Chapter 43. To amend an Act incorporating Prospect Hill Cemetery, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 43.— An Act To amend an Act incorporating Prospect Hill Cemetery, and for other purposes. January 31, 1922.[[H. R. 7601](/us/bill/67/hr/7601).][[Public, No. 136](/us/67/pl/136).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Prospect Hill Cemetery. That wherever the words “members of the German Evangelical Society” occur in the original361Act of incorporation entitled “An Act to incorporate the proprietorsVol. 12, p. 32, amended.Proprietors of lots to constitute corporation. of Prospect Hill Cemetery,” approved June 13, 1860 (Twelfth Statutes, page 32), they shall be interpreted and construed to mean and shall signify the proprietors of lots in said cemetery.
That the affairs, business, and property of said corporation shallAuthority of trustees. be under the direction, control, and management of a board of seven trustees, any five of whom shall constitute a quorum with full authority to act, which board of trustees shall be elected annually by the proprietors of lots in said cemetery, and the trustees shall elect ana appoint from their own board a president, a secretary, and a treasurer; also appoint all necessary officers and agents and fix their duties and compensation, and 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.
The board of trustees shall have authority to fill temporary vacancies occurring in their board and shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. Sec. 2. That the annual meeting of the proprietors of lots shall beElection of trustees. held in the District of Columbia the second Tuesday of March of each and every year, the place and hour of assembling to be specified in a public notice previously given by the board of trustees, and at such meeting there shall be at least fifteen lot proprietors in order to constitute a quorum to transact business.
In the election of the trustees at such meeting each lot proprietor shall be entitled to one vote. Said corporation is authorized and empowered to sell anyLand not used for burials may be sold. part of said cemetery grounds not used for burial purposes, and particularly that land situate west of North Capitol Street, and invest the proceeds thereof for the care, maintenance, and improvement of said cemetery, and without the purchaser being required to see to the application of the purchase money.
Sec. 3. That the said Act of Congress approved June 13, 1860Former inconsistent laws repealed.Vol. 12, p. 32; Vol 26, p. 299; Vol. 34, n. 1008. (twelfth Statutes, page 32), and the subsequent Acts of Congress approved August 5, 1890 (Twenty-sixth Statutes, page 299), and February 28, 1907 (Thirty-fourth Statutes, pages 1008–1009), so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby amended so as to authorize and empower the sale of the land hereinbefore provided.
Approved, January 31, 1922.