Year: 1870

Dedieation.-Any person or persons desiring to dedicate any lot of land, not exceeding i've acres, as Q burial grouad or place fer the interment for the dead for the use ofauy so, ciety, association, or neighborhood, may, by deed, duly executed or recorded, convey such land to tho District of Columbia, by the eorpO- rate name of said District of Columbia, specify ing in such deed the society, association, or neghborhood for the use of which the dedia ation is desired to be made, and thereby vest te title to such land in perpetuity for the uses stated in the deed, and such land shall be thereafter ex- empt from taxes for all purposes whatever.

 If any person shall wilfully or maliciously cut down, break down, level, demolish, or otherwise destroy, njure, or damage any railing, fence or incosure drOund or upon any land conv eyed un- der the provisions of this act any gate or post thereon, or shall remove, break, njure, or deface any tomb or other stone, plank, board. or any inscription thereon, or shall cut down, destroy iniure, or remove any tree or shrub standing or growing upon such land, he shall be liable to in dictment, and, upon conviction thereof, to be fined not less than ten dollars nor more tkan one hun- dred dollars.

 BOARDS OF TRADE.

 SEC. G. And be 1t further enacted That any number of persons, not less than twenty, resid~ ing in the District of Columbia, may associate themselves together as board of trade and assemble at any time and place upon which majority of the members so associating them selves together, may agree and elect presi- dent, one or more vice presidents as they may see it adopt name. constitution, by~lawS, such a. they may agree upon, and snail there upon become body corporate and polite in fact and in name, by the name aod style, or title, which ,hey may have adopted, aud by that name edali have succession, shall be ca- pablo in law to sue and be sued, plead anu be imDleads1 answer and be answered, defend and be aelanded, ill all courts of law anu e. quity 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 nd init as members snch persons as they may see fit and expel any member as they may sec it and in all cases a majority of the meGi berS present at any stated meetings shall have the right to pass and also the right to repeal, any bylaws of said corporation; and in all cases the constitution and the bylaws adopted by such corporation shall be binding upon and control the same until altered, changed, or abrogated in the manner that may be pcescrb'' ed in such constitution.

 Said corporation, by the name and style which shall be adopted shall be capable m law of purchasing, holding, and conveying any es- tate, real or personal, for the use of said cor poration Provided, that such real estate snail not exceed in quantity one city, town, or vi" lage lot and building In the District ot Golum~ bia.

 The officers shall hold their offices for the time which shall be prescribed in the consti- tuition which shall be adodted by such corpo- ration, and until others shall be elected and qualified as prescribed by such constitution.

 The president vice president secretary, and treasurer shall be ex.oficiO members of the board of directors, aud, together with the di- rectors elected shall manage the bushes of said corporation

 All officers shall be elected by plurality of votes given at any election, and 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 terY minate but shall continue and exlst and the old officers shall hold over until the next gem eraI election of officers provided for i1 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 corpora ton 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 of said committee ofreference, by their individual names by deed Of submission; and any such award may be filed and madea 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 Da entered, under and by virtue of the laws in force in said District. No submission or arbitration bond sha!i be re- ouired to be filed with such awards but four days notice of the filing of such award shall be given to the opposite party oE the party filing the award. Said committee of reference when sitting as arbitrators as aforesaid, shall have the right to issue subpCenas and compel

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