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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sioned by removal from the county, or twelve miles
from Chestertown, or by death, or resignation, or
refusal to attend to the business of the company
for twelve months.

Corporators
— vacancies,
how filled.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That if any of the
corporators hereinbefore named, shall die, re-
sign, remove from Kent county, or remove twelve
miles beyond the limits of Chestertown and reside
for twelve months, that the vacancy or vacancies
thus created shall be filled by the remaining cor-
porators, at a meeting to be called for the purpose,
and if they refuse to elect, or neglect to do so, for
the period of three months, the President and
Managers shall fill such vacancies, and, in either
event, the proceedings shall be recorded in a book
to be kept for that purpose.

Burial lots,
&c.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the said Presi-
dent and Managers shall lay off burial lots and
walks in the said Cemetery, as they shall deem
proper, and shall advertise and sell at private sale,
for such prices as they may deem expedient, for
cash or credit, and take such security as they may
consider necessary, and shall cause such lots to be
marked and designated and numbered, in such
manner as may best Conduce to the objects of this
act ; such lots, when sold, to belong to the purcha-
ser, his or her heirs or assigns, but shall not be
subject to his debts or liabilities, nor public taxa-
tion, nor shall any of the said lots be sold at any
time to any but to white citizens, for which class
the depository of their dead is intended to be pro-
vided ; and that a certificate under seal of the cor-
poration, and signed by the President and Secre-
tary, of the ownership of a lot by any person,
acknowledged by them before a Justice of the
Peace of Kent county, and recorded among the
land records of Kent county, within six months
from the date thereof, shall have the same effect in
law as if it were regularly conveyed by deed; that
the sale of lots may be made at private sale at any
time after the first advertising shall be made.

Donations-
application of
proceeds.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the proceeds of
all lands and personal estates to be donated to the
said corporation, shall be exclusively appropriated
and applied, from time to time, to the inclosure,
securing and protecting the said lands, property
and Cemetery, to dividing it into lots and walks,