JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 619

4. The writ of habeas corpus shall be served by
delivering it to the officer or other person to	How deliv- ered.
whom it is directed or by leaving it at the prison or
place in which the party suing it out is detained,
and such officer or other person shall forthwith or
within such reasonable time, (not exceeding three
days after such service,) as the court or judge shall
direct, make return of the writ and cause the person	Make return.
detained to be brought before the court or judge ac-
cording to the command of the writ, and shall like-
wise certify the true causes of his detainer or impris-
onment, if any, or under what color or pretence such
person is confined or restrained of his liberty.
Approved April 7, 1876.
CHAPTER 374.
AN ACT to incorporate a company tor the estab-
lishment of a public cemetery at Elkton, Mary-
land.
WHEREAS, it has been made apparent to this Gen,
eral Assembly that a cemetery or place of burial, is	Preamble.
desired by the inhabitants of Elkton and its vicinity,
and for the purpose of effectuating the wishes and
intentions of the said citizens.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Thomas Drennen, Richard C. Mack-
all, John Partridge, William H. Eden, John H.	Incorporators .
Jamar and William J. Jones, of Cecil county and
their successors, be and the same are hereby created
a body politic and corporate, by the name and title
of the Elkton cemetery, and by that name shall have
perpetual succession, and be able to sue and be sued,	Powers.
before any justice of the peace and in any Court of
Law or Equity in this State, and shall have and use
a common seal, and shall have power to purchase
and hold real estate not exceeding twenty acres, with