Chap. 15.—An ACT to make valid any disposition of property in perpetuity for
the maintenance or care of cemeteries, cemetery lots, monuments, and other
erections, and authorizing cemetery companies or trustees holding title to ceme-
teries or burial grounds to take and hold any property according to the terms
of the grant, bequest, devise, or gift.

Approved February 10, 1904.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That no dispo-
sition of property heretofore or hereafter made for the maintenance or
care of any cemetery, burial ground, burial lot in a cemetery, or monu-
ment, or other erections about such cemetery or burial lot, shall fail by
reason of such disposition having been made in perpetuity, but shall be
valid. And any cemetery company chartered under the laws of this
State, or the trustees of a church, or any trustees holding title to a ceme-
tery or burial ground, may take and hold any property granted, be-
queathed, devised, or given upon trust to apply its income to the improve-
ment, repair, or embellishment of the cemetery, or any burial lot or
monument or tomb or vault or other erections in such cemetery, accord-
ing to the terms of such grant, bequest, devise, or gift.

2. No gift, grant, bequest, or devise for any or all of the purposes
named in section one shall exceed one thousand dollars in value or
amount. The aggregate amount and value of all gifts, grants, bequests,
and devises which may be held for the improvement, repair, or embel-
lishment of any cemetery or burial ground shall never exceed ten thou-
sand dollars, at any one time, and the aggregate amount and value of all
gifts, grants, bequests, and devises which may be held for the improve-
ment, repair, or embellishment of any lot in any cemetery or burial
ground, including the monuments, tombs, and vaults therein, shall never
exceed one thousand dollars at any one time. All gifts, grants, bequests,
and devises for such purposes in excess of the amounts herein named
shall be void.

Nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting the amount
which may be given, bequeathed, or devised to defray the original cost
of any cemetery, burial lot, monument, tombstone, vault, or like erection
or structure.