Copying Book: Secretary's Letters, 1860 (page 233)

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And I think there should be a restriction upon the height
of headstones -- say three feet. For enclosures may
encroach on the rights of others -- they do obstruct
the passage between graves, and are often out of
taste, and break up, by variety, the symmetrical
appearance of the grounds. Tall headstones are
unsightly, when their height obstructs the view
of the other parts of the ground. --

I would suggest something like this:

"but no
slab or monument shall be erected at any grave
exceeding three feet in height, ^^{and under the supervision of the Supt}, and no fence or curb
shall be placed around a grave or graves, without
the consent of the Committee on Lots."

The last clause in this article I think should
be amended to read --

"If any grave shall become
vacant by the removal of the body interred therein,
the land shall revert to the Corporation, unless
it shall be received in exchange and partial
payment for other land in the Cemetery."

I propose this last amend^t to prevent the impli-
cation of a right on the part of a grave-owner to be
reimbursed when he removes a body from the
public lot to the lot of some other proprietor in the
Cemetery, or anywhere else than to land purchased