1849.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 71.

move any tomb, monument, gravestone, or other
structure placed in said Cemetery, or any fence, rail-
ing, or other work for protection or ornament of said
Cemetery, or any tomb, monument, gravestone, or
other structure therein, 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 fire arms within the limits of said Cemetery, shall
be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, before any justice of the peace for
the city or county of Baltimore, shall be punished by
fine, at the discretion of the justice, according to the
aggravation of the offence, of not less than five, nor
more than fifty dollars.

First managers
designated.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That until an election
shall be held under the provisions of this act, the four
last named persons in section first, shall be the mana-
gers of said corporation.

Exempt from
taxation.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That burial lots in said
Cemetery shall not be subject to the debts of the lot
holders thereof, and the land of the company dedi-
cated to the purposes of a Cemetery, shall not be sub-
ject to taxation of any kind.

Ownership re-
gulated.

SEC. 8. 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 said corporation of said lot
would have, if executed, acknowledged, and recorded
as conveyances of real estate are required to be.

How kept in
order.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That, annually, on the
first days of January and July, after the year eighteen
hundred and fifty-one, the sum of two hundred and
fifty-dollars shall be set apart out of the proceeds of
the sale of lots and burial fees, which the president
and managers shall invest in some safe and produc-
tive fund, the interest of which shall be payable semi-
annually or annually, which interest, when received,
is again as early as practicable to be invested, until
the said semi-annual appropriations and accruing in-
terest shall form a principal sum of fifty thousand
dollars, and the interest thereafter accruing on said
principal sum shall be devoted exclusively to the
maintenance of said Cemetery in good order.

Banking forbid.

SEC. 10. Be it enacted, That nothing in this
act shall be so construed as to authorise the said cor-
poration to issue any note, token, device, scrip, or
other evidence of debt to be used as currency.

In force.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the passage thereof.