The North-Carolina standard., 1849-06-27

other rearm within the said limits or at any object
within the same shall be deemed guilty of nisde-
eano and shall, upon conviction thereof befbreany
Justice of the peace, orother competent urs
dction within Washington county aforesaid, be pun
ished by fine of not less than five dollars, more
than fifty according to the nature and aggravationof
the offence; and such offender shall, also, be liable,
action of trespass, to be brought against him
in any court of competent jurisdiction in the of
the said corporation, pay all such damages as shall
have been occasioned by his unlawful act or acts
which money, when recovered, shall be applied by
the said corporation, under the direction of the board
of managers, to the reparation and restoration of the
property destroyed injured above, and members
of the said corporation shall be witnesses in such suit
and If any person shalunlawfnly open any tomb or
grave in the lands of the Oak Hill Cemetery Com
pany, shall candestiney remove, attempt to re-
move, any body or remains therefrom, such person,
conviction thereof in any court of competent jurs
situated shall be sentenced to undergo imprisonment
in the penitentiary of the District of Columbia, at
hard labor for term not less than year, more
than five, and pay fine of not less than one hundred
dollars at the discretion of the said court - G3
SEC. g. find be it further enacted, That lots in the
said cemetery shall be indvisible. and upon the death
of any proprietor of any lot in the said cemetery he
she being member of said corporation, the devsee
of such lot, or the heir-at-law the may be,
shall be entitled all the privileges of membership
aforesaid; and if there be more than one devisee,
heirataw, of each lot, the board of managers for
the time being shall designate which of the said de-
VlSeeS or nelTSadW snail represent the SAID lot ana
vote in the meetings of the corporations which desig
nation shall continue in force until the DEATH removal
other sufficient cause another desigation shall be-
come necessary; and in making such designation the
managers sha as far as they conveniently may, give
the preference males females, and to proxim
y of blood and priority of age having due regard
however, to proximity of residence.
SEC. 9. A7d be further enacted, That it shall be
lawful for the said corporation to take and hold any
grant, Donation bequest, upon rust to apply the
income thereof under the direction of the board of
managers, for the embellishment preservation,
al, repair of any tomb, monument, grave-stone,
other structure, fence, railing other enclosure, in
around any cemetery lot. for the planting and
cultivation of any trees, shrubs, flowers plants, in
around any cemetery lot, according to the terms of
such grant, donation, bequest; and any court hav
ing equity jurisdiction within the county in which
said cemetery is situated shall have full power and
jurisdiction to compel the due performance of such
trust, any of them, upon bill filed by the propri-
etor of any lot in said cemetery for that purpose.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said
cemetery property shall be, and the same is hereby
declared be, forever naenable by the said corpor-
ation and to be exempted from all public assessments
and taxes so long the shall remain dedicated
to the purposes of a cemetery, -s-- ..r.
Approved March 3, lS49. ..s -.. ...., -s
JAMES X. POLK.
ROBT. C. WINTHROP,
Speaker of the Houseof Representatives.
r.-- G. M. DALLAS,
Vice President of the United States, and
President of the Senate.