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§ 2003. Public Cemetery Revolving Fund

(a) There is established in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands a special fund designated the “Public Cemetery Revolving Fund” and a separate and distinct fund administered by the Commissioner of Finance. The Fund consists of all monies collected from fees paid for the burial of persons in the territory’s public cemeteries. (b) Money in […]

§ 2001. Management of cemeteries

The Commissioner of Public Works shall have jurisdiction over all public cemeteries. He shall appoint personnel of the Department of Public Works to supervise, manage and maintain all such cemeteries. The Commissioner shall cause to be installed in all public cemeteries an electrical lighting system. Telephones shall be installed in all public cemeteries for the […]

§ 2002. Regulation of public cemeteries

The Commissioner of Public Works shall by regulations approved by the Governor, not inconsistent with any laws, provide for the establishment, maintenance, and improvement of public cemeteries in the Virgin Islands, and for the procedure governing their operation. Such regulations shall govern the— (1) laying out of grave plots, and the digging and making up […]