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CORPORATIONS. [ART. 26.

state or city, town or county, to be opened as a street
or road.

Burial lots in
cemeteries

81. Every burial lot sold or conveyed in such ceme-
tery shall be held by the. proprietors thereof for the
sole purpose of sepulchre, and for none other, and shall

Exempt from
execution,
attachment, &c.

not in any manner be subject to attachment or execu-
tion for debt, or affected by the insolvent laws of this
state, but the estate of the owner or owners in their

Descent, devise
or sale.

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 mana-
gers of the corporation.

Certificate of
title under cor-
porate seal.

82. A certificate (under the seal of the corporation,)
of the ownership of any lot sold or conveyed as afore-
said, 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 con-
veyances of real estate are by the laws of this state re-
quired to be.

Injuring, &c.,
tombs, monu-
ments, &c

83. Any person who shall wilfully destroy, mutilate,
deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument or grave-
stone, or other structure placed in said cemetery, or any
fence, railing or other work for the protection or orna-
ment of said cemetery, or shall wilfully destroy, cut,
break or remove any tree, plant or shrub within its

Firearms.

limits, or who shall shoot or discharge any firearms
within said limits, shall be considered as guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any

Penalty.

justice of the peace, shall be punished by fine, in the
discretion of the justice, according to the aggravation
of the offense, not less than five nor more than fifty
dollars.

HOMESTEAD OR BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.

Corporation
may limit
shares.

84. Any such corporation formed under the provi-
sions of this article shall have power in its certificate of
incorporation to limit the number of shares which each
stockholder may be allowed to hold; to prescribe the