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SEC. 2. That the persons named above shall be trustees and
managers of said Walnut Ridge Cemetery, and shall have power to lay
out and ornament the grounds, to dispose of and arrange burial lots, and
to make such by-laws, rules and regulations relative to the election of
trustees and managers, and their successors, the appointment of
suitable officers and agents, and their several duties and
compensations, and make such rules and regulations, from time to time,
for the government of lot holders and visiters to the cemetery, as they
may deem necessary; to purchase ground adjoining, for the purpose of
enlarging the burial ground and garden for the superintendent, sexton
or other officers: Provided, That the extent of the ground to be
appropriated under this act shall in no case exceed fifty acres.
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SEC. 3. That the said trustees of the said Walnut Ridge Cemetery
and their successors, shall be able and capable in law, to purchase and
hold the said land, and to sell and dispose of the same; and also to have
and to hold so much personal estate and no more, as may be necessary
for the purposes of this incorporation, or with the consent of those who
now are, or hereafter may be proprietors of the ground not granted for
burial lots, to assume the management, direction, and disposal of the
same according to the powers herein given.
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SEC. 4. That no streets or roads shall hereafter be opened through
the land of the said corporation occupied as a burial ground, except by
and with the consent of this corporation.
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SEC. 5. The legislature shall have power at any time hereafter to
alter, amend or repeal this charter.
This act to be in force from and after its passage.