FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1841.

four votes; thirty lots, five votes; sixty lots, six votes; one c
hundred lots and upwards, eight votes.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That no streets, lanes, alleys,
roads or canals of any sort shall be opened through the pro-
perty of said corporation, exclusively used or appropriated
to the purposes of a cemetery; provided, nothing herein
contained, shall authorize said corporation to obstruct any
public road or street, lane or alley now actually, opened and
used as such.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That any person who shall
wilfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any
tomb, monument, grave stone, or other structure, placed in
the cemetery aforesaid, or any. fence, railing or other work
for protection or ornament of any tomb, monument, grave
stone or other structure aforesaid, or shall wilfully destroy,
cut, break or remove any tree, shrub or plant within the lim-
its of said cemetery, or shall shoot or discharge any gun, or
other fire arms, within the said limits, shall be considered
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof
before any justice of the peace of Baltimore county, be pun-
ished by a fine at the discretion of the justice; according to
die aggravation of the offence of not less than five dollars,
nor more than fifty dollars.

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Not to ob-

struct.

Proviso.
Fines.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That until an election shall be
held under the provisions of this act, the persons named
above, shall be the managers of the said corporation.
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That every lot conveyed in
said cemetery shall be held by the proprietors for the pur-
pose of sepulture alone, and for none other, as real estate,
and shall not be subject to attachment or execution.
Sec. T. And be it enacted, That a certificate under seal
of the corporation of the ownership of any lot aforesaid,
shall in all respects have the same effect as any conveyance
from the said corporation of such lot would have, if execu-
ted, acknowledged and recorded as conveyances of real

Continuation
of powers.

Exempt from
debt.

Certificate of
ownership.

estate arc required to be.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted,. That the sum of ten dollars
arising out of the sale of each section, comprising four lots,
shall be paid to the corporation hereby created for improv-
ing the buildings, laying out and ornamenting the grounds,
erecting gateways, putting up iron railings and creating a
fund for superintending and keeping the cemetery in per-

Ten dollars
to be paid.

petual repair.
Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act be so
construed so as to authorize the said corporation to issue
any note, token, device, scrip or other evidence of debt to
be used. as a currency.

Banking
forbid.