KENTUCKY'S NECROPOLIS


                       CHAPTER I.
                    THE INCORPORATION.
    The Frankfort or State Cemetery was incorporated by Act
of the Kentucky Legislature, approved February 27th, 1844.
(The incorporators were Edmund H. Taylor, A. G. Hodges,
IHenry Wingate, Mason Brown, Jacob Swigert, A. P. Cox,
Philip Swigert, Orlando Brown and M. R. Stealey.)  The Act
provided that seven trustees should be elected by the share-
holders, once every five years. The proceeds of the sale of lots
and all money that came to the corporation from any other
source should be applied, first, to the reimbursement of those
who had made advancements for the original outlay and pur-
chase; and whatever should he paid afterwards, for all time to
come, should be used to ornament and improve the grounds
and defrav incidental expenses. The Frankfort Cemetery was
the second incorporated cemetery in the United States. Mt.
Auburn, at Boston, Mass., was the first.
    The Act provides that the grounds shall be used for burial
purposes only, and that no roads shall be opened through the
grounds. It prescribes that in addition to their other duties
the trustees shall preserve an accurate map and survey of the
grounds and lots. and have the same recorded in the Clerk's
office of the Franklin County Court, and also in the office of
the Clerk of the Court of Appeals. It is made their duty to add
such fixtures as may be necessary for the use or ornament of the
grounds, with power to lay off and sell burial lots, etc.
    When -a burial lot is purchased the trustees shall give a
certificate thereof, under the seal of the corporation, which
shall vest the purchaser with title. If this -title is not trans-
ferred by the grantee it shall descend or pass by devise as
other real estate.