1849.

LAWS OF MARY LAND.

CHAP. 516.

CHAPTER 516.

Passed
Mar. 1, 1850.

Preamble.

An act incorporating the Bethel Cemetery.

WHEREAS, John L. Clayton, Noble Biddle, Samu-
el Thompson, Davidson D. Pearce, John Biggs and
George Harbert, have lately agreed to purchase from
one Samuel Thompson and wife, a lot of ground, at
or near the Pivot Bridge, over the Chesapeake and
Delaware canal, in Cecil county, in the State of
Maryland, bounded on the west by the public road,
from Back creek mills to Elkton, on the south and
east by lands of the said Samuel Thompson, and on

the north by the burial ground of Bethel Methodist
Episcopal Church, which they design for a cemetery

Incorporated,
&c.

SECTION 1. Therefore, be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That the said John L. Clay-
ton, Noble Biddle, Samuel Thompson, Davidson D.
Pearce, Jno. R. Price, Jno. Biggs and Geo. Harbert, and
all others, who now are or hereafter may become own
ers of possessors of burial lots in the cemetery aforesaid,
be and they are hereby ordained and declared to be
a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of
the Bethel Cemetery, and by that name and style, they
and their successors and assigns, shall and may have
continued succession, and be capable to sue in any
court or courts of law and equity, to purchase, take,
hold and enjoy, in fee, the 'aforesaid lot or parcel of
land, not exceeding four acres, goods, chattels and ef-
fects of every nature and kind, which may be neces-
sary to carry out the purposes for which this incor-
poration is granted, and to sell and convey burial lots
therein, subject to the provisions of this charter and to
such control over the same by this corporation as is
herein reserved, and the said corporation may have a
common seal, ordain bye-laws for its own government,
not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the
United States, or of this State, and shall enjoy all the
franchises incident to a corporation, but no banking
powers, nor shall the corporation have power to
alien the lands aforesaid, or any part thereof, nor to
charge or incumber the same, or any part thereof, by
judgments, mortgages or otherwise, except as herein
before mentioned.

Affairs— how

managed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the busi-
ness and management of the corporation shall be
done and conducted by five directors, who shall be
lot holders in said cemetery, and shall be elected at