Chap. 748.—An ACT to incorporate the Riverside cemetery, near Courtland,
Southampton county.

Approved March 7, 1894.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That James
E. Sebrell, J. Denson Pretlow, Joseph B. Prince, John N. Sebrell, se-
nior; Doctor T. J. Pretlow, William Shands, William James Sebrell,
J. W. Williams, B. F. McLemore and J. W. Ridley, their successors
and associates, and all such persons as hereafter may become stock-
holders in the cemetery hereby incorporated, shall be, and are hereby,
created and made a body politic and corporate under the name and
style of “ Riverside cemetery,” with power by that name to have per-
petual succession; to sue and be sued; to have a common seal, and
to alter the same at their discretion.

2. The said company shall have the right to acquire and hold, in
or near the town of Courtland, in the county of Southampton, not
exceeding in quantity twenty acres of land, for the purposes of said
cemetery, and shall have the power to lay out and ornament the
same; to erect such buildings thereon as it may deem necessary and
proper; to arrange burial lots and sell the same, and to make and
enfore by reasonable fines and penalties such by-laws, rules and re-
gulations for its own organization; for the management of its busi-
ness; for the election of all necessary officers and the appointment
of agents; for the issue of certificates of stock and the transfer of
the same: provided such by-laws and regulations shall not be in-
consistent with the laws of this state: and provided, also, that in all
meetings of the stockholders the votes shall be in proportion to the
amount of stock held by each respectively.

3. That the capital stock of said company shall be of such amount
as the said company shall determine, and may be increased from
time to time at their discretion; but the amount of_ capital stock
shall not b9 fixed at an amount less than five hundred dollars, nor
greater than the value of the property and franchises owned by said
company, including the sums expended and to be actually expended
in developing and improving said cemetery.

4. That hereafter no streets, lanes, alleys or roads shall be made or
established over said land, or any part thereof, except for the use of
said company, nor shall the same be condemned or taken for any
public use except by the unanimous consent of the said company or
their successors.

5. That no interest of a lot-holder in the property of the said com-
pany shall be subjected in any way to the payment of debts, pass by
insolvency into the handsof executors or administrators, or be liable
for taxes of any description, but the rights and interests shall remain
in the families of each according to the course of descent.

6. The persons named in the first section of this act shall consti-
tute the first board of directors, who shall hold their offices until
their successors are elected and qualified, which elections shall be
governed by the by-laws of the said company.

7. The by-laws of the said company shall be considered in effect
as soon as ratified by two-thirds of the directors.

8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its pas-
sage, and shall be subject to the provisions of all general laws now in
force, or which shall be hereafter passed, governing other chartered
companies, so far as they are applicable to the company hereby in-
corporated.

9. This act shall be in force from its passage.