1852.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 221.

said instrument of writing shall be acknowledged De-
fore, and certified by said Judges, in the same manner
as conveyances of real estate are required by law to
be, and the said Judge shall direct that said charter of
incorporation shall be recorded in the office for record-
ing deeds in said county or city, and on said instrument
being recorded, the persons so associated shall become
and be a body politic and corporate, by the name stated
in said instrument of writing; and by that name, they
and their successors shall and may have perpetual suc-
cession, and shall be able and liable to sue and be sued
in any court of law or equity, and may have and use a
common seal, and the same may alter and change at
pleasure, and shall have power to purchase and hold,
not exceeding one hundred acres of land, and to receive
gifts and bequests for the purpose of ornamenting and
improving such cemetery, and to hold such personal
property, as may be requisite to carry out the purposes

Proviso.

for which cemetery companies are formed; Provided,
that no company, to be formed under the provisions of
this act, shall be authorized or empowered to purchase,
or hold, or use for purposes of burial, any ground thai
shall be comprised within the limits of any city or
town of this State, unless the corporate authorities of
said city or town shall authorize the same.

Managers—
their powers
and duties.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the company so
incorporated may annually elect from its members, by
a majority of the votes of the proprietors, at such time
and place as its by-laws may specify, its managers; said
managers to have power to fill all vacancies in their
body, to lay out and ornament the cemetery grounds,
erect necessary buildings, sell and dispose of burial lots,
appoint all necessary officers and agents, fix their res-
pective duties and compensation, make such by-laws,
rules and regulations as they may deem proper for con-
ducting the affairs of the corporation for the govern-
ment of lot holders, visitors to the cemetery, and for the
transfer of stock, and the evidence thereof; and in all
elections, each proprietor, or holder of stock, shall be
entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by him
or her.

No lanes, &c.
to be opened
through pro-
perty of said
corporation.

Proviso.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That no lanes, alleys,
or streets, roads, canals, or public thoroughfares of any
sort, shall be opened through the property of said cor
poration, used or appropriated for the purpose of burial;
Provided, that nothing herein contained shall autho-
rise said corporation to obstruct any public road, street
or lane, now actually opened and used as such, or laid