Site 9 – A Place Apart

The original articles of association contained some wise provisions regarding the future management and permanent policy of the association. Section 2 provided: “The distinct and irrevocable principle on which this association is founded and to remain forever, 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 inclosed and in perpetual repair through all future time, including all incidental expense 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.”