Chap. 465.—An ACT to incorporate the Hebrew cemetery company
of Richmond.

Approved March 6, 1888.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Moses Millhiser, H. H. Levy, William Lovenstein, E. J. Levy,
N. W. Nelson, John Proskauer, M. Rosenbaum, Alfred Moses,
and Abraham Levy, be and they are hereby constituted a
body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the
Hebrew cemetery company of Richmond; they shall have a
perpetual succession and a common seal, may sue and be
sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted
with at all times.

2. The said cemetery company shall have the power, right,
and authority to buy and hold real estate in or near the city
of Richmond, not exceeding ten acres of land, to be used for
a burying ground and cemetery, and for that purpose may
lay off the same in lots and sub-divisions suitable for graves,
and may improve and ornament the same. The board of
managers of said company shall have authority to sell any
lots or sections in their cemetery grounds to private persons,
and give to the purchasers certificates of title therefor, upon
such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the by-
laws of the company. No such lot shall be subject in any
way to the payment of the debts of the owner, nor shall it
pass to his personal representative or be liable for taxes of
any description, but such lots or sections shall remain in the.
families of the owners according to the course of descents, so
long as they shall comply with the regulations of said ceme-
tery company.

3. The cemetery shall be managed by a board of mana-
gers, consisting of ten members—five to be appointed by
each of the congregations, Beth Shalome and Beth Ahaba,
of the city of Richmond, as long as said congregations shall
exist, and in case of the dissolution of either congregation, then
by the managers of the surviving congregation. They shall
select from their numbers, a president, vice-president, treas-
urer, and secretary, and shall have authority to enact by-
laws for their government, not inconsistent with the laws of
this state or the United States.

4, This cemetery company is hereby authorized to receive
donations and bequests for its general purposes; such bequests
not to exceed ten thousand dollars in amount.

5. It shall be lawful for the said cemetery company to
receive and hold donations and bequests for the temporary
or perpetual improvement, care, and preservation of any
private section or lot in said cemetery; the principal, or
income only, of such donations and bequests to be applied to
the proper care and preservation of such sections or lots, or
the monuments, tombstones, and improvements thereon,
according to the terms of such donation, gift, or bequest:
provided however, the amount of any bequest for the exclu-

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sive care and improvement of a single private section, shall
not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars.
6. This act shall be in force from its passage.