Delaware State reporter., 1854-08-18


An Act to incorcorate the proprictors of the
Glenwood Cemetery.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentattves of the United States Of .4inerica in
Congress assembled, That Charles b. Calvert,
George Parker, William B. Todd, James G.
Mcclure, William A. Bradley, Charles S. Wal
lach, Abner Miller, William Banks, Joseph B.
Close, William Phelps, William s. Humphreys,
Randolph S. Evans, and their successors, be and
they are hereby created body polite and cor
poratc, by the name and title of the proprietors
of the &c Glenwood Cemetery in the District of
Columbia,'' and by that name shall have per-
petual succession and shall be able and liable
to sue and be sued in any court of law or equi-
ty, may have and use a common seal, and shall
have power to purchase and hold not exceeding
one hundred acres 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 as may not be wanted for the pur-
pose of a cemetery: PrOrided, That at least
thirty contiguous acres shall be forever appro-
priated and set apart as cemetery, with au-
thority to said corporation to receive gifts and
requests for the purpose of ornamentlng and
improving said cemetery, and to hold such
! personal property us may be requisite to carry
out the object of this act.
SEC. .. .4nd be ii .fNriher enacted, That the
affairs of the said corporation shall be conduct
ed by a president and three managers, who
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votes Of the proprietors the said president and
managers to fill all vacancies in their own body,
and shall have power to lay out and ornament
4 the grounds, remove and alter old buildings
and erect new ones, to lay out and sell or dis
pose of burial lots, to appoint all necessary
officers and agents, and fix their several duties
and compensation, and to make such bylaws,
rules and regulations as they may deem proper
| for conducting the affairs of the corporation,
for the government of lot-holdcrs, and visiterS
! to the cemetery and for the transfer of stock
and the evidence thereof. In all elections held
under this act, each proprietor shall be entitled
! to one vote for each share held by him or her.
SEC. 3. Ind be ii further enacted, That the
capital stock Of said company shall be repre-
sentcd by two thousand shares of fifty dollars
cach divided among the proprctors according
to their respective interests, and transferable
in such manner as the bylaws may direct.
SIC. I. find be ii .fHrther enacted, That no
streets, lanes, alleys, roads, or canals, of any
sort; shall be opened through the property of
said corporation, exclusively used and appro-
priated to the purposes of cemetery: Plorid-
ed, That nothing herein contained shall author
ze said corporation to obstruct any public
road, or street, or lane, or alley, now actually
opened and used as such.
SEC. D. .aRd be ii further enacted, That any
person who shall wilfully destroy, mutilatc, de-
face, inurc, or remove any tomb, monument,
graveStonc, or other structure placed in said
cemetery, or any fence, railing, or work for pro-
lection or ornament of said cemetery, or any
tomb, monument, gravcStone, or other Struc-
turc thereon, or shall wilully destroy, cut,
break, or remove any tree, shrub or plant,
within the limits of said cemetery, shall be con-
Sdcred guilty Of a misdemcanor, and on con
viction thereof before any justice Of the peace
of the county of Washington, shall be punished
by fine, at the discretion Of the Justice accord
ing to the agsravation of tllo-ofienco, of not
less than five, nor more than fifty dollars.
SEC. 6. .4nd be it FURTHER enacted, That unit
an election shall be held under the provisions
of this act, the four last named persons in sec
tion first shall be the managers al said corpora
tion.
SEC. I. .lnd be il further enacted, That buria
lots in said cemetery shall not be subject to thu
debts Of the stockholders thereof, and the land
OF the company dedicated TO the purposes of
cemetery shall not be subject to taxation Of any
kind.
SEC. s. mi be il further enacted, That thu
said corporation shall provide for the return
from time TO time to the corporation of Wash
ington reports of all intermentS made in sale
cemetery of persons who may have died within
the limits of the said corporation of Washing
ton in such manner and according to sucl
! forms as may be prescribed from time to TIM
by the corporation of Washington.
: SEC. 8. find be IL further eaactcd, That
certificate under seal of the corporation, of tn
. spects have the same effect as any convcyanc
:, from said corporation of said lots would have
! if executed, acknowledged, and recorded a
!, conveyances Of real estate are required to be.
SEC. 10. .4nd be il further enacted, That no
thing in this act shall be so construed as to au
thorize the said corporation to issue any note
token, device, scrip, or other evidence of debt
> to be used as currency.
g SEC. II. .lnd be ii further enacted, That thi
/ act shall take effect from the passage thereof
SEC. II. .aad be il further enacted, That
: may be lawful for Congress hereafter to alter
:, modify, or repeal the foregoing act.
Ii SEC. 13. .4nd be IL further eaacied, That cac
Of the stockholders in the said company sha
be held liable in his or her individual CT
pacity for all the debts and liabilities of til
said company, however contracted or incurred
to be recovered by suit as other debts or liabil
es ties before the court or tribunal having juri
dicton of the case.
!, Approved July 27, 1854.