The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-07-16
IOFFIUAL-l
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the Second Session OF the Thirty
seventh Congress.
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AN ACT " incorporate the Mount Ovet Cemetery Com
paDy, IN the District Of Columbia.
Be enacd By tie Sate and House Of ReresenL.tires
Of tks tnated SAatss Of America Congress assmtlsd
That Eiwart A Knight, Charles j. White and Char
bowling and Their saccessors be and they are hereby
Created body polite and corporate by the and
title Of the Mount Olivet Cemetery Company and by
that name may have perpetual succession may and
be sued the courts of equity and other COIN
petent tribunals may have and use a common SEAL and
the same may destroy alter, and pleasure,
may associate with them such other persons i'll said
company to any number not exceeding nine ill all
VACANCIES which may In their body, NAV
from time To time ordain such by laws inconsistent
with the laws In force in the Disrios Of Columbia,
they may deem necessary or proper for said company
Sec = And be further enacted, That said corporation
may acquire hoih and dispose of such estate
sona and mixed, may be necessary proper the
purposes OF said corporation Prorded The corpo
ration shall not own at any time than one
hundred acres Of land in the county Of Washington and
Usded further, That at least thirty body be
set apart and used for the purposes Of cemetery.
Sec. g. Asd be Il fsvtAv eaoed, That burial lots in
said cemetery may be sold leased otherwise disposed
Of BY said corporation to the holders upon such
dtons and subject 10 such regulations said corpora
tion the board of managers may prescribe
sncate under the seal Of said OF the owner
ship or other interest in any lot Aforesaid shall in all
respects have the same effect any conveyance from
said corporation Of said lot would have executed
and recorded as conveyances Of real estate
required by law TO be which certificate shall be
tered in book kept by said corporation for that pur
pose the same to be to the inspection Of all
interested and burial lots cemetery shall not
subject the debts Of the holders thereof and the
land Of the said corporation dedicated to the purposes
OF cemetery, shall not be subject to taxation of any
kind.
Sec. 4. And Be further enacted That the affairs Of
said corporation may be conducted by such board Of
managers the said corporation may ordain, to be
composed Of the corporators, any selected number
and such other the said corporation
Sec s. And he u further rnnea That No .treets lane.
alleys, roads canals, Of any sort, shall be opened
through the property Of said corporation exclusively
prOpriated and used for the purposes Of cemetery
Provided That nothing herein contained shall be
as to authorize said corporation to obsruct
public road or street, or lane, alley actually
Sec. g. Awd be further enacted That any person who
shall willfuy destroy, mutilate deface njure
move any tomb, monument gravestons, other struc
sure or work placed In said cemetery, any fence
railing work for protection Of said
| etery, any tomb, monument gravestOne or Other
structure or work thereon, shall wfuiIy destroy
cut break or remove any shrub plant within
the limits Of said cemetery shall be considered guilty
misdemeanor and, conviction thereof before any
magistrate justice Of the peace shall be punished
ns at the Of the Justice according to the AZ
than fifty dollars.
ration shall provide for the return from time
the Corporation Of Washington Of reports Of all inter
menss made IN said csmetery, Of persons who may hav
died within the limits Of the city of Washington in suc
manner may be prescribed from time to time by sa
Corporation OF Washington.
Sec 5. And Be further enaced, That nothing in thi
act shall be 10 construed authorize said corporation
10 issue any note Oken device scrip other svdenc
II debt, TO be used currency and each Of the
porators in said corporation shall be held liable in hi
Individual capacity for all the debts and liabilities
said corporation, however contracted incurred to
recovered by suit other debts liabilities before th
court or tribunal having jurisdiction OF the
fn for Congress at any time hereafter alter amen
"r repeal the i"r-soine aot