Such association shall have power to inclose and ornament their burial ground, to build and erect a hearse house, and keep the same in proper repair; to purchase a hearse or hearses, and to do all other necessary acts to the end that all the appliances, conveniences, and benefits of a public and private cemetery may be obtained.
D.C. Code § 43-104
Inclosure and ornamentation of land; purchase of equipment
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1294, ch. 854, § 661
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