Chap. 0215 An Act to incorporate the pine grove cemetery association of westborough.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Charles S. Henry, William T. Forbes, Edwin B. Harvey, Emory L. Wood, Melvin H. Walker, John W. Fairbanks, Alden L. Boynton and Lyman Belknap, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Pine Grove Cemetery Association of Westborongh, for the purpose of acquiring, controlling and improving certain land set apart and known as Pine Grove Cemetery, situated within one enclosure in the town of Westborongh, and said corporation shall have all the powers and privileges and be subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities contained in all general laws now or hereafter in force relating to such corporations, except as is otherwise provided herein.
Section 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized to take possession and assume legal control of said cemetery,
and said town is hereby authorized to convey to said corporation, upon such terms as may be agreed upon, all the right, title and interest which it has in the said land, and in all other estate, property, rights and things appertaining to the said cemetery, which the said town now has or is entitled to have, and in and to all moneys standing to the credit of said cemetery, and all trust funds relating to said cemetery: provided, that a majority of the legal voters of said town present and voting thereon shall vote so to do at a meeting duly called for that purpose. Said corporation shall hold the said property and rights for the same uses and purposes and charged with the same duties and liabilities for and subject to which the same are now held by the town of Westborough; and all rights which any persons have acquired in said cemetery shall remain valid to the same extent as if this act had not been passed.
Section 3. Any person who is now or may hereafter become a proprietor of a lot, by deed or otherwise, in the land mentioned in section one of this act, or in land hereafter acquired by said corporation, may become a member of said corporation by applying to the officers of the corporation and receiving a deed or certificate of such lot from said corporation; and when any person shall cease to be a proprietor of a lot in the lands of the corporation he shall cease to be a member thereof.
Section 4. Said corporation may acquire by gift, devise or purchase, and hold in fee, additional land to the extent of twenty acres, for the purpose of enlarging said cemetery from time to time, and may hold so much personal property as may be necessary for objects connected with or appropriate to the purposes of the corporation, and the corporation is hereby authorized to take and hold any grant, gift or bequest of property upon trust, to apply the same or the income thereof for the improvement or embellishment of said cemetery, or for the construction, repair, preservation or renewal of any monument, fence or other erection, or for planting and cultivating trees, shrubs or plants in or around any lot, or for improving said premises in any other manner consistent with the purposes for which said cemetery is established, according to the terms of such grant, gift or bequest; and whenever any such grant, gift or bequest, or any deposit of money,
shall be made by the proprietor of any lot in said cemetery for the annual repair, preservation or embellishment of such lot and the erections thereon, the said corporation may give to such proprietor or his representatives an obligation binding the corporation to fulfil the terms of the trust.
Section 5. Said corporation may by its by-laws provide for such officers as may be necessary, and may also provide for the care and management of the cemetery and for the sale and conveyance of lots therein, and for the care and management of any funds which it may hold for the benefit of said cemetery, and for any other matters incident to the proper management of the corporation.
Section G.   This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 26, 1909.