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1. The Officers of this Association shall be a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and Five Directord, who, together, shall constitute a Board for the transaction of the business of the Association: five shall form a quorum: And they shall hold their offices for one year, or until others are appointed in their places.

2. The Board of Directors shall superintend all improvements in the grounds appropriated to the Cemetery; shall divide the cemetery into lots; shall, under the direction of the Association, assign a lot to each share; shall select the places of interment for persons not interested in a particular lot; shall cause each lot to be numbered, & a plan of the whole cemetery made out; shall collect & appropriate all assessments ordered by the Association; and shall cause the acts of the Directors, & all burials to be recorded in separate Books by the Secretary; and shall have power to fill all vacancies occurring in the Offices of the Association.

3. There shall be an annual meeting of the Association, of the second Monday of April, & such other meetings as the Directors may, from time to time, call. At the annual meeting, the Officers of the Society shall be elected, the annual Report of the Directors read, & any other business, pertaining to the objects of

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the Association transacted. Meetings of the Association shall be duly notified by the Secretary.

According to a vote of the Association, a Committee of two was appointed by the Chairman, to nominate Officers. This Committee reported the following list of Officers, who were, by vote of the Association, elected: viz.

Rev. N. Lord D. D. President William Tenny Vice President Stephen Chase Secretary Joseph Emerson Jr. Treasurer Rev. C. B. Haddock D. D.\ Timothy D. Smith\ Prof. I. Young > Directors Alfred Morse Esq./ Prof. S. G. Brown/

Dr. Lord asked to be excused from serving as President, and Daniel Blaisdell Esq. was elected President of the Association.

Voted that the Directors divide the Cemetery into lots, as prescribed by the second section of the Bylaws, & assign one of the said portions of ground to each share; determining by lot the order of choice by the holders of the several shares.

Voted, on motion of Dr. Lord, that the Directors be authorized to buy land in addition to that intended to be bought

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of Prof. Crosby.

On motion of Professor Young, it was voted That the Secretary, in the name of the Corporation, give public notice of its formation, name & object, by publishing such notice three weeks successively in the "Democratic Republican", "a paper printed in the County in which the said association is formed", "& also by posting a like notice in one or more public places in the town in which said association is formed & located".

Voted, that this meeting be now dissolved.

S. Chase, Secretary -

Oct. 17. 1845.

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Agreeably to the Provisions of the third article of the Bylaws the annual meeting of the Association was holden on Monday April 13. at 7 o'clock P.M., having been duly notified by the Secretary, by posting up at the Post Office in Hanover, seven days before the meeting, the following notice, viz. (See file E.)

Notice.

The Stockholders of the Dartmouth Cemetary Association are hereby notified that the annual meeting of said Association will be holden at the Vestry near Dartmouth College on Monday, April 13th at 7 o'clock P.M.

S. Chase, Secretary of Dartmouth Cemetary Association.

Hanover April 6th 1846.

The President being absent, the meeting was called to order by the Vice President

The report of the Directors was read, stating that notice of the formation, name & object of the Association had been given by the Secretary, as required by law, & directed by the vote of the Association, that committees had been appointed on the subjects of fencing, of surveying the land & dividing it into lots, of procuring a grant of more land from the College, & of general improvement of the grounds; also, that the committees had, in part, attended to the duties assigned them (See file C.)

Voted, to accept the report.

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Voted to proceed to the choice of Officers.

The following persons were elected; viz.

Daniel Blaisdell Esq., President. William Tenny, Vice President. Stephen Chase, Secretary. Joseph Emerson Jr., Treasurer. Rev. C. B. Haddock DD.\ Col. T. D. Smith \ Prof. I. Young > Directors -- Alfred Morse Esq. / Prof. S. G. Brown /

Voted to commend to the Directors, the subject of an Address before the Association.

Voted, that this meeting be dissolved.

S. Chase, Secretary.

April 13. 1846.

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The Association having failed to hold its annual meeting for the present year, application was made to A. G. Brewster, Esquire, a Justice of the Peace for the County of Grafton, to call a meeting; in consequece of which application, he, the said A. G. Brewster Esquire issued his warrant requiring S. Chase, one of the petitioners, to warn a meeting of this corporation. Which application & warrant were as follows. (See file E.)

"To Augustus G. Brewster Esquire, a Justice of the Peace for the County of Grafton.

The Subscribers, owners of one twentieth part of the stock or property of the Dartmouth Cemetery Association, represent, that said Corporation has failed to hold its annual meeting of the members of said Corporation, to be held at the Vestry in Hanover on Monday, the 8th day of November next at seven o'clock, afternoon, for the purpose of acting on the following subjects.

1st To choose a President, Vice President, Secretary, Teasurer, & five Directors.

2d To see if said association will vote to make an assessment on the shares for the purpose of improving the Cemetery -

3d To transact any other necessary business.

Hanover Octr 23, 1847. Danl Blaisdell S. Chase

The State of New Hampshire

Grafton [?] To Stephen Chase of said Hanover;

Whereas application has been made to me Augustus G. Brewster a Justice of the Peace for said County of Grafton, as above; You are,

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therefore required to warn a meeting of said corporation, to be held at the time & place, & for the purposes mentioned in said application, by publishing a copy of said application, & of this warrant fourteen days, in the same manner, as is provided for warning the annual meeting of said corporation. And make return of this warrant at said time & place of meeting. Dated the .

A. O. Brewster, Justice of the Peace."

Accompanying the aforesaid application & warrant, was the following return: "I have, this day, published the within application for a meeting of the Dartmouth Cemetery Association & warrant requiring me to warn said meeting, by posting a copy of said application & warrant at the Post Office in said Hanover at least fourteen days previous to the time of this meeting. S. Chase

Hanover . The copy above mentioned, remained posted at the Post Office, & was taken down by me, this evening, being the evening of the sd. meeting. S. Chase."

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A copy of the aforesaid application & warrant has also been returned to the Secretary, with the following certificate. "The within copy of application & warrant I have published as directed fourteen days by posting it at the Post Office in said Hanover, on the 23d day of October, & causing it to remain so posted until the time of the said meeting. S. Chase.

Hanover .

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At a meeting holden at the time & place, & for the purpose mentioned in the aforesaid application & warrant, & notified as above specified, the President of the Association being in the Chair. The following persons, being officers of the Association for the past year, were re-elected for the current year. viz.

Daniel Blaisdale Esq. President
William Tenny Vice President
Stephen Chase Secretary
Joseph Emerson Jr. Treasurer
Rev. Dr. Haddock
Col. T. D. Smith
Prof. I. Young Directors
Alfred Morse Esq.
Prof. S. G. Brown
Voted that an anenment be laid for the purpose of improving the grounds. Voted that the anenment be one dollar on a share. Voted to appoint a Committee to divide the cemetery into lots; & that the Committee be nominated by the Chair. Dr. Richards, Profs. Brown & Young were nominated & appointed. But, it having been understood that the division into lots belongs properly to the Directors, it was voted To reconsider the vote to appoint a Committee for that purpose. Voted to adjourn til next Monday coming at 7 o'clock. S. Chase, Secretary.

Hanover .

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The Association met according to adjournment; the President in the chair. No business being proposed for formal action. Voted to adjourn without day.

The meeting was accordingly dissolved.

S. Chase, Secretary

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Agreeably to the provisions of the third article of the Bylaws, the Annual Meeting of the Association was holden on Monday, , at 7 o'clock P.M. having been duly notified by the Secretary by posting up at the Post Office in Hanover a suitable time before the said meeting, the following notice: viz.

Notice

The Stockholders of the Dartmouth Cemetery Association are hereby notified that the annual meeting of said Association]will be holden at the Vestry near Dartmouth College on Monday, April 10, at 7 o'clock P. M.

S. Chase, Secretary

The President being out of town, Prof Brown was called to preside. Voted to adjourn to Monday, .

S. Chase, Secretary

April 10. 1848.

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Monday April 24. Met according to adjournment; the meeting opened by the President.

Voted to adjourn to Monday .

S. Chase, Sec.

The Association met according to adjournment; the meeting opened by the President.

Voted to adjourn to Monday

S. Chase, Sec.

May 1. 1848.

The Association met according to adjournment. The Secretary being absent, A. O. Brewster was chosen Secretary pro tem.

The report of the Directors was read (File C).

Voted to proceed to the choice of Officers.

The following persons were elected; viz.

Danial Blaisdell Esq. President
William Tenny Vice President
S. Chase Secretary
J. Emerson Jr. Treasurer
Rev. Dr. Haddock
Col. T. D. Smith
Rev. Dr. Richards Directors.
Alfred Morse Esq.
Prof. S. G. Brown
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