Chapter CXI. *to Incorporate the Proprietors of the Glenwood Cemetery.* July 27, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Charles B
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Chap. CXI.— An Act *to Incorporate the Proprietors of the Glenwood Cemetery.* July 27, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Charles B. Calvert, Corporators.George Parker, William B. Todd, James C. McGuire, William A. Bradley, Charles S. Wallach, Abner Miller, William Banks, Joseph B. Close, William Phelps, William S. Humphreys, Randolph S. Evans, and their successors be, and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and title of the proprietors of the “Glenwood Cemetery in Title.the District of Columbia,” and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able and liable to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity, may have and use a common seal, and shall have power Powers.to purchase and hold not exceeding one hundred acres of land in the District of Columbia, north of the limits of the City of Washington, to sell and dispose of such parts of said land as may not be wanted for the Proviso.purpose of a cemetery: *Provided,* That at least thirty contiguous acres shall be forever appropriated and set apart as a cemetery, with authority to said corporation to receive gifts and bequests for the purpose of ornamenting and improving said cemetery, and to hold such personal property as may be requisite to carry out the object of this act.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the affairs of the said corporation Affairs of the corporation conducted by a president and three managers. How chosen. Power of the president and managers.shall be conducted by a president and three managers, who shall be elected annually, by a majority of the votes of the proprietors; the said president and managers to fill all vacancies in their own body, and shall have power to lay out and ornament the grounds, remove and alter old buildings and erect new ones, to lay out and sell or dispose of burial lots, to appoint all necessary officers and agents, and fix their several duties and compensation, and to make such by-laws, rules, and regulations as they may deem proper for conducting the affairs of the corporation, for the government of lot-holders, and visitors to the cemetery, and for the transfer of stock and the evidence thereof.
In all elections held Who can vote.under this act, each proprietor shall be entitled to one vote for each share held by him or her. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the capital stock of said Capital stock 2,000 shares, $50 each.company shall be represented by two thousand shares of fifty dollars each, divided among the proprietors according to their respective interests, and transferable in such manner as the by-laws may direct. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That no streets, lanes, alleys, No streets, lanes, &c. to be opened through the cemetery.
Proviso.roads, or canals, of any sort, shall be opened through the property of said corporation, exclusively used and appropriated to the purposes of a cemetery: *Provided,* That nothing herein contained shall authorize said corporation to obstruct any public road, or street, or lane, or alley, now actually opened and used as such. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That any person who shall wilfully Penalty for wilfully injuring, destroying, or removing any erections in the cemetery, or for wilfully injuring or removing or destroying any tree., &c. in the same.destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone, or other structure placed in said cemetery, or any fence, railing, or work for protection or ornament of said cemetery, or any tomb, monument, gravestone, or other structure thereon, or shall wilfully destroy, cut, break, or remove any tree, shrub, or plant, within the limits of said cemetery, shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction 790 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 112, 113. 1854.thereof before any justice of the peace of the County of Washington, shall he punished by fine, at the discretion of the justice, according to the aggravation of the offence, of not less than five, nor more than fifty dollars. Four persons shall be managers until an election under this act. Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* That until an election shall be held under the provisions of this act, the four last named persons in section first shall be the managers of said corporation.
Lots not subject to debts of stockholders. Land of company exempt from taxation. Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted,* That burial lots in said cemetery shall not be subject to the debts of the lot-holders thereof, and the land of the company dedicated to the purposes of a cemetery shall not be subject to taxation of any kind. Sec. 8. *And be it further enacted,* That the said corporation shall provide Report of interments to be made.for the return from time to time to the Corporation of Washington reports of all interments made in said cemetery of persons who may have died within the limits of the said Corporation of Washington, in such manner and according to such forms as may be prescribed from time to time by the Corporation of Washington.
Title to the burial lots. Sec. 9. *And be it further enacted,* That a certificate, under seal of the corporation, of the ownership of any lot aforesaid, shall in all respects have the same effect as any conveyance from said corporation of said lots would have, if executed, acknowledged, and recorded as conveyances of real estate are required to be. Corporation prohibited from issuing any note, scrip, &c. as currency. Sec. 10. *And be it further enacted,* That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorize the said corporation to issue any note, token, device, scrip, or other evidence of debt, to be used as currency.
When the act takes effect: subject to the action of Congress. Sec. 11. *And be it further enacted,* That this act shall take effect from the passage thereof. Individual liability of the stockholders. Sec. 12. *And be it further enacted,* That it may be lawful for Congress hereafter to alter, amend, modify, or repeal the foregoing act. Sec. 13. *And be it further enacted,* That each of the stockholders in the said company shall be held liable in his or her individual capacity for all the debts and liabilities of the said company, however contracted or incurred, to be recovered by suit as other debts or liabilities before the court or tribunal having jurisdiction of the case.
Approved, July 27, 1854.