The Empire County argus., 1854-10-21
[Public, No. 50.
AN ACT to incorporate the propretors of the Glenwood
Cemetery.

AN ACT to incorporate the propetors of the Genwood
Cemetery.
BE enacted By the Senate and House Of Representatives
That Charles B. Calvert, George Parker, William Todd
James c. Mctiuire Wilam.A Bradley, Charles s. Wal
ach, Abner Miller William Banks, Joseph Close, Will
liam Phelps, William ;. Humphreys, Randolph Evans,
and their successors be and hereby created body pol
corporate by the and title of the propreto
of the Glenwood Cemetery in the District of Columbia,
and by that name shall have perpetual succession and shall
be able and liable to sue and be sued in any court of law
or equity may have and Rss common seal and shall have
of land in the District of Columbia, north of the
limits of the city of Washington to sell and dispose of
such parts of said land may not be wanted for the ry
pose Of cemetery Pyorided That least thirty contig-
shall be forever appropriated and set apart
cemetery with authority to said corporation receive gifts
and bequeSts for the purpose ornamentng and mpov
ing Said cemetery and to hold such personal property
may be requisite to carry out the object of this act
SEC 2 -And be further enaCed That the affairs of the
said corporation shall be conducted by president and
three managers who shall be elected annually by major
ty of the votes of the popretors the said president and
managers to fill all vacancies in their body, and shall
have power to lay out and ornament the grounds
and alter old buildings and ones lay and
sell dispose of burial lots appoint all necessary officers
and agents and fix their several duties and compensaton
and to make such bylaws, rules and regulations they
may deem proper for conducting the affairs of the corpora
ton, for the government of ot-hodes, and vster the
cemetery and for the transfer of stock and the evidence
thereof In all elections held under this act each propr
eo shall be entitled to one vote for each share held by him
or her.
SEC 3. And DE further enacted, That the capital stock
of said company shall be represented by two thousand
shares of fifty dollars h, divided among the propricors
according to their respective interests and transferable
such manner the bylaws may direct.
SEC And be further enacted, That streets lanes
alleys roads, canals sort shall be opened through
the property of said corporation, exclusively used and ap
proprated to the purposes of cemetery Porded That
nothing herein contained shall authorize said corporation
to obstuc any public road, street, lane, alley,
actually opened and used as such,
SEC 4Ind be further enacted, That any person who
shall wiuy destroy, mutilate, deface inue or remove
any tomb monument, gravestones, other structure
placed in said cemetery any fence, railing work for
protection or ornament of said cemetery, or any tomb
monument gravestone other structure thereon shall
wully destroy, cut, break any tree shrub,
plant within the limits of said cemetery shall be consid
cred guilty of misdemeanor, and conviction thereof
before justice of the peace Of the county of Washing
ton shall be punished by fine at the discretion of the
less than fve nor than fifty dollars.
SEC 6 And be further enacted, That until an election
shall be held under the provisions of this act the four last
named persons in section first shall be the managers of said
corporation
SEC 7. And be FURTHER enacted That burial lots in
said cemetery shall not subject to the debts of the stock
holders thereof and the land of the comptny dedicated to
the purposes of cemetery shall not be subject to taxation
of any kind
SEC And be further enacted That the said corpo-
ration shall provide for the return from time to time to the
corporation of Washington reports of all ntemcnts made
limits of the said corporation of Washington such
and according to such forms be prescribed from
time to time by the corporation of Washington
SEC 9 And be 1t further enacted That certificate,
under seal of the corporation of the ownership of any lot
aforesaid shall in all respects have the effect any
conveyance from said corporation of said lots would have
if executed acknowledged and recorded conveyances of
real estate required to be
SEC 10 And be further enacted That nothing in this
shall be construed to authorize the said corpora
ton issue any note, token, Device scrip other
idence of debt to be used as currency
SEC IL And be 1t further enacted That this act shall
take effect from the passage thereof
SEC r. And be further enacted, That it may be law
full for Congress hereafter to alter, modify, repeal the
foregoing act.
~E IL And be 1t further enacted, That each of the
stockholders i'll the said company shall be held liable in his
her individual capacity for all the debts aud liabilities
of the said company however contracted incurred
recovered by suit other debts liabilities before the
court or tribunal having jurisdiction of the case.
Apnroved Iuly 27 1874