Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-18
OFFICIAL.
Laws OF THE UNITED STATES,
Rissed at tts SeeOad SessiOa Of tie Zsirty-Sreaah
CoaqresS.



AN ACT to incorporate the Mount OIfvet Cemetery
Company, in Rue District OF Columbia.
Belt enacted by the Senate and Hou.e Of Repre-.
sentatyes Of the Unl Ell States OF America Ia COu.
gre-s assembled, That EdWard A. KNIGHT CharIes
}. White, aud charles D. BoWllng, and their succes
sor-, br aud they hereby created body polffie
aud corporate BY the and tt Q OF ''the Mouni
oliver cemetery Company" aud By tina, name may
have perpetual suecrssiOn, m ~ aud be sued ID
tns courts o. Law and tqn Is, and other competent
tribunals, may have and Lse n Commpn sstl and ths
same IN ~ destroy, alter, and at pleasure may
as50efts with thrm such other persons in sai m.
pany 70 any number NOT exceeding min may all ali
HAcan les which may oscar in their own body aud
may frOm tune tins UrIAin such by awS not In.
consistent with the laws in forcs In the district Of
GO nmbia hs they may deem necessaryOr proper fOr
said company. sF
ses.. .A.d be It further enacte' Tha. sud eorpo.
ration may acquire, holi and dlspose It such eStIe
reai' perSonal. atd ini&ei NAV be necessary OF
proper Tor the purposes said cOrp ration: ProVi.
ded the SAID corplrttion shall NOT own at any on
time thAn one hundred acr.-s OF land IN Ire
county Of Washington, aud without N limits oF III,
city OF Washington: And pr1GIdsI further. Ihat ~
least thirty aeres in bdy be set apart aud useI
Tor the purposes Of q cefne ery. - af
Sec 3 Aul be It further enacted That burial lots
10 SAID cemetery may be soil, leased, or otlrrwise
uL'Poseu oI DI std eorlor'tton To the lot h Ter,
upon such conditions and subject TO such regnil 10 :
raid cOrPOTarOa ,he L,arti OF MANAGERS may
Prescubr, and csTtlh zlts under the roIi OF said
eOTporat0' Of The ownership otheriu ete,t in any
lot aioGe5St shall ia stli respect Ltv IN ssin- IL
ieet ias any corT0yinee said corp iFatilu or I
los would haze. 1. executed, aekn WIvdysi nn,i
teclrdsd As c1nveyGnces Of Al estate are uuirtd
by aw 10 bei which certi cste shall be rnter In \
book kept bS said corporation for that purpole the
terest.d; and Guriat lots in sA eeInctety shni n.
be subieet to the deG,s Of the Iot.hJiiers tbefoL
tue land Of the si cJrpjr stfon esii atei 10 mr.,
tio oTany kind.
Sec / aud DO 1t further euActeI, That the scfiir
OF SAID oratlnn NAV be conducted by such t.sttd
OF mataSerS A the said cnrpOrttOI may Oriain 10
DO composed Of tn cnrp0ruors, o. any SELECTED
numuer there1', aud such other rersos as the sad
sSe. . Aud oe It turther enacted. That no street,
lanet, alleys, roads canal, any sott .hai Lc
e'usivly Appropriated an u,cd for the puF1 l,es Of
Cemetery: Provided that nJthiuy herein ttined
shal oe 20 con 'lrle as 70 anthVrze said corpora
zion to obstiuet any public road street OF ac or
alley now act Ially Ope o1 and used rs such.
sec And be it further sulc ed, ThAt any person
VINO shail wilfuliy destrO mutiidts OF dsGi q, in
Jure or remove any to ab mon inIeiit Ertvestore or
other structure work piacei Ia s4id cpnstvFy or
any tsneer rting, or work for protection or OrIa-
ment " SAID celuetery. or ans tomb, monument,
gfayestone, or O.hsr structure or w1rk thereon
or shall wilfuily destroy, CUT break or removo amy
tres shrub, or plant tnln the limits OF said ceuit-
~ shAll be considered gqtlty ofa mIsdemeHnor,
ati, on conviction thereof before any uagstr,.e ar
Of the peace, shall be puIshed by hnO At the
dsci etion OF the Justice, according the agrtva-
than ritty dollars.
Sec. Z. And b. It further en,eted That the said
cUrpOratiOn shRu pFsEiie tor tho return from tlno
to tiIne, 70 tbs operation Of WlshnRtou nf repors
OF all tnterueEt, made In said cemetery, OF persons
who may have died within tns HmitsOf the City uf
Naahin ton ia such mIuprr as may he prescribed
from time time by Corporation Of Warrington
Sc s. Aud be IL urthe. en- ictel, Ti,t nOthing
In this III IL, be 30 cJalirued as TO a aIhnrEs aid
rporatipn IN Issue any nts pktn. rvi:e. scrp or
other eTttanca or deJt, be used a currency: anl
each OF the coTportbrs in sad corp IrattJu shall
held liable. IN his iniiT dual cap .City all aebts
AID liabilities OF said corporation however
or incurred To be by sdit AZ Utier debts
or Ablitie before ths court or truuuaI flIvfuz in
risdi riin II the case.
Sec. g. Aud be it further enNcted That It shall be
~ .. ..Nea-
amend. or rrP-.l he snre.ping tct. ;, '-- ..t
Approved, June 10, 1861.