1889 Visitor Regulations

1. No children will be admitted unless attended by some person who will be responsible for their conduct.

2. No rapid driving will be permitted, nor driving on the lawns. (This applied to carriages since there were no cars.)

3. All persons are prohibited from picnicking, hunting or fishing, feeding or disturbing fish, fowls, or birds within the Cemetery.

4. All persons are forbid sitting, lounging upon, or otherwise occupying any private lot within the Cemetery not their own.

5. Horses must not be left unless fastened where posts are provided for that purpose.

6. Neither refreshments nor liquors will be allowed upon the grounds.

7. No person with firearms or dogs will be permitted to enter the grounds.

8. All persons are strictly prohibited from throwing rubbish on the avenues or any part of the grounds, plucking any plants, whether wild or cultivated, breaking or injuring any tree or shrub, marring any monument or landmark, or in any way defacing the grounds.

9. No person will be permitted to use boisterous or profane language, or in any way to disturb the quiet and good order of the Cemetery.

10. No person will be permitted to enter except through the entrance. All persons are reminded that the grounds are sacredly devoted to the burial of the dead and that provisions and penalties of the law, as provided for by the State Statute will be strictly enforced in all cases of wanton injury, disturbance, and disregard of the rules.

It is of the utmost importance that there should be a strict observance of all the proprieties due the place, whether embraced in these regulations or not, as no impropriety will be tolerated. All well-disposed persons will confer a favor by informing the Superintendent of any breach of these rules that may come under their notice.