ART. 26.] CORPORATIONS. 153

laid down in any plat made by authority of any city or town, to
be opened as a street or road.

26. Every burial lot sold or conveyed in such cemetery, shall
be held by the proprietors thereof for the sole purpose of sepul-
ture, 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 the State; but the estate of the owner or owners in their
respective 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 president and managers of the corpo-
ration.

27. A certificate (under seal of the corporation) of the owner-
ship of any lot sold and conveyed as aforesaid, shall in all respects
have the same effect as any conveyance from such corporation
of said lot would have if executed, acknowledged and recorded
as conveyances of real estate are by the laws of this State
required to be.

28. Any person who shall wilfully destroy, mutilate, deface,
injure or remove any tomb, monument, grave-stone, 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 destroy, cut, break or remove any tree, plant or shrub,
within its limits, or who shall shoot or discharge any fire-arms
within said limits, shall be considered us guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace,
shall be punished by fine, in the discretion of the justice, accord-
ing to the aggravation of the offence, not less than five nor more
than fifty dollars.

29. The managers of any company or corporation organized
under the provisions of the twentieth section of this article, shall
be jointly and severally liable for all debts due from said com-
pany or corporation, contracted while they are managers;
Provided, said debts are payable within one year from the time
they shall have been contracted; and that suit for the collection
of the same shall be brought within one year after the debt shall
become due and payable.