1841.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

chap. 148.

whereas, it seems reasonable and necessary to provide for
the permanence of said establishment, so that those who in-
ter there, may be assured of perpetual protection to the re-
mains of relatives and friends, and for the decent preserva-
tion of the grounds—therefore,

Corporate
powers.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That Tobias E. Stansberry, James L. Ridgely,
Robert Howard, Elijah Stansberry, John Spear Smith, Hen-
ry R. Louderman, George M. Gill, T. Parkin Scott, Thom-
as Kell, Augustus W. Bradford, Abel S. Dungan, Robert
Sinclair, Robert Taylor, William P. Mills, Samuel Boyd,
Doctor Thomas Risteau and William C. Conine, and their
successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic
and corporate, by the name and title of the Mount Orange
Cemetery, and by that name shall have perpetual succes-
sion, and shall be able and liable to sue and be sued in any
court of law or equity, and may have and use a common
seal, and the same at their pleasure to alter or renew, and
shall have power of establishing, maintaining and improving
a public cemetery, which is hereby declared to be the only
object For which said corporation is erected; provided, the
quantity of land owned by said corporation shall not exceed
sixty acres, with authority to said corporation to receive
gifts or bequests, For the purpose of ornamenting or improve
ing said cemetery, and to hold such personal property as
may be requisite to carry out the object of this act.

Officers—du-
ties, etc.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the affairs of said corpo-
ration shall be conducted by a president and five managers,
who shall be elected by a majority of the votes of the pro-
prietors, on the first Monday in each and every year, and
in case no election shall be held at the time aforesaid, the of-
ficers last elected shall continue in office, until an election
shall be Held, the said president and managers shall have
power to fill all vacancies in their own body, to lay out and
ornament the grounds, remove or alter the old buildings, and
erect new ones, to lay out and sell or dispose of burial lots,
to appoint all necessary officers and agents, and fix their se-
veral duties and compensation, and to make such by-laws,
rules and regulations as they may deem proper for, conduct-
ing the affairs of the corporation, for the government of lot.
holders and visitors to the cemetery, and the said president
and managers shall have power to call for the payment of the
instalments on the sections composed of four lots, or on the
lots agreeable to the terms of subscription, or in such other
manner as the exigencies of the cemetery may require, in
all elections held under this act, each proprietor of one lot
shall have one vote; those owning a, section, that is to say,
four, lots, two votes; eight lots, three votes; sixteen lots,