1849.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 84.

certificate, whereupon a new certificate shall be issued
to the assignee in his or her own proper name, upon
which he or she shall be invested with all the rights and
subject to all the restrictions of the original proprietor.

Funds— how
applied.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That all the monies ac-
cruing from the sale, of lots, and from gifts and bequests,
or other sources, shall be applied to the purchasing of
the grounds, to laying out. and ornamenting the same, to
the construction of in closures, gate ways and necessary
buildings, to the payment of contingent expenses, and
to the creation of a fund for the superintending and
keeping the cemetery in perpetual repair; and no part
thereof shall be under any pretence whatever, divided
among the proprietor or appointed to any other than the
purposes specified in this act.

Streets, &c.,
not to be open-
ed through ce-
metery.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That no street, lane, al-
ley, road or canal shall ever be opened through the pro-
perly of said corporation, except such as the directors
may cause to be laid out within the cemetery, for con-
venient access to the several lots therein.

Penalty for
injuring, &c.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That any person who
shall wilfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or re-
move any tomb, monument, gravestone or other struc-
ture placed in the cemetery aforesaid, or any fence,
railing or other work for protection or ornament of any
tomb, monument, gravestone, or other structure afore-
said, or shall wilfully destroy, cut, break or remove any
tree, shrub or plant, within the limits of said cemetery,
or shall injure any of the roads or walks therein, 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 in Washington or Frederick
county, be punished by a line at the discretion of the
justice, according to the aggravation of the offence, 6f
not less than five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars ;
which fine shall enure to the benefit of the said corpo-
ration.

Banking forbid.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That nothing in this
act shall be so construed as to authorise the said corpo-
ration to issue any note, token, device, scrip or other ev-

Proviso.

idence of debt, to be used as currency; provided, that
this act may at any time, be altered and repealed by
the General Assembly.