E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1852.

down in any plat, made by authority of any city or
town, to be opened as a street or road.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That any person who
shall wilfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or re-
move any tomb, monument, grave-stone, or other struc-
ture, placed in said cemetery, or any fence, railing or
other work, for the protection or ornament of said ceme-
tery, or shall wilfully destroy, cut, break, or remove any
tree, plant or shrub within its limits, or who shall shoot or
discharge any fire-arms within said limits, shall be con-
sidered guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, before any justice of the peace, shall be pu-
nished by fine, in the discretion of the justice, accord-
ing to the aggravation of the offence, of not less than
five, nor more than fifty dollars.

CHAP. 221.

Misdemean-

ors.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That every burial lot
sold or conveyed in such cemetery, shall be held by the
proprietors thereof, for the sole purpose of sepulture,
and for none other, and shall not in any manner be
subject to attachment or execution for debt, or effected
by the insolvent laws of the State of Maryland, but
the estate of the owner or owners, in their respective
lots, shall descend as real estate to heirs; may be de-
vised by will, or may be disposed of by the owner by
sale, with the approval of the president and managers

of the corporation.

Burial lots not
to be subject
to attachment
or execution
for debt.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That a certificate under
seal of the corporation of the ownership of any lot,
sold and conveyed as aforesaid, shall, in all respects,
have the same effect as any conveyance from such cor-
poration of said lot would have, if executed, acknow-
ledged and recorded, as conveyances of real estate, are,
by the laws of this State, required to be.

.Certificate of
ownership.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the managers of
any company or corporation, organized under the pro-
visions of this act, shall be jointly and severally liable
for all debts due from said company or corporation con-
tracted while they are managers; Provided, said debts
are payable within one year from the time they shall
have been contracted; And, provided, a suit for the
collection of the same shall be brought within one
year after the debt shall become due and payable.

Managers
jointly liable
for all debts.

Provisoes.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the Legislature
may, at any time, amend, repeal, or annul any incor-
poration, formed or created under this act.

Reservation.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That this act shall be
in force from and after its passage.

In force.