New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-08

plat of said ground. so surveyed, shall be
rec orded in the Office of the register OF
deeds for the District of Columbia. Each
lot shall be duly numbered by said sur
veyor, and such number shall be marked
on said plat and recorded as aforesad.
The said corporation shall have power
to establish and change bylaws, and pre-
scribe rules and regulations for its govern
ment and the duties of its officers and the
management of its property.
The proceeds arising from the sale of
lots in the foregoing sections of this act
provided for, after deducting all expenses
Of purchasing and laying out lots, shall be
applied, appropriated, and used in I'M
proving and ornamenting the burial
ground, or for other purposes named In
this act.
| The property Of the corporation, its
ground, lots, and appliances shall be ex-
empt from taxation, and shall not be liable
to sale on execution.
Dedlcation-Any person or persons de-
string to dedicate any lot of land, not ex-
ceedipg five acres, as burial ground or
place for the in,erment for the dead, for
the use of any society, association, OF
neighborhood. may, by deed, duly ex-
ecuted or recorded, convey such land to
| the District of Columbia, by the corporate
| name of said District of Columbia, specify
| ing in such deed the society, association,
or neighborhood for the use Of which the
dedication is desired to be made, and
thereby vest the title to such land in per-
| petuity for the uses stated in the deed, and
such land shall be thereafter exempt from
taxes for all purposes whatever: ;.
If any person shall wllfully or mali
ciously cut down, break down, level, de-
molisb, or otherwise destroy, or ipjure, or
damage, any railing, fence or Enclosure
around Or upon any land conveyed under
the provisions of this act, or any gate or
post thereon, or shall remove, break, lnJure
or deface any tomb or other stone, plank
or board, or any inscription thereon, or
shall cut down, destroy, injure, or remove
any tree or shrub standing or growing
upon such land, he shall be liable to
Indictment, and, upon conviction thereof,
to be fined not less than ten dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars.
BOARDS OF TRADE.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That
any number Of persons, not less than
twenty, residing in the District OF Colum-
bia. may associate themselves together as
a board of trade and assemble at any time
and place upon which majority of the
members so associating themselves to-
gether may agree, and elect president,
one or more vice-presidents, as they may
see fit, adopt name, constitution and by
laws, such as they m ~ agree upon, and
shall thereupon become body corporate
4 in foo AZ nd "
and style, or title, which they may have
succession, shall be capable in law to sue
and be sued, plead and be implicated.
answer and be answered unto, defend and
be defended, in all courts Of law and equity
whatever, and they and their successors
shall have common seal and may alter
and change the same at their discretion.
Said corporation shall have the
right to admit as members such
persons as they may see fit and ex-
pei any members as they may see fit
and in all cases majority of the members
present at any stated meetings shall have
the right to pass, and also the right to re-
peal, any bylaws Of said corporation !;
and in all cases the constitution and by
laws adopted BIZ such corporation shall be
binding upon and control the same until
altered, changed or abrogated in the man
ner that may be prescribed in such con-
stitution.
Said corporation, by the name and style
which shall be adopted, shall be capable
in law Of purchasing, holding, and convey
ing any estate, real or personal, for the use
of said corporation Provided, That such
real estate shall not exceed iu quantity one
city, town, or village lot and building in
the District of Columbia.
The officers shall hold their Offices for
the time which shall be prescribed in the
constitution adopted by such corporation,
and until others shall be elected and
qualified as prescribed by such constitu-
ton.
The president, yice-president, secre-
tary and treasurer shall be eX officio
members of the board Of directors, and
together with the directors elected, shall
manage the business of said corporation.
All officers shall be elected by plural
ity Of votes given at any election, and a
general election of officers shall be held
at least once in each year; but in case of
any accidental failure or neglect to hold
such general election, the corporation
shall not thereby lapse or terminate, but
shall continue and exist, and the cid
Off GERS shall hold over until the next gene
raj election of officers provided for in the
constitution.
The award of any general committee
OF reference appointed by said corporation
upon any matter of difference, submitted
to such committee for arbitration,
in writing, with or without seal, by any
member of said corporation or by any
other person whatsoever, shall have the
same force and effect as if the same had
been submitted to the arbitration of
the members of said committee of
reference, by their individual names
by deed of submission; and any such
award may be filed and made rule of
court, and judgment entered thereon and
execution issued in the same manner and
under the same rules and regulations that
other awards may be entered, under and
by virtue of the laws in force in said Dis
trict No submission or arbitration bond
shall be required to be filed with such
awards; but four days notice of the filing
such award shall be given to the opposite
party Of the party filing the award. Said
committee OF reference, when sitting as
arbltrators as aforesaid, shall have the
right to issue subpenas and compel the
attendance of witnesses by attachment, the
same as justices of the peace.
Said corporation may in1ict fines upon
any OF Its members, and collect the same,
for breach of the provisions of the consti-
tuition or bylaws; but no fine shall in any
case exceed twenty-five dollars. Such fines
may be collected by action of debt, brought
IN the name of the corporation, before any
justice of the peace, against the person