426 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 98, 99. 1862. duly verilied by said commissioners, and said books when said commission shall expire, shall be tiled in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and said books and transcripts, and copies of said C¤¤i¤¤¤fl>¤<>k¤ books and transcripts duly certiiied by the Secretary of the Treasury, ggggggggggyem shall be evidence in any court in the United States. The said commis- Qlerk to com- sioners may employ a clerk, whose compensation shall be twelve hundred ‘“‘““°“°'“· dollars er annum. Construction SEc.p15. And be it jim!/zer enacted, That the thirteenth section of the gg “;°1£6r °h‘ act of August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled “An act to
- ,,,,G_p_29·,_ provide increased revenue from imports, to pay interest on the public
isxempmm debt, and for other purposes," shall be so construed as not to exempt from
- l'°m *¤X¤**°¤· taxation property above the value of five hundred dollars, but to exempt
from taxation property of the value of five hundred dollars, or less, owned by individuals, notwithstanding the provisions of said act. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved, June 7, 1862. June 10, 1862. CHAP. XCIX. — An Act to inccrparqg ?eCJl{oun(t_Olivet Cemetery Company, in the Dis- "-"`;"""' VL 0 Ollm Id. Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives q/' the United Mount Olivet States of America in Ovmgress assembled, That Edward A. Knight, Cemetery Com- Charles J. White, and Charles D. Bowling, and their successors, be and $33%%. m°°rp°' they are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name and title of " the Mount Olivet Cemetery Company," and by that name may Poyvers of cor- have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued in the courts of law and Y"’"‘"°“' equity, and other competent tribunals, may have and use a common seal, and the same may destroy, alter, and renew at pleasure, may associate with them such other persons in said company to any number not exceeding nine, may fill all vacancies which may occur in their own body, and may from time to time ordain such by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws gn force in the District of Columbia, as they may deem necessary or proper or said com an . Corporation Sec. 2. Endybe it further enacted, That said corporation may acquire, lg! hold, and dispose of such estate, real, personal, and mixed, as may be tate. necessary or proper For the purposes of said corporation : Provided, The said corporation shall not own at any one time more than one hundred acres of land in the county of Washington, and without the limits of the Limimim city of Washington: And provided further, That at least thirty acres in one body be set apart and used for the purposes of a cemetery. Burial lots may Sec. 3. And be it further "enacted, That burial lots in said cemetery b° $°ld· &°· may be sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of by said corporation to the lot—holders, upon such conditions and subject to such regulations as said Tim toms- corporation or the board of managers may prescribe, and a certiicate under the seal of said corporation, of the ownership or other interest in any lot aforesaid, shall in all respects have the same effect as any convey- ance from said corporation of said lot would have, if executed, acknowledged, and recorded as conveyances of real estate are required by law to Hmm be; which certificate shall be entered in a book kept by said corporation for that purpose, the same to be open to the inspection of all persons inter- _ Lots me sub. ested; and burial lots in said cemetery shall not be subject to the debts gww d°l’*¤ °" 9f the lot-holders thereof; and the land of the said corporation dedicated to the purposes of a cemetery shall not be subject to taxation of any kind. S20. 4. And be it further enacted, That the aflairs of said corporation Managers or may be conducted by such board of managers as the said corporation may °°’P°"““°“* ordain, to be composed of the corporators, or any selected number thereof, and such other persons as the said corporation may elect. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That no streets, lanes, alleys, roads,
