The Republican journal., 1883-04-12
Chapter ElJ.

Chapter ElJ.
r. \ AC1 to amend section chapter one hun
dred and twenty-siX of the Revised Statutes, in
relation to mortgag+d property.
Be It enacted, dc, IollOWs
Section of chapter hundred and TWENTY
FIX ofthe revised statutes Is hereby amended by in
sorting after the word sells, in said section. the
words conveys, mortgages pledges that
said section, as amended shall READ follows:
SECT. ]. Whoever, deSignedly and by any false
pretense or privy or false oxen, and with intent to
detrauG, obtains from another any money, goods or
other property, or his signature any written in
strument the false making of which is forgery, or
whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud,
sells, conveys. mortgages or pledges TO another any
personal property on which there is existing
mortgage OF to which he has no title, without no.
want OF title shall be deemed guilty OF cheating by
faise pretenses and be punished by impris onment
not more than seven years or by fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars lApproved February 9, 1888 ]
Chapter Il6.
AN ACT in relation to Corporations
BE II enacted. &c, follows:
SECT l. All corporations organized under the
provisions of section eighteen, chapter torty-eight
OF the revised statutes and acts amendatory there
of and additional thereto, or under the provisions
of chapter sixty-fve of the public laws OF eighteen
hundred and seVenty-siX, and acts ameDdatory
thereof and additional thereto, shall fix the amount
of their capital stock which shall be than
one thousand dollars nor more than two million
dollars.
SECT .. In case the stockholders of any such
company already organized as aforesaid, or there
after so organized find that the amount of its capt.
tai stock is insufficient for the purposes for which
said cor poration is organized, or that the numper
OF directors is inconvenient for the transaction of
its business, the stockholders may, by vote
representing majority of the stock issued, increase
the amount of the capital stock of said corporation
20 any amount not exceeding two million dollars.
and may change the number Of their directors in
like manner and the corporation shall give notice
of such change the secretary of state within ton
days after said vote.
SECT. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed.
SECT T. This act shall take effect when approved
February a,
Chapter l17.
AN ACI to enable Cities towns, cemetery corpora
mons and trust companies to receive title to pri-
vate cemeteries and to hold funds for repair of
same.
BE 1t enacted, de-, as follows:
SECT l. Any city, town, cemetery corporation or
trust company may accept any conveyance of land
not exceeding half of one acre, be forever held
Kept and used for private family buryng ground
for the granors and such of their heirs and relations
by blood or marriage as the conveyance shall desig-
nate Such lot and all erectons thereon. including
the erection and maintenance of the same and fix.
cures thereto which shall be suitable for its use or
adornment as buryng ground, shall be forever in
alle1able and ndivisible, and exempt from liability
Tor debt Such city, town, corporation or company
may also accept and forever hold any donation or