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SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That for the purposes of this 

 act, the said Society shall be and hereby are authorized 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 

 authorized to purchase and hold. And to enable the said Society 

 more effectually to carry the plan aforesaid into effect, and . to pro- 

 vide funds for the same ; the said Society shall be, and hereby are 

 authorized to open subscription books, upon such terms, condi- 

 tions, 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 conformit} T thereto shall be deemed a mem- 

 ber 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. 



SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That the President of the said 

 Society shall have authority to call any special meeting or meetings 

 of the said Society, 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. 



Approved June 23, 1831. 



ACT SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE PRECEDING. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 

 General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as 



follows : 



SECTION 1. That any person who shall wilfully destroy, muti- 

 late, deface, injure, or remove any tomb, monument, grave-stone, 

 or other structure placed in memory of the dead ; or any fence, 

 railing, or other work for the protection or ornament of any tomb, 

 monument, grave-stone, or other structure aforesaicl, or of any 

 cemetery lot within the limits of the Garden and Cemetery of 

 Mount Auburn, in the county of Middlesex ; or shall wilfully 

 destroy, remove, cut, break, or injure any tree, shrub, or plant with- 

 in the limits of the said Garden and Cemetery, or shall shoot or 



