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fffoMeeting «f .lb«Aap~n £*vre c IBct*r,.f«AXcia»tluii«n* _ _Aiiore vrere owners of lou» m Aj^cu Grovec prcf* *ai at the annual meeting for the* tlec- jt*on of officers, he!d last evening at Manon 11*11, in j *the ofSce of William Garrett, Esq., Clerk of The Die- ! 11trict Court. Toe l*re«lderit, Mr. K C. KeadaU.'occa- i tlScore? I tary of the part year, wan at hi* regular Do«twi I The minuter of the last meeting were read ted also I Hthe amendment* of rhe’CohstiIntion adopted in March | *la«Tii^ President presented th*. annual report of the Board of CostroL, setting forth eery fail/ their operations i he laar year. We shall publish it in foil in ournext ime.in relation to the general cleaning up which had baen undertaken the past year, the Chair elated that | 8 many who had been called upon to contribute* had | 0refusedaSa7hiiimaging various reasons. *M ijor W tie made a few remarks, prefacing them I * ith a text from Taa Haw k Era iu relation to a “free discussion of the doings of the Association. He had attended various public met tings, where free discussion had been invite I, and yet he had di-cemed01vhttvtiic uiauitcuvsu ircsuoui, tume piau or programme, which H any one out side of the ring oppos j ted. brought down the indignation of the mat agers of jthe meeting. He alluded to recent railroad meetings where he thought tuch a system had been pursued.The Chair suted, for information, that the “free jdiscussion related to the operations o! the out-going jBoard and not to any future plan or procedure, which %would properly come up after the election had takenplace. - JM^jor W hite declared his* previous remarks merely introductory, and announced that he would come right to the point. He had been interested in the Association lor tb»* past fifteen years. Borne time ago, his lot in Aspen Grove, requiring some attention, he had dire ted the Sexton to set his part of the grounds in order, offering to pay for the sendee performed. It was not attended to however.1 he Cha.i mated that the control of matters there had been taken Irora the Sexton and assigned to the Slt;*lt;:re'sry. A lot ow ner desiring to make sn inter*mentor to beautify his property is required to depositUh* estimated cost with the Xreasarer and an order is hen issued to the Sexton to perform the work. This rule *** adopted partly lor the reason that numerous \ j c mip,tints had been made from time to time of the l* 1 non periosmnceof duty by the Sexton. Under tlis system the^graves were decently cared for afterw*ardv A “ permit to inter included the charge for the sor-g vices pe-iormad by the Sexton, which is assessed at$5 for persons over fifteen years of age and |4 for all^ under. *Major White had observed very little change in theI*yground- the pst*?t 5ear beyond the clearing op of a few roads or streets. The grave stone* inmanv instances* |------------* - - *— ~ ■h»uc» tu many id* tan esy were out ol a perpendicular, noddleg in various di-ructions. lie thought the Bex ton ought to exercise a care over the mono incuts snd rai ings and other decors.ions, rigidly toppressing every act of vandal Ua that intruders or visitors might be guilty of. H* recited various instances which reflected on the Sexton. -UMr. McCash *v * ^“°^e naa Caenmaue in the practical management of the grounds, the previous Sexton having been tfniltv of variousailehdirelicuons of duty.Mr. Donahue was pleased to hear these matter* inquired Into. The attendance although very aiim was far better than had been secured at any previous meeting of the Association. A* to the movement to clean up the grounds, opposition had gone so far as to insist that the servants of the Board had no right to enter piisste lots to put th» m in order.The Ult; port of 1 be operaticus of the past year was tiaeo adopted and ordered placed on file.The election of offices s ioiilowed. fi he Presidentbtnring hi** name suggested, expressed a wish to retire fioni he position an he had served two terms.— The fo towing is the result of the ballot:m T. Hedge, 1. / nB J I). IkttiAf, S.f n. C Kendall, 9.I I T . L. Part s, 1.g Mi, it. C. Kendall wrs declared re-elected Presit dent.; Forfceeietary he balloting was as follows :r I F C. Parson?, 1.1 j A Parson?, 9A. W. Parsons i.f ! Wm. Garrsit 10.iMr. Garrett w«* declared the choice for Secretary.- cm Tiearurer the vote wu* as follows :R. E. G»y, j.A. W, Parsons. I.i T. L P irssns, 1.T. Hedge, Lj Mr £ E, Gay was the cholte j For Trustees for one year Messrs. MoCosh. Don-J shne and II:dg* were selected; for two years M *trt*j Dchlie, Howard snd Schrsmni
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Burlington Daily Hawk Eye Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Thu, Jan 03, 1867
Page 4
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