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SOLDIERS’ MT’L CEMETERYTho AAT OETTY8BUEO. f ThefollowitHarrisburg, Dec. 17th, 1863. ,The Commissioners appointed by the Comps Governors of the different States, which Notes ohave soldiers buried in the Soldiers’ Ns- * c*sh tional Cemetery, at Gettysburg, Pa., met at j»re^iiu the Jones House in Harrisburg, Pa., at 3 sump i o’clock, P. M., on the 17th of December, Intoresi 1863.The following named Commissioners were present, via.:Hon. B. W. Norris, of Maine.Hon. L. B Mason, of Now Hampshire.Mr, Henry Edwards, of Massachusetts.Mr. Alfred Coit, of Connecticut.r3 IHon. Levi Scobey, of New Jersey. Mr. David Wills, of Pennsylvania.Amounl.Col. James Worrall, of Pennsylvania. Col. Johu S. Berry, of Maryland Mr. L. W. Brown, of Ohio.Col. Gordou Loflaud, of Ohio.Col. John G. Stephenson, of Indiana.Mr. W. V. Sclleck, of Wisconsin.On motion of Col. Lotlund, of Ohio, Mr.Paid ot Repot Wm. 11. Dr. J. I Mrs. W Mrs. M Doerson Jot. Wi J. GelbGo*. Ai J. L. T Bank o II. A. 1J j David Wills, of Pennsylvania, was olected J ei*uoIiBBill of Treftftui Secreta Notes o Cash iug*11Amotin18lt;AmouuaDrr-*-yiireAmH ii*4Exp’der-ii-PolicieExpiretyi-Notes'Cash i:geSae9,16a‘ir-i-E.) Chairman of the Convention.On motion of Col. Stephenson, of Indiana, Mr. W. Y. Selleck, of Wisconsin, was elected Secretary of the Convention.After some discussion by the members of the Convention, Col. Stephenson, of } , Indiana, moved tbat a committee of four, t1 of whiph the President of this Convention be one, be appointed for the purpose of0 preparing and putting in appropriate shape i the details of the plan in reference to theSoldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg, I r Pa., to bo presented to the Convention for t their action, which was carried. The ^ committee was appointed as follows : | Exp’d JB I Chairman, Col. John G. Stephenson, of Indiana; Mr. Heury Edwards, of Massa-_ chusetts, Hon. Levi Scobey, of New Jersey,Mr. David Wills, of Pennsylvania.On motion of Mr. Alfred Coit, of Connecticut, the Convention took a recess to await the action of the committee.The Convention met again at 5 o’clock,P. M. to hear the report of the committee.The committee mado the following report: Whereas, In accordance with an invitation from David Wills, Esq., agent tor his Excellency A. G. Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania, the Governors of the several | States appointed Commissioners, who met at Harrisburg, December 17th, 1863, to represent the States in convention, for the purpose of making arrangements for finishing the Soldiers’ National Cemetery : therefore, be itAVo/m/, By the said Commissioners in convention assembled, that the following Premii be submitted to the different. States inter-' I ested iu the “Soldiers’ National Cemetery”1 ' through their respective Governors : j First, That the Commonwealth of Penn-1 QoldciJl sylvauia shall hold the title to the laudwhich she has purchased at Gettysburg for treasu, i the Soldiers’ National Cemetery, iu trust for ■jStates having soldiers buried in said Cem- j q|jt ) etery, in perpetuity for the purpose to vOTeB which it is now applied. j ArctjcSecond, That the Legislature of the Com- „jn_ e monwcuBh of Pennsylvania, he requested to poun(j create a Corporation, to be uiauaged by j Trustees, one to be appointed by each of the qq,e , Governors of the States of Maine, Now fcn(j j,, Hampshire, Vermont. Massachusetts, Rhode ^ecn jIsland, Connecticut. New York, New Jersey, tj,e;r Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, W’est ukua* Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wieconsin, Minnesota, and of such other ge#i States as may hercatlcr desire to be repre- j ” sented in this Corporation, which Trustees Fob shall, at their first meeting, be divided tuto tains three clashes. The term of office ot the has a 1 first class to expire on the first day of Jan- lately uary, 1865 Tl“» second class on the fir-t lug th day of January, 1866. The third class on. fallen ’’ the first of January, 1807. The vacancies Kocky^ thus occurring to he filled by the several has he Governors, and the persons thus appointed —St. I to fill such vacancies, to hold their office for . ~the term of three years. This Corporation .to have exclusive control of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery. I °*tue11I Third, Tho following is the estimated 0 'P° 1 expanse of finishing the Cemetery : 803,500. n®S8,.M ^ | Fourth, That the several States be asked , ® 11to appropriate a sum of money, to he deter- j He mined by a division ot the estimated ex- 0th u penses according to representation in Cou-' Peach gress, to be expended in defraying the cost robbe of removing and re-interring the dead and was I ‘'u. ;hig the cemetery, under directions of j the rlt; It;- e metory corporation. I )0ck cFifth. When the cemetery shall have J ntons'been finished, the grounds are to be kept j ci0,in order, the house and enclosure in repair,out of a tund created by annual appropriation b made by the States which may be represent e in ihe cemetery corporation, in pro. portion to ihcir representation iu Congress.Onibiotion of Col. Berry, of Maryland, the report of the committee was accepted, and the committee discharged.It was moved by Col. Borry, of Maryland, that the report ot the committeo beconsidered seriatim, which was concurred in, and the report was then adopted in detail.Letters from the Governors of the following States were received by Mr. Wills, Chairman of the Convention, which were ■ not represented by Commissioners, express-ing their disposition to approve any rcasona- « hie action of the Convention in reference to I on.. the completion of the cemetery at Gettya-burg, Pa., vix.:Hon. Horatio Seymour, of New York.Hon. Austiu Blair, of Michigan.Hon. James Y. Smith, of Rhode Island.Hon. Win. Cannon, of Delaware.Hod. Henry G, Swift, of Minnesota.On motion cf Mr. 8eobey, of New Jer-id ' Blt;?y, the following committee was appointed 1 betwi by the Chairman, with the view to pro- j consii cure designs ot a monument to be erectedin the cemetery :Hon. Levi Soobey, of New Jersey.Hon. D. W. Morris, of Maine.Mr. D. W. Brown, of Ohio.i-snrB0OtitInete©(9©58rtaP-o-eroIf►fr18tou-ANew 1guerilescuptwood,burjr i tarvie him aBowell,wife, near lt;galiaiThwardarreal ton oMerej1 aL-thCol. J, 0. Stephenson, of Indiana.. bhed-it,b,edofotcheatpea re rcpreVirgibad r fromthe siCol. John S. Berry, of Maryland.On motion ot Mr. Alfred Coit, of Connecticut, tho plans and desigus of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery, us laid out and designedby Mr. Wm. Saunders, ware adopted by the j JConvention. peopjA motion was made by Mr. Coit, of Con- pP1**1 neoticut, returning thuuks to Mr. YYiu. JP, Saunders for the designs and drawings fur- *cishad gratuitously for the Soldiers’ Na- 8amo tional Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pa.; which jth I was unanimously adopted. nir-1 Mr. llrown, of Ohio, offered the follow- ,veedir-otneill-ing; which was adopted ; IRttuivtd, That Mr. Wm. Saunders beauthordise to furnish forty photographs of the plan ct the Soldiers’ Nations! Cemetery, for the use of the States having soldier* buried therein.■ ' DAVID WII.L8, IWlMtW- Y, Seli.ick, Secretary.poslaofCctore 1 who but t tbrou
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