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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1874
Volume 211, Page 3366   View pdf image (33K)
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JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 507

asylum of the dead should be held sacred, and not

 

disturbed or interfered with ; therefore —

 

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

 

Maryland, That no public roads, streets, lanes or

Shall not be
opened

alleys heretofore laid out, shall be opened through

 

said lauds, without the consent of said corporation ;

 

and that the said lands be and the same are hereby

 

declared to be forever exempt from the passage

 

through them or construction within them of any

 

public highway, turnpike, railroad or canal.

 

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person who

Wilfully de-

shall wilfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or

stroy &c.

remove any tomb, monument, gravestone or other

 

structure placed in the cemetery aforesaid, or any

 

fence, railing or other work for the protection or

 

ornament of any tomb, monument, gravestone or

 

other structure aforesaid, or shall wilfully destroy,

 

cut, break or remove any tree, shrub or plant within

 

the limits of said cemetery, or shall shoot or discharge

 

any gun or any fire-arm within the said limits, or

 

shall be intoxicated therein, or be guilty of lewd,

 

riotous or disorderly conduct therein, shall be deemed

 

guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction

Penalty

thereof, be lined not less than five dollars nor more

 

than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the

 

county jail not less than one month nor more than

 

two months, or be both fined and imprisoned as

 

aforesaid, in the discretion of the court.

 

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a certificate

 

under the seal of said corporation of the ownership

The same effect

of any lot in said cemetery, stall in all respects have

 

the same effect as any conveyance of such lot would

 

have if executed, acknowledged and recorded as

 

conveyances of real estate are required to be by the

 

laws of the State of Maryland ; and that said lots

 

shall be held by the proprietors thereof, as real estate,

 

for the purpose of sepulture only, under such rules and

 

regulations as said corporation may from time to

 

time establish, and for no other purpose, and shall

 

not be subject to attachment or execution, nor be

 

liable to be sold for the debts of any deceased person

 

who may have owned such lot during his lifetime.

 

SEC: 4. And be it further enacted, That said corpora-

Make rules

tions shall have power to make all such rules and

and regulations



 

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