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duty of the Trustees to report to the Governor, on the first day of January in each and every year, of the condition and management of the Ceme-
tery, which report shall contain a detailed state- ment of the receipts and expenditures of the Cor- poration, and a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Governor of each State represented in the Cor- poration. The expenses incident to the removal of the dead, inclosing and ornamenting the Ceme- tery, and all the work connected therewith and its further maintainance, shall be apportioned among the States connecting themselves with the Cor- poration according to the number of dead they may have upon the aforementioned battle-fields. Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the Board of	Detailed state- ment.
Trustees shall adopt such by-laws, rules and regu- lations as they may deem necessary for their gov- ernment, and for the government of their officers and agents and employees, such by-laws, rules and regulations to be consistent with this Act of In- corporation and the laws. If any State Legisla- ture fail or refuse to make an appropriation, and	Regulations.
the same shall he made to the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000), by any association, or by individuals, nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent such association or indi- viduals from being represented by a Trustee in the Board; hut no State, except Maryland, shall have more than one Trustee. Sec. 8. Be it enacted, That the Corporation shall	Other appro- priations.
have power to receive appropriations from the United States, from State Legislatures, associations and individuals, and also devises, bequests, gifts, annuities, and all other kinds of property, real and personal, for the purpose of the burial of the dead, enclosing and ornamenting the grounds and maintaining the same, and erecting a monument or monuments therein. Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That the grounds and	Corporation may receive.
property of said Cemetery shall be forever free from the levy of any State, County or Municipal tax, and the State of Maryland hereby releases and exempts the Corporation created by this Act	Free from tax
from the payment of any tax whatever that might be imposed by existing laws; all the laws of this State now in force, or which may hereafter be	Protection.