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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, March 30, 1868
Volume 142, Page 3269   View pdf image (33K)
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THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 931

ated for the purpose of burial ; but nothing herein
contained shall authorize any such corporation to
obstruct any public road, street or lane actually
opened and used as such at the time of its incor-
p :ation, or then laid down on any plat made by
authority of the State or city, town or county, to
be Opened as a street or road.

 

Sec. 81. And be it enacted, That every burial lot
sold or conveyed in such cemetery shall be held
by the proprietors thereof for the sole purpose of
sepulchre, and for none other, and shall not in any
manner be subject to attachment or execution for
debt, or affected by the insolvent laws of this State,
but the estate of the owner or owners in their re-
spective lots shall descend as real estate to heirs,
may be devised by will, or may be disposed of by
the owner by sale, with the approval of the Presi-
dent and Managers of the corporation.

Not to be
used for other
purposes.

Sec. 82. And be it enacted, That a certificate
(under the seal of the corporation) of the owner-
ship of any lot sold or conveyed as aforesaid, shall
in all respects have the same effect as any convey-
ance from such corporation of said lot would have
if executed, acknowledged and recorded as convey-
ances of real estate are by the laws of this State
required to be.

Title.

Sec. 83. And be it enacted, That any person who
shall wilfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or
remove any tomb, monument or gravestone, or
other structure placed in said cemetery, or any
fence, railing or other work for the protection or
ornament of said cemetery, or shall wilfully de-
stroy, cut, break or remove any tree, plant or shrub
within its limits, or who shall shoot or discharge
any firearms within said limits, shall be consid-
ered as guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
tion thereof before any Justice of the Peace, shall
be punished by fine, in the discretion of the Jus-
tice, according to the aggravation of the offense,
not less than five nor more than fifty dollars.

Penalty for
injury.

Sec. 84. And be it enacted, That any such cor-
poration formed under the provisions of this Article
shall have power in its certificate of incorporation
to limit the number of shares which each stock-
holder may be allowed to hold ; to prescribe the

Limit shares.



 

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