EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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40B. The said clerk is furthermore hereby required, when-

ever a certificate under the seal of such town, corporation, in-

corporated church or religious denomination, of the owner-

To keep record

ship of any lot sold in such cemetery or cemeteries aforesaid

of sales of
cemetery

is presented to him therefor, to record the same in said book

lots, etc.

or books and index the same ; and of every transfer of same when

it can be transferred, he receiving of the owner such certificate

or lot for every such recording fifty cents ; and when so re-

corded shall in all respects have the same effect as any con-

veyance from such town, corporation, incorporated church or

religious denomination, of said lot would have it executed and

recorded as conveyance of real estate are by the laws of this

State required to be; and the original, when recorded and exam-

ined, shall be delivered to the owner thereof.

40C. Every lot sold or conveyed in such cemetery as afore-

said shall be held by the proprietors or owners of such lot

for the sole purpose of sepulture and none other, and shall not

Lots cannot be

in any manner be subject to attachments, execution or lien

taken for
debt.

debt, or affected by the insolvent laws of this 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 cemetery, and shall at all times

be subject to such rules or regulations as may from time to

time be established for the use, care, preservation or improve-

ments of same.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all laws or parts of laws

inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed ; and that this Act

shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

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CHAPTER 444.

AN ACT to provide for a special election in Baltimore City

for the submission to the legal voters of said city of an

ordinance, the same to be so submitted at such time and

place as shall be fixed thereby, pursuant to the provisions

of Section 7 of Article 11 of the Constitution of Maryland,

authorizing the issuance of stock by the said corporation to

an amount not exceeding six million dollars, for the purpose

of supplying additional means for defraying the expenses

and cost of carrying into execution the plan of improve-