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On February 12, 1961, a group of interested persons met at
the Emerson Baptist Church for the purpose of forming a
corporation in order to improve the community cemetery. On March
2, 1961, a certificate of incorporation was issued to the Emerson
Cemetery Association (the association) pursuant to The General
Not For Profit Corporation Act of Missouri, ch. 355 (1991). The
articles of incorporation, also filed March 2, 1961, state that
the purpose for which the association is organized is:
To maintain and beautify a public burying ground;
to buy, lease, hold and sell real or personal property
as may be necessary and convenient for the conduct of
the association; to accept and hold, from any source,
as trustees, any funds, moneys, personal or real
property which may be put in trust for any purpose
consistent with the activities of the association and
to fully administer such trusts; to do each and every
thing necessary, suitable, and proper for the purpose
of this organization.
The association priced graves and grave openings, decided the
types of stones, erected and painted a caretaker's building, and
hired labor for the general maintenance of the cemetery, such as
mowing.
The original bylaws of the association stated that any
person interested in its objectives and aims could become a
member by declaring his or her interest and signing the
membership roll. After the enrollment of the original members,
new members had to be approved at the regular annual members'
meeting. The original bylaws also stated that of the six
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