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(.d ?1 92 within one hundred yards thereof. He shall enforce such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Council or City Manager and shall keep order and preserve the peace therein; and any one obstructing or hindering him in the discharge of his duty shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than 025.00 for each offense. SEC. 431. Laying Off Lots - dapping and Selling of Same. (a) The Superintendent shall sell the spaces as shown on cemetery maps prepared and dated prior to January 1, 1939, in the offices of the City Engineer and Clerk of the Corporation Court at such prices as may be fined from time to time by the Council. (b) The City Engineer shall prepare three maps of each cemetery and addition thereto which may be plotted or established after January 1, 1939, as will enable the Superintendent of Cemeteries to mane sales of grave spaces and properly describe the same. One map shall be kept by the City Engineer; one map shall be =sept by the Superintendent of Cemeteries and one map shall be recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court. Said Superintendent of Cemeteries shall sell the grave spaces as shown on said maps at such prices as may be fixed from time to time by the Council. SEC. 432• Deed to Sections. The Mayor shall have authority and it shall be his duty to convey in the name and on behalf of the City to any ,,urchaser thereof any space in any cemetery of the City to which the City has a clear title, provided the following deed is properly executed and recorded: "WHEREAS, the City Collector has received the full purchase price of the property hereby conveyed as is evidenced by his signature hereto. NOW THEREFORE, THIS DEED, by and between hereinafter referred to as the City, and hereinafter referred to as the owner; the CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, I WITNESSETH: That for and in consideration of the sum of $ , cash in hand paid by the owner to the City, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, as well as the covenants and agreements hereinafter made by the owner, the City does hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey, with GEIIFRAL WARRANTY of title unto owner, those certain lots or parcels of land in said City, designated on a plat of Cemetery as grave space in block number , Division , said plat being filed and recorded as is provided by law. As a part of the consideration for this deed, it is mutually agreed as follows: (1) This deed shall be recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court by the City at the expense of the owner, and the City shall not permit the interment of any person in said space without the consent of the owner of the recorded legal title to said space, or his heirs or personal representative. (2) Said space shall be used for the interment of white persons only, except as to those parts of said cemetery which may now or hereafter be set aside by the City for the interment of colored persons. (3) Said space shall be subject to the control and management of the City and shall be subject to any laws, ordinances or resolutions of the City Council which may be passed or adopted for the management, government or improvement of the Cemetery in which the space is located. (4) The above purchase price will be deposited by the City in the "Perpetual Care Fund" and said space shall be perpetually cared for by the City in accordance with such rules and regulations as may now or hereafter be provided for the perpet- ual care of the sections and spaces in the Cemeteries of said City. IN TE TIMONY WHEREOF, the City has caused this deed to be executed by its Mayor, with its corporate seal affixed, attested by its clerk, and the City Collector and Owner have hereunto subscribed their respective names, this the day of , 19 (SEAL) ATTEST SEC. 433 To Whom Lots Shall be Sold CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, By Mayor City Collector Owner All the spaces in Maplewood and Oakwood Cemeteries shall be used exclusively for the burial or interment of white persons; except that part in Oa:.wood which has been or may hereafter be set apart by the Council for colored persDns. SEC. 434• Burial of Paupers. The Council shall designate such portion of Oakwood Cemetery as may be necessary for the interment or burial of paupers. SEC. 435. Charges for Keeping Spaces in Order. (a) Every owner of a section or part of a section in any Cemetery in the City, plotted and mapped prior to Janu�:ry 1st, 1939, shall pay annually, in advance, to the City Collector on the first day of April the following fee, viz: 1 1 1 1 1