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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. , Sess. I. Ch. 786. 1900. 529 agent or agents thereof, during to time it shall so neglect to file such statements, certiBcates, or-consents, shall be voidable at the election. of the other party thereto. It shall be the duty of the United States attorney for the district to sue for and recover, in the name of the United States, the penalty above provided, and the same, when so recovered, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States. _ Sec. 229. Every such corporation or company shall annually, and bA£¤_;¤¤1 repvrw to within thirty days from the first day of July of each year, make a 8 e ‘ report, which shall be in the same form and contain the same information as required in the statement mentioned in section two hundred and twenty-five, of this chapter, which report shall be Bled in the office of the secretary of the-district, and a duplicate thereof in the office of the clerk of the district court for the division wherein the business of the corporation is carried on. Sec. 230. Any such corporation or company that has heretofore usxisting cgrpomengaged in business, performed acts, or made contracts in the district, °“°° °°m*°]" may, within ninety days from the time this Act goes into eB’ect, com- . ly with the provisions hereof, and thereupon all its acts and contracts Hone and made before this Act goes into effect shall be valid and ' engorceable. If h _ h H  1 1 EG. 231. an suc cor oration or com an s a ai to com P¢¤¤l¢v M f¤i¤¤¤• ’ with an of the rldvisions otp this chapter, allpitsycontracts with citizgnss t° °°mply' of the district shall be void as to the co oration or company, and no court of the district, or of the United States, shall enforce the same in favor of the corporation or company so failing. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. or rim INCORPORATION or CEMETERIES. 232. Cemetcryassociation maybeformed. I 237. May sell unsuitable lands. 233. How formed. 238. Burial lots exempt from execution 234. Succession of trustees. and taxation. 235. Association may describe terms of 239. Association may have plat recorded. membership, etc. .. . 236. General powers and management of such associations. , Sec. 232. It shall be lawful for any number of persons, not less than uofggwg f ¤¤¤g§i¤· Bve, who are residents of the precinct in which they desire to form Y °m ` themselves into an association, to form themselves into a cemetery association, and, to elect any number of their members, not less than ‘ three, to’serve as trustees, and one member as clerk, who shall continue in office durin the pleasure of the society. Sec. 233. The clegz to be elected, as provided in section two hundred HW f¤¤¤·=d and thirty-two, shall forthwith make out a true record of the proceedings of the meetings provided for by the preceding section, certify to and Ble a copy of the same with the commissioner of the precinct in which such meeting shall be held, and another copy of the same in the office of the clerk of the district court, together with the name by which such association desires to be known, and from and after Bling such record the trustees and their associated members and successors shall be invested with the powers, privileges, and immunities incident . to aggregate corporations. - Sec. 234. The trustees who may be elected under the provisions of ,£§y°°**¤S*°¤ °f *¤¤¤· section two hundred and thirty-two shall have perpetual succession, and ` shall be capable in law of contracting and of prosecuting and defending · ac ions. _ - . Sec. 235. All such associations shall have ower to rescribe the A”°°*****°¤ my d°· terms on which members may be admitted, thepnumber olf its trustees gfsbhliiflenrii of mm von xxxr-—34