359.29 Gifts and donations. Civil townships are hereby authorized and empowered to receive by gift, devise, or bequest, money or property for the purpose of establishing and maintaining libraries, township halls, cemeteries, or for any other public purpose. All such gifts, devises, or bequests shall be effectual only when accepted by resolution of the board […]
359.3 Boundaries conterminous with city. Where the boundaries of any city have been changed, the board of supervisors of the county in which the city is situated shall have power to change the boundary lines of townships so as to make them conform to the boundaries of the city, and to make such other changes […]
359.30 Cemetery and park tax. Township trustees shall, at the regular meeting in November, levy a tax sufficient to pay for any lands so condemned or purchased, or for the necessary improvement and maintenance of cemeteries thus established, and for the necessary improvement and the maintenance of public parks acquired by gift, devise, or bequest […]
359.31 Power and control. Township trustees shall control any such cemeteries, or appoint trustees for the cemeteries, or sell the property to any private corporation for cemetery purposes. [C97, §586; SS15, §586; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5561; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.31] 2020 Acts, ch 1063, […]
359.32 Sale of lots — gifts. Township trustees shall have authority to provide for the sale of lots, or portions thereof, in any cemetery under their control, and make rules in regard thereto. Township trustees may provide for perpetual upkeep by the establishment of a perpetual upkeep fund from the proceeds of sale of lots, […]
359.33 Tax for nonowned cemetery. Township trustees may levy a tax not to exceed six and three-fourths cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of taxable property to improve and maintain any cemetery not owned by the township, provided the cemetery is devoted to general public use. [C97, §586; SS15, §586; C24, 27, 31, 35, […]
359.34 Scope of levy. The levy authorized in sections 359.30 and 359.33 may be extended to property within the limits of any city so far as same is situated within the township, unless such city is already maintaining a cemetery, or has levied a tax in support thereof. The said tax may be so expended […]
359.35 Cemetery funds — use. Cemetery tax funds of a township may be used for the maintenance and support of cemeteries in adjoining counties and townships and in cities, if such cemeteries are utilized for burial purposes by the people of the township and, when any such cemetery has been so utilized for more than […]
359.36 Joint boards. A city council and the trustees of a township may join in the common purpose of improving, maintaining, and supporting a township cemetery. In such case the two official bodies shall constitute a joint cemetery board and shall have equal voting power. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5565; C46, 50, 54, 58, […]
359.37 Regulations. 1. The trustees, board of directors, or other officers having the custody and control of any cemetery in this state, shall have power, subject to the bylaws and regulations of such cemetery, to do all of the following: a. To enclose, improve, and adorn the ground of such cemetery. b. To construct avenues […]
359.38 Watchpersons appointed. Such trustees, directors, or other officers may appoint as many day and night watchpersons of their grounds as they may think expedient, and such watchpersons, and also all their sextons, superintendents, gardeners, and agents, stationed upon or near said grounds are hereby authorized to take and subscribe to an oath of office […]
359.39 Ex officio police officers. Upon the taking of such oath, such watchpersons, sextons, superintendents, gardeners, and agents shall have and exercise all powers of police officers within and adjacent to the cemetery grounds and each shall have power to arrest any and all persons engaged in violating the laws of this state, and to […]
359.4 Record. The description of the boundaries of each township, and all alterations in them, and of all new townships, shall be recorded in full in the records of the board of supervisors, and of the township. [C51, §220; R60, §442; C73, §381; C97, §553; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5530; C46, 50, 54, 58, […]
359.40 Cemeteries — plats — records. Where there is located in any township one or more cemeteries, the owner of the same, or any party owning an interest therein, may cause the same to be surveyed, platted, and laid out into subdivisions and lots, numbering the same by progressive numbers, giving the length and breadth, […]
359.41 Conveyance of lots. Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 128, §73 .
359.42 Township fire protection service, emergency warning system, and emergency medical service. Except as otherwise provided in section 331.385, the trustees of each township shall provide fire protection service for the township, exclusive of any part of the township within a benefited fire district and may provide emergency medical service. The trustees may purchase, own, […]
359.43 Tax levy — supplemental levy — districts. 1. The township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding forty and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of the taxable property in the township, excluding property within a benefited fire district or within the corporate limits of a city, for the purpose of […]
359.45 Anticipatory bonds. Townships may anticipate the collection of taxes authorized by section 359.43 and for such purposes may direct the county board of supervisors to issue bonds under sections 331.441 through 331.449 relating to essential county purpose bonds except that the bonds are payable only from tax levies on property subject to the levy […]
359.46 Compensation of township trustees. 1. A township trustee while engaged in official business shall be compensated at an hourly rate established by the county board of supervisors. However, the county board of supervisors may establish a minimum daily pay rate for the time spent by a township trustee attending a scheduled meeting of township […]
359.47 Compensation of township clerk. A township clerk while engaged in official business shall be compensated at the same rate as the pay rate of a township trustee of the same township. [C51, §2548; R60, §909, 911; C73, §3809; C97, §591; S13, §591; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5572; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, […]
