Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-04-02

AN ACT
TO INcoRpoRS7E WISBINGToN CT
ETERY OF THE CITYOF GLdSG o Is

TO INCORPORATE WISHING TON CEE-
ETERY OF THE CITY or GLASGOW
Be it tuacted by the General .6ssrrtiy # the
Slate Of Missotri, az follosos.
s l.--Thst the stockholders or owners Of
tract of land, adjoining the city OF Glasgow, in
Howard county, called Warrington Cemetery,
and their successors be, and they are hereby, c-5-
ated body polite and corporate, by the rauc
and style Of the "Wasbington Cemetery Of the
City Of Glasgow and by that name they shall
have perpetual succession, and shall be Gel. G.
tent, by the name and style aforesaid, 70 contract
and be contracted With, TO sue and be sued, in
plead and be implicated, defend end be defended
in all courts and places, and in all matters what
soeYer, and shall in like manner have authority IN
have and use common seal, and may alter or
change the same at pleasure; and may, also, make,
ordain and establish bylaws, rules and ieEula-
tons as may be deemed necessary for the good
government CT said corporation and the efficient
management Of its affairs: Provided, that the game
shall not be contrary to any provisions Of his
charter, nor to the Constitution and LAYS OF this
State or Of tie United States.
s 2.-The said corporation shall have power 70
purchase and hold tract OF land, not exceeding
twenty acres, TO be appropriated and used for a
cemetery or bury.ng- ground and for that purpose
maylay of The same into .lots and Subdivisions
suitable for graves, vaults aad monuments, or
adopt the subdivisions already aade in said GENE
terry; may enbellish the same with trees, shrub.
berry and flowers, or cause The sane 70 be en-
Dc,h-Ae4 VI any purchaser l4efICE, ana law O Z
roads and walks; and when thus laid of and De IL
Gated, sla.l he forever held b. said corporation
for the purposes aforesaid. and ncne other; sad
corporation may ssii aud convey any OF the lots
or subdivisions IN said cemetery for the purposes
aforesaid subject to sgch conditions as may be
prescribed by its bylaws; and every right sold
and conveyed shall be held and used by tic pro-
prietors thereof for the purposes aforesaid, ard
none other; and shall be hIGiyisab!e, and .ha not
be subject to attachmco: or sale under execution,
nor by order Of any court.
3.-The officer. of sail corr o-a.is. slia,, be Il
President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shalt -
elected every two years by the stockholders, sfG
shall hold their Office until their successors a-a
duly elected; and in case Of vacancy the same may
be filled as the bylaws Of said corporation Eaj
second Monday in May, a. j. 1856, and eYsry
two years thereafter. Alfred ". Hopper, presi-
dent; Logan d. Cameron, Secretary, and Tncmss
J. Bartholow, Treasurer, who are now the chosen
officers Of said stockholders, shah hold their res-
pective Offices until the first general election and
until their successors are duly elected; and such
officers, are empowered to DO ana perform all tia
acts and things imposed said officers BY this act.
4.-The President shall, al the request of sny
three stockholders, call together meeting OF the
stockholders; shall preside al al meetings, and
shall do all other cCts and things imposed upon
hun by the rules and regulations Of ssi1 corpora.
ten.
| s 5.-Au deeds fo- tie coarevarce CT lots in
said ceneteIy shall be signed by The President OF
said corporation, and a.tested BY tie Secretary
with the seal Of the corporation attached and II,
further certificate ct the Secretary that the Presi.
dent executed and acknowledged tie same for Tie
purposes therein mentioned shall BE- deemed !.
sufficient auhent cation OF such deeds il ell courts
and places whatsoever, and for the recording
thereof by the Recorder Of deeds for said county ,
with ike effect Of other duly recorded deeds.
| 6.-It shall be lawful for said corporation 10
take and hold any grant CT becuest Of money CT
property in trust, and to apply the saEe or the ill.,
come thereof, under the direction OF the officers
OF the corporation, for the improvement CT said
cemetery, or in the erection OF preservation Of
any tomb or monument, according 10 the term, Of
any such grant or beGuest
ANY person who shall wiiifuiy dsstrcy
nJure or remove any tomb CT monument. or any
grave stone placed in said cemetery. or shall will
Fully remove, destroy, cut, break or iriure any
fence around. or railing, fence, tTCe, shrub plant
within he limits CT said cemetery, shall she's,
off FOR discharge any gun or ether firearms within
the SAID limits, snail be deemed guilty Of INSIDE
m5anor, and shall, upon conviction before the
Mayor of the city Of Glasgow, or any Justice OF
the Peace Of Howard county, be fined not less
than one, nor more than fifty dollars, and be sub.
ect, also, to an action Of trespass for all damages
sustained. Said proceedings shall be-inthe name
; Of the corporation; and all rlone yrecoyercd shall
be appropriated in the reparatioIfef the Property
destroyed; and in the embeshI-eI.t endtiu prove.
men; Of lie grounds: and IN all such suits mem
{ bers Of The corporation shall be competent wit,
nCsse7.
S.--sa.d cemetery shall be exempt from all
taxes and assessment, so long az the aE.e shall
remain dedicated 10 tie purposes OF cemetery.
, 9.--lt shall not be lawf!. for any pubic roeI
street or highway TO be ever opened through liz
cemetery grounds without the consent OF he
stoc hoIders, nor shall the Legislature ever Ell
thorize the same.
lO.-This act is hereby declared public act
and shall take eiicc; aud be in force from and "
It's passage.
Approved November 10, 1858.
I, John NJ. Richardson, Secretary OF State
hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct, per
feet and true copy of the Enrolled Bill, on IL
: in this office, OF an Act passed by the Eighteenth
, General Assembly Of State Of Missouri, en,itle,
: '.An Act TO Incorporate Washington Cemetery c
? the City Of Glasgow.
: l.! testimony whereof, Ihrrc hereto SET ny han,
! and affixed the seal OF said Office. Done l.
: the Office Of Secretary of State, in the Cit
L. 6. Of Jefferson, this twenty -nirth Gay Of Apr
4. i. 1856, of the Independence OF tn
United States the eigLteth, and Of the Sta t
Of Missouri the thirty-filh.
JOHN IL. hICHhRDSON.
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