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13. Glass, crockery or other property of the Associa- tion broken or injured must be promptly paid for by the member or guest with whom the accident may occur.
14. Public playing of games on Sunday is prohibited.
15. The time or services of employees of the Associa- tion shall not be taken by any person without the
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consent of a member of the Executive Committee or Superintendent and only on payment therefor to the Association.
16. The family of members shall be charged the rates prescribed for members. The word family shall be held to include such relatives of the member as habitually throughout the year live under the same roof with him.
17. All persons shall immediately on entering the Association grounds register their names at the Club House, and if stopping at a cottage give the name of the same.
18. No person not boarding at the club house shall be entitled to the consumption of any ice, wood prepared for fuel, water from the Club House tank or other property of the Association except with the permission of the Executive Committee or Superintendent and then only at such prices as may be fixed therefor.
19. Persons keeping horses on the grounds of the As- sociation shall be charged $20.00 a month for each horse.
20. No person shall cut any tree, shrub or plant, or plant out any trees or shrubs or plants except under the direction and with the permission of the Board of Directors or some Committee thereof.
RULES REGULATING FISHING
I. A person who at any time takes or catches a black bass less than eleven inches in length or under one
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pound in weight shall immediately return such fish to the waters from which it was taken and set the same free therein. The measurement shall be from the center of the mouth along the lateral line to the base of, but excluding the caudal fin.
2. No spoon or artificial bait shall be used in the waters of the Big Corilla. The use of flies is not prohibited.
3. No fish shall be taken or caught in the Big Corilla in any manner or by any means or device other than the ordinary way of angling with rod, hook and line, excepting bait fish for angling purposes which may be caught by hand nets or cast nets.
4. In accordance with the Laws of the State, fishing on Sunday is prohibited.
5. Fishing is prohibited except within the open sea- sons as fixed by the Statutes of Pennsylvania, which at present are as follows:
Pike or Pickerel, June Ist and February Ist following.
Brook Trout, May Ist and August Ist follow- ing.
Black Bass, June Ist and January Ist following.
RULES REGULATING HUNTING AND SHOOTING
I. In accordance with the laws of the State, shoot- ing or hunting on Sunday is forbidden.
2. Discharge of fire-arms within one hundred yards of the Club House is forbidden.
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3. Dogs shall not be allowed at large upon the grounds.
4. No game shall be taken or killed by means of any trap, blind, snare, net or device except a gun handled as sportsmanship requires.
5. Animals or birds shall not be hunted, shot at or taken except during the open seasons as estab- lished by the Laws of Pennsylvania, and as to the following birds and animals within the following dates :-
Deer, October Ist to December Ist.
Gray and Black Squirrel, October 15th to De- cember 15th.
Wood or Summer Duck, October Ist to Janu- ary Ist.
Woodcock, July 4th to December 15th.
Quail, October 15th to December Ist.
Upland Plover, July 15th to January Ist.
Ruffed Grouse or Partridge, October Ist to January Ist.
Rail or Reed Birds, September, October and November.
6. Deer shall not be pursued with dogs nor killed in waters when driven there by dogs.
7. No person shall shoot at, injure or kill any thrush, martin, swallow, wood-pecker, oriole, red or cardinal bird, tanager, catbird, blue bird, chippy bird, wren, robin, meadow lark or whip- poor-will, or any insectivorous bird.
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PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR FISHING, HUNTING AND SHOOTING
In addition to any penalty or disability or forfeiture imposed by the By-Laws the penalties for any violation of any rule or part of a rule regulating hunting, fish- ing or shooting shall be a fine of $10.00 for each vio- lation and a further fine of $5.00 for each fish, animal or bird taken or killed, wounded or injured in violation of any such rule and the suspension of the offender from the privileges of fishing, hunting and shooting for a period not exceeding one year and until the fines are paid.
Some few amendments and additions were made in the House and General Rules between 1885 and 1889 as follows:
I. The age at which full board was to be charged was changed from 9 to 12 years.
2. Elimination of fixed rates for board.
3. Additional charge of $2.00 per week for board of guest over that of member.
4. Reduction of charge for keeping a horse on Club Grounds from $20.00 to $ 15.00 per month.
Although from 1889 to the present time some slight changes have been made in both the House and General Rules and those in regard to Hunting and Fishing, they are, in the main, similar to those now in effect.
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A s the Club grew in membership and popularity and within a year or two following the building of the original Club House, the need began to be felt for increased accommodations. There were beween fifty and sixty names on the rolls and though there had been some intentions expressed by a few of the other members to build cottages, their plans had not materialized and Mr. Black was still the only cottage owner; in fact, some years elapsed before any more applications to build were made.
In November of 1886, the Executive Committee was asked to submit at the next meeting of the Board, a plan for an extension to the Club House. While such plan was in the making, improvements were also authorized in the matter of extending the store house to accommodate the help in the way of sleeping and dining apartments, enlarging the "chill" room and making alterations to the parlor of the Club. This work was well finished by the spring of 1887, and progress reported in the matter of in- creased accommodations for members and guests at the Club House.
The idea was to build a wing on the south side of the original Club House by subscriptions of eight or
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more members. This addition was to be 122 feet in length and 42 feet in depth, was to be two stories in height with an attic, and was to include a dining room and coat room on the ground floor, besides thirty-one rooms for sleeping quarters, which would be owned by the subscribers. A proposed contract with the members interested was approved at a spe- cial stockholders' meeting on August 24th, 1889. The Agreement to build was made and signed by members subscribing, September 14th, 1889, and in the following October the action of the stock- holders was ratified by the Board. Mr. George B. Pelham was engaged as architect. Verbatim copies of the agreements to build and to share the cost of building, and a copy of the Blank Form of South Wing Lease, follow:
COPY AGREEMENT TO BUILD SOUTH EXTENSION
AGREEMENT made the 14th day of September A.D. 1889, between the Forest Lake Association, party of the first part, and the undersigned members of the said Association, parties of the second part
WITNESSETH
The parties of the second part agree to erect and finish at their own cost and expense upon the grounds of the party of the first part, in Pike County, Penn-
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sylvania, and without expense to the party of the first part, a wing or extension to be annexed to the present Club House of the party of the first part, said wing to extend toward the Gregor cottage, and to be about 122 feet in length, and two and one-half stories in height, said work to be done substantially according to the plans and specifications heretofore prepared by Geo. B. Pelham, Esq., Architect, and to be completed by May 15th, 1890.
Said parties of the second part also agree, at their own expense, to remove the store room, kitchen and other buildings connected with the present Club House, to the westward of said house, and place the same on suitable foundations, and connect the same with the Club House, as enlarged according to said plans.
The parties hereto agree that said new structure or extension is to be the property of the Forest Lake As- sociation, and is to be and remain under its exclusive charge, management and control, and that said Asso- ciation is also to have the exclusive use of the dining room, halls, stairways, cloak room, clerk's office and piazzas, appertaining to said new building or exten- sion; and it agrees to keep the same, and the outside of said new buildings, in good order and repair.
The party of the first part agrees to allow said ex- tension to be built, and said improvements to be made, and to pay the taxes on said extension, and keep the entire Club House insured to full amount of cost and to apply the insurance toward rebuilding or restoring the same in case of complete or partial destruction by fire, and to restoring the parties of the second part to their rights under this agreement so far as the in- surance money will permit.
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The party of the first part further agrees, upon the completion of the building, to issue leases under its seal, in the form and containing the provisions of the instrument hereto annexed marked "A" which is to be taken as forming a part of this agreement, said leases to be issued only to members of the Forest Lake Asso- ciation in good standing, and only to such members, and their successors, and for such rooms as the parties of the second part, or a majority of them may desig- nate.
The total cost to each member of his leased room or rooms, exclusive of furniture, is to be stated by him to the party of the first part when the lease shall be is- sued, and the party of the first part shall have the right to close or take exclusive possession of said room or rooms and to cancel the lease thereof, and use said room or rooms upon the expulsion, from the Forest Lake Association, of the member holding the lease, but is required to pay the member who has leased said room or rooms the original cost as stated without interest within three months after taking possession of same.
The member whose room is taken may require dur- ing said three months that the lease of it be put up at auction among the other members of the Association and the price obtained shall be paid to him. The As- sociation may also bid at such auction.
A member, or his legal or personal representatives, may, with the consent of the party of the first part, transfer a lease of his room or rooms to any other member of the party of the first part in good stand- ing.
THIS AGREEMENT becomes operative after eight members have signed the same and it has been ratified
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by the Board of Directors or Trustees of the party of the first part. FOREST LAKE ASSOCIATION ALEXANDER HADDEN, President
Sealed and delivered in presence of
WM. H. FRAME
FREDERICK S. WAIT, Clerk
JAMES A. FRAME JOHN LIVINGSTON BENJAMIN A. WILLIAMS B. F. JUDSON ALEXANDER HADDEN GEO. N. WILLIAMS GEO. N. WILLIAMS, JR. ALFRED B. SCOTT
STATE OF NEW YORK
County of New York SS
Be it remembered that on this eleventh day of De- cember, A.D. 1890 before me, Joseph B. Braman, a Commissioner of the State of Pennsylvania, in and for the State of New York, resident in said City of New York, personally appeared Wm. H. Frame, one of the subscribing witnesses to the execution of the above and foregoing agreement, who being duly sworn, ac- cording to law, doth depose and say that he did see James A. Frame, John Livingston, Benjamin A. Wil- liams, B. F. Judson, George N. Williams, G. N. Wil- liams, Jr., Alfred B. Scott, and also Alexander Hadden individually and as President of the Forest Lake Asso- ciation, the parties thereto above named, sign and seal, and as their act and deed deliver the above and fore-
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going agreement, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and that he did also see Frederick S. Wait subscribe his name thereto as the other witness of such sealing and delivery and that the name of this deponent thereunto set and subscribed as a witness is of this deponent's own proper handwriting.
WILLIAM H. FRAME
Subscribed and sworn to before me this eleventh day of December A. D.
Eighteen Hundred and Ninety at said City and County of New York.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year first above written.
JOSEPH B. BRAMAN
Commissioner of the State of Pennsylvania, in and for the State of New York, resident in said City of New York.
Offices: Equitable Building, 120 Broadway, New York City Branch and residence, 1270 Broadway, New York City
COPY
AGREEMENT TO PAY SHARE OF COST OF BUILDING EXTENSION APPOINTING BUILDING COMMITTEE
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 14th day of September 1889, between the under- signed constituting some of the members of the Forest Lake Association:
WHEREAS an agreement has been heretofore en- tered into between the undersigned and the Forest
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Lake Association providing for the erection by the parties hereto of an addition or extension to the Club House of said Association upon its grounds in Pike County, Pennsylvania, and for the alteration of the present Club House out buildings, etc., substantially as set forth in the plans and specifications prepared by Geo. B. Pelham, Esq., Architect,
NOW, to effectuate said agreement, each of the parties hereto agrees to pay upon the ratification of the said agreement by the Forest Lake Association the sum of $875.00 his share of the estimated cost of said building and improvements to George N. Williams, Jr., Esq., who is hereby constituted Treasurer of the fund, and the undersigned hereby authorizes said George N. Williams, Jr., Esq., Treasurer, to disburse said moneys for the completion of said building, exten- sion and improvements under the direction of the committee hereinafter named. The undersigned also agree to pay on demand to said Treasurer, equally, such additional sums as may be required to complete said structure and improvements.
The undersigned also constitute and appoint James A. Frame, John Livingston and Benjamin A. Williams a committee of three with power and authority to enter into a contract or contracts with one or more persons or contractors for the erection and completion of said extension and the making of said improvements; said committee to be authorized to draw upon said George N. Williams, Jr., Esq., Treasurer, from time to time for the money needed to complete said extension and improvements according to said plans and specifi- cations.
It is further agreed that when said extension has been substantially completed, the choice for the leases of rooms shall be put up at auction by the committee
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above named upon ten days' notice to the parties hereto by mail, and the undersigned alone are to be permitted to bid at said sale, and no more than two rooms which are to be in suites, can be selected by any of the undersigned until each subscriber has been ac- corded an opportunity to select rooms.
Any of the undersigned who have failed to comply with the provisions of this agreement are not to be allowed to bid at said sale, and shall forfeit their rights under this agreement.
After the undersigned have all obtained leases for suites of rooms, the remaining rooms are to be leased to members of the Forest Lake Association at such rates as a majority of the undersigned may determine.
The net proceeds of premiums and of leases of extra rooms is to become a part of the building fund, the surplus to be divided equally among the undersigned.
WITNESS our hands and seals the day and year first above mentioned.
JAMES A. FRAME JOHN LIVINGSTON
BENJAMIN A. WILLIAMS
B. F. JUDSON ALEXANDER HADDEN
GEO. N. WILLIAMS
GEO. N. WILLIAMS, JR. ALFRED B. SCOTT
COPY
BLANK FORM OF SOUTH WING LEASE
THIS INDENTURE made this day of 1890, between the Forest Lake Association, party of the first part and a member
of said Association, party of the second part,
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WITNESSETH
Pursuant to an agreement entered into September 14th, 1889, between the party of the first part and cer- tain of its members, the party of the first part hereby leases to said party of the second part, rooms Nos
in the extension to its Club House in Pike County, Pennsylvania, for a period during which said building shall stand.
The parties hereto agree that this lease is subject to the By-Laws, Rules and Regulations of the Forest Lake Association, as the same at present exist, and to the amending, alteration and repeal of the same, and also subject to such further By-Laws, Rules and Regula- tions as may hereafter be adopted by the said Forest Lake Association, with reference to the use of said rooms or the conduct of the occupants.
The party of the second part further agrees that said rooms shall be used solely by the party of the second part or his guests, as permitted by the rules of the Association, and that said rooms shall be occupied for the purpose of sleeping rooms only, and for no other purpose whatever; that the lessee shall furnish the same with bedroom furniture only, that no cooking shall be done therein, nor shall any food, merchandise or liquors be sold or stored in said rooms, nor shall any animal or bird be kept therein, nor shall any game of chance, upon which money is wagered, be played in said rooms.
It is further agreed that members and guests occu- pying said rooms, will board in the dining room of the party of the first part and pay table board at rates fixed by it, which shall not exceed the amount paid by Cottage Boarders; the lessee also agrees to keep the leased rooms in repair.
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The lessor reserves the right to enter said rooms at reasonable hours, and agrees to take care of the same; to supply waiting and chamber maid service to said leased rooms free of charge, similar to that furnished to other parts of the Club House, and to permit only the lessee or his guests to occupy same.
The party of the first part agrees to keep the entire Club House insured to full amount of cost and to ap- ply the amount of insurance money toward rebuilding and restoring the same in case of complete or partial destruction by fire, and to restoring the party of the second part to his rights under this lease so far as the insurance money will permit.
The cost to the lessee of said rooms is hereby fixed at $
The party of the first part upon the expulsion of the party of the second part from membership in the party of the first part, may take possession of said rooms, and it agrees to pay the party of the second part within three months after so doing, the said sum of $ without interest. The party of the second part may, during said three months, require that this lease be put up at auction among the other mem- bers of the party of the first part and the price ob- tained shall be paid to the party of the second part.
The party of the first part may bid at said sale.
The party of the second part or his legal or personal representative, may with the consent of the party of the first part, assign said lease to any other member of the party of the first part in good standing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused these presents to be subscribed the day and year first above written.
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In February, 1890, the extension to the Club House was reported as going forward; in May it was ordered that the old Club House and out building be painted to conform to the color of the new wing, and in August, Benjamin A. Williams reported that the extension to the Club House had been completed. The new wing was accordingly accepted by the Board and on November 18th, 1890, the leases were ordered to be issued.
The original room owners were: Dr. Alexander Hadden, John Livingston, James A. Frame, Alfred B. Scott, B. F. Judson, Benjamin A. Williams, George N. Williams, George N. Williams, Jr., John Minturn and Abraham B. Johnson.
Before taking up the matter of any further addi- tion to the Club House, it has been thought best to give as complete a picture as possible of the accommo- dations afforded by the Club House as now altered and improved.
There were now, with the four double and four- teen single rooms in the original part of the building and the thirty-one rooms in the wing, a total of forty- nine rooms for sleeping accommodations.
The log fireplaces in both the parlor and lobby furnished what warmth was usually necessary on cool days and evenings and if an unusual drop in temperature occurred, the wood stove added to the comfort of the guests. It is noted in the minutes of the Club that in April, 1888, a new wood stove was ordered for the ladies' parlor, and for this added [78]
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blessing the ladies were undoubtedly very thankful.
In those early days, the lighting plant consisted of kerosene lamps for parlor, lobby and dining rooms, and candles for the bedrooms. It is said that a supply of candles was kept in a box on a stand in a corner of the parlor and when Morpheus claimed a victim the chosen one would say his "good nights," help himself to his stick of tallow, and march off to bed. Occasionally, however, difficulty would be encoun- tered in lighting the pesky things, some arch villains having thoroughly drenched the wicks in water ere retiring to their own "downy" cots. Until a few years ago, when electricity was installed throughout the Club House, the candles were still used to light the guests to bed.
The general use of lamps and candles had always caused some apprehension of fire, and in 1898 the Executive Committee was instructed to provide proper fire escape ropes and attach the same to all bedroom windows of the top story of the old Club House and elsewhere where needed. These devices, which are really patent fire escapes, are still part of the equipment of the top story bedrooms.
In December of 1904, the District Attorney of Pike County notified the Club officials that the Club House must be provided with fire escapes according to the law. Later on there is a notation in the Club minutes to the effect that the Club did not come under the Pennsylvania factory law and the fire escapes were not then erected.
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An iron fire escape furnished by Harry Livingston was placed at the north end of the Club House in 1928.
The spring situated at the north end of Corilla has always been one of the Club's chief assets, because of its pure and seemingly unlimited supply of water. In all probability tests had been made of this water some time during the earlier years, although no rec- ords have been discovered to substantiate this sur- mise. However, it is recorded that in May, 1915, the spring water was reported pure, a test having been made shortly before this time through the kind- ness of Harry Livingston, and several satisfactory tests have subsequently been made.
The first few years after the original Club House was built, might, with some justice, be called the era of the "Water Wagon;" this bearing no relation, however, and being in no sense a forerunner of the 18th Amendment. The wagon was used to carry the water, in barrels, from the spring at Corilla up to the Club House; and this primitive method of water supply was used until a force pump was in- stalled at the spring and a tank erected at the Club House early in the year 1885. For many years after its work was ended, the "Wagon" was still to be seen and pointed out to visitors as an interesting antique. Until very recently water has been supplied in this way during the winter season.
It is recorded that in February, 1887, it was de- cided that a pipe be laid to Wolf Pond to pump
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water to the tank for laundry purposes; but no fur- ther mention has been found of this proposed project. In the very early days rain water was col- lected in barrels and used for this purpose.
The subject of establishing a more adequate sewer- age system was taken up in November, 1890. This matter was referred to the Landscape Engineer with power.
In August, 1894, and but four years after the erection of the south wing, the matter of additional accommodations was again up for discussion and a committee was appointed to raise funds for this pur- pose. The Committee made a report in October following, recommending that an extension be built according to the plans prepared by one of its mem- bers, Mr. Robert Maynicke, an architect. As a means of raising funds for building purposes, the issuing of debenture bonds was proposed.
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