dead. In more advanced civilization, the sepulchre was ornamented by works of art and nature. This impulse of the heart was not learned in the schools. It pervades all bosoms, in all ages and countries.
A burial ground, unfenced and unprotected, presents a cheerless and sad spectacle. It would seem that the dead who lie in such a place, had been strangely forgotten by the living. I envy the heart of no man, who can be content to see the remains of a beloved friend thus exposed and neglected. That philosophy is cold and repulsive, which teaches us that the body, being an insensible mass of matter, may be covered from our sight with little care or ceremony, and thought of no more.
When our friends are gone, we love to think and speak of their vir- tues. We cannot bear to lose a vivid impression of their form, their countenance, and manner. Nothing can be more chilling to the soul than the thought, that we should ever forget or neglect them. The dead body, it it true, is insensible of our cares for it. We may plant the jessamine in the clay that covers it, or construct over it a marble monument, or neglect it altogether, and it is all alike to that body. But in that grave reposes one, that when living, we cherished and loved. One who shared in our joys and sorrows : who watched over our sick bed with prayers and tears. Can the remains of such an one be neglected ? Never, surely never, until the pulsations of the heart shall cease. We cling to every memorial that is left us, with an unceasing devotion ; and we
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