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cliusetts Horticultural Society be, and hereby are. authorised, in addition 

 to the powers already conferred on them, to dedicate and appropriate any 

 part of the real estate now owned or hereafter to be purchased by them, as 

 and for a Rural Cemetery or Burying Ground, and for the erection of 

 Tombs, Cenotaphs, or other Monuments, for, or in memory of the dead ; 

 and for this purpose, to lay out the same in suitable lots or other subdi- 

 visions, for family, and other Jjurying places; and to plant and embellish the 

 same with shrubbery, flowers, trees, walks, and other rural ornaments, and 

 to enclose and divide the same witli proper walls and enclosures, and to 

 make and annex thereto other suitable appendages and conveniences, as the 

 Society shall from time to time deem expedient. And whenever the said 

 Society shall so lay out and appropriate any of their real estate for a Ceme- 

 tery or Burying Ground, as aforesaid, the same shall be deemed a perpetual 

 dedication thereof for the purposes aforesaid ; and the real estate so dedi- 

 cated shall be forever held by the said Society, in trust for such purposes, 

 and for none other. And the said Society, shall have authority to grant 

 and convey to any person or persons, the sole and exclusive right of burial, 

 and of erecting Tombs, Cenotaphs, and other Monuments, in any such de- 

 signated lots and subdivisions, upon such terms and conditions, and sub- 

 ject to such regulations as the said Society shall by their by-laws and regu- 

 lations prescribe. And every right so granted and conveyed shall be held 

 for the purposes aforesaid, and for none other, as real estate, by the pro- 

 prietor or proprietors thereof, and shall not be subject to attachment or 

 execution. 



Section II. Be it further enacted, That for the purposes of this Act, the 

 said Society shall be, and hereby are authorised to purchase and hold any 

 real estate not exceeding ten thousand dollars in value, in addition to the 

 real estate which they are now by law authorised to purchase and hold. 

 And to enable the said Society more effectually to carry the plan aforesaid 

 into effect, and to provide funds for the same, the said Society shall 

 be, and hereby are, authorised to open subscription books, upon such 

 terms, condition*, and regulations as the said Society shall prescribe, 

 which shall be deemed fundamental and perpetual articles, between the 

 said Society, and the subscribers. And every person, who shall become 

 a subscriber in conformity thereto, shall be deemed a member for life of the 

 said Society without the payment of any other assessment whatsoever ; and 

 shall moreover be entitled, in fee simple, to the sole and exclusive right of 

 using, as a place of burial, and of erecting Tombs, Cenotaphs, and other 

 Monuments in such lot or subdivision of such Cemetery or Burying Ground, 

 as shall in conformity to such fundamental articles be assigned to him. 



Section III. Be it further enacted, That the President of said Society 

 shall have authority to call any special meeting or meetings of the said So- 

 ciety, at such time and place as he shall direct, for the purpose of carrying 

 into effect any or all the purposes of this Act, or any other purposes within 

 the purview of the original Act, to which this Act is in addition. 



In House of Representatives, June 22d, 1831. Passed to be enacted. 



WILLIAM B. CALHOUN, Speaker. 



In Senate, June 23d, 1831. Passed to be enacted. 



LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, President. 



June 23d, 1831. Approved. 



LEVI LINCOLN. 

 A true Copy. 



.Attest, EDWARD D. BANGS, 



Secretary of Commonwealth. 



