1849.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 458.

Penalty for
injuring, etc.

SEC. 5. 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 said cemetery, or any fence, railing or other
work for protection or ornament, of said cemetery, or any
tomb, monument , grave-stone, or other structure thereto,
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 he considered guilty of a misde-
meanor, 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, ac-
cording to the aggravation of the offence, of not less
than five nor more than fifty dollars.

First board of
managers.

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.

Lots exempted
from execution.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the burial lots in
said cemetery shall not be subject to the debts of the lot
holders thereof, and the land of the cemetery, dedicated
to the purposes of a cemetery, shall not be subject to
taxation of any kind.

Certificate of
ownership.

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 con-
veyances of real estate are required to be.

Funds — how
applied.

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 one hundred 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 fund, the interest of which shall be
payable annually or semi-annually, which interest,
when received, is again as early as practicable, to be in-
vested, until the said semi-annual appropriations, and
accruing interest, shall form a principal sum of thirty
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 corporation
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.