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Laws of the State of Texas.
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vert to the corporation. Such reversion shall not authorize
the removal of any body that may have been interred therein,
nor of any tablet, stone, or other monument.
Sec. 14. Any religious, charitable, or benevolent society,
or any organization for the benefit of mankind, may purchase
and hold, subject to this charter and the rules and
regulations of the corporation, any lot or lots offered for
sale by the said corporation, and may dedicate or consecrate
the same by the ceremonies or services which they may deem
proper, or according to their usage, and may hold and pass
the same to their successors forever.
Sec. 15. The persons hereinbefore named as corporators,
having acted as commissioners to receive subscriptions to
said capital stock, and having obtained subscriptions to the
same to the amount of more than fifteen thousand dollars,
are hereby empowered to organize as the board of trustees
of the Magnolia Grove Association; and it shall be lawful for
the said commissioners, or .a majority of them, to receive
subscriptions, and to require payments of the sums, to be
subscribed to the capital stock at such time, and such payments,
and on such conditions as they, or a majority of
them, shall deem fit, under the penalty of the forfeiture of
all previous payments thereon, and shall give notice of the
payments thus required, and of the place and time when the
same are to be paid, at least thirty days previous to the payment
of the same, in at least two public newspapers of the
city of Galveston.
Sec. 16. The said corporation may take and hold, subject
to such regulations of the board of trustees as may be determined
by said board, any grant, donation, or bequest of
property upon trust, to apply the same, or the income thereof,
under the direction of the board of trustees, for the improvement
or the embellishment of said cemetery, or for the erection,
repair, preservation, or renewal of any tomb, monument,
or grave stone, fence, railing, or other erection, or
for the planting or cultivation of trees, shrubs, flowers, or
plants in or around any cemetery lot, or for improving the
said premises in any other manner or form consistent with
the design and purposes of this charter, according to the
terms of such grant. donation or bequest.
Sec. 17. The superintendents and keeper of the gates,
and their assistants, shall, by virtue of their office, be in(1469)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 7, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6732/m1/1471/?rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .