Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-04-09

III INCohfOK.dIE W.dSHLNGION GEi Ne l
ETERY OF THE CRY OF GLASGOW
Be IL enacted BY The GtAcral .ssstnbls ef the
State Of Missouri, az foilotps; ,ee
THAT the stockholders or owners OF q
tract Of land, adjoining the city Of Glasgow, in |
Howard county, called Washington Cemetery, |
and their successors be, and they are hereby, ere
ated body polite and corporate, by the name
| and style Of the "Washngton Cemetery of the |
City Of Glasgow;' and by that name they shall
have perpetual succession, and shall be compe- |
tent, by the name and style aforesaid TO contract
and be contracted with, TO sue and be sued, i'm
plead and be implicated, defend and be defended |
in all courts and places, and in all matters what
soever; and shall in like manner have authority 10
| have and use common seal, and may alter or |
change the same at pleasure;and may, also, make,
ordain and establish bylaws, rules and regula-
tons as may be deemed necessary for the good
government of said corporation and the efficient
management of lis affairs: Provided that the cam e
| shall not be contrary 10 any provisions OF this
charter, nor to the Constitution and laws OF this
State or of the United States. .ss. .-., .rq
| s 2.-The said corporation shall have power to
purchase and hold tract OF land, not exceeding
twenty acres, TO be appropriated and used for a
cemetery or burying ground. and for that purpose
may lay of the same into lots and subdivisions
suitable for graves, vaults and monuments, or
adopt the subdivisions already made in said ceine
| terry; may embellish the same with trees, shrub
berry and flowers, or cause the same TO be so en-
| bellished by any purchaser thereof, and lay out
roads and walks; and when thus laid off and dedi-
Gated, shall be forever held by said corporation
| for the purposes aforesaid and none other; SAID
corporation may sell and convey any Of the lots
or subdivisions IN said cemetery for the purposes
| aforesaid. subject 10 such conditions as may be
prescribed by its bylaws; and every right sold
and conveyed shall be held and used by the pro-
prietors thereof for the purposes aforesaid, and
none other; and shall be ndivisable, and shall not
be subject to attachment or sale under execution,
nor by order of any court.
! s 3.-The officers Of said corporation shall be a
I President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be
elected every two years by the stockholders, and
shall hold their Office until their successors are
duly elected; and in of vacancy; the same may
be filled as the bylaws Of said corporation may
prescribe. The first election shall be held on the
second Monday in May. A. D. 1856, and every
two years thereafter. Alfred w. Roper, Presi-
dent; Logan ID. Cameron, Secretary, and Thomas
: J. Barthoow, Treasurer, who are now the chosen
officers of said stockholders, shall hold their res
pective Offices until the first general election, and
until their successors are duly elected; and such
officers, empowered TO do and perform all the
acts and things imposed on said officers by this act
4.-The President shall, at the request Of any
three stockholders, cali together meeting of the
stockholders; shall preside at all meetings, and
shall do all other acts and things imposed upon
HIM by the rules and regulations of said corpora
, ton.
| s 5.-All deeds for the conveyance of lots in
said cemetety shall be signed by The President of
said corporation, and attested by the Secretary.
with the seal Of the corporation attached; and the
further certificate Of the Secretary, that the Presi-
: dent executed and acknowledged the same for the
) purposes therein mentioned, shall be deemed a
sufficient authorization of such deeds in all courts
e and places whatsoever, and for the recording
thereof by the Recorder of deeds for said county,
with like effect Of other duly recorded deeds.
5 Cit shall be lawful for said corporation to
i take and hold any grant or bequest of money oil
property in trust and 10 apply the same or the in
come thereof, under the direction OF the officer:
= of the corporation, for the improvement of said
cemetery, or in the erection or preservation OF
any Il NIB or monument, according 10 the terms of
any such grant or bequest -- s'
5 Any person who shall willfully destroy
Z Injure or remove any tomb or monument or any
grave-sone placed in said cemetery shall will
: fully remove, destroy, cut, break or injure any
fence around, or railing, fence, tree shrub plan
within the limits of said cemetery, or shall shoe
offor discharge any gun or other firearms within
the said limits, shall be deemed guilty of msde
2 meanor, and shall, upon conviction before the
. Mayor Of the city Of Glasgow, or any Justice Of
0 the Peace of Howard county, be fined not less
. than one, nor more thai fifty dollars, and be sub
ect, also, TO action of trespass for all damages
. sustained. Said proceedings shall be in the NAME
Q of the corporation; and all money recovered shall
be appropriated in the reparaton of the property
. destroyed; and in the establishment and improve
Z ment Of the grounds; and IN all such suits mem
q bers of the corporation shall be competent wit
Q nesses.
. s 8.-Said cemetery shall be exempt from oil
taxes and assessment, so long as the same shall
y remain dedicated to the purposes of cemetery.
5 cit shall not be lawful for any public road
o street or highway to be ever opened through TN
. cemetery grounds without the consent Of .th
3 stockholders, nor shall the Legislature ever au
A thorize the same.
d s 1O.-This act is hereby declared public act
and shall take effect and be in force from and af
s its passage.
Approved November 10, 1855.
/, John NJ. Richardson, Secretary Of State
hereby certify that the foregoing is correct, per
6 feet and true copy of the Enrolled Bill, on fill
in this Office, of an Act pessed by the Eighteenth
7 General Assembly of State of Missouri, entitle
8 Gan Act to Incorporate Washington Cemetery o
the City of Glasgow.
8 In testimony whereof, have hereto set my han,
9 and affixed the seal of said office. Done 4
: the office of Secretary of State, in the Cit
r.. S of Jefferson, this twenty-ninth day of Apr
A. d. 1856, of the Independence of til
United States the eghteith, and Of the Stat
10 of Missouri the thirty fifth.
no. JOHN NJ. RICHARDSON.
iOI Secretary of State,