Section 359.33 – Tax for nonowned cemetery.
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, […]
Section 359.17 – Trustees — duties — meetings.
359.17 Trustees — duties — meetings. 1. The board of township trustees in each township shall consist of three registered voters of the township. However, in townships with a taxable valuation for property tax purposes of two hundred fifty million dollars or more, the board of township trustees shall consist of five registered voters of […]
Section 359.34 – Scope of levy.
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 […]
Section 359.18 – County attorney as counsel.
359.18 County attorney as counsel. In counties having a population of less than twenty-five thousand, where the trustees institute, or are made parties to, litigation in connection with the performance of their duties, as provided in this chapter, the county attorney, as a part of the county attorney’s official duties, shall appear in behalf of […]
Section 359.35 – Cemetery funds — use.
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 […]
Section 359.19 – Employment of counsel.
359.19 Employment of counsel. When litigation shall arise in any case not covered by section 359.18, involving the right or duty of township trustees with reference to any matter within their jurisdiction, and the trustees become or are made parties to such litigation, they shall have authority to employ attorneys in behalf of said township, […]
Section 359.20 – Clerk to keep record.
359.20 Clerk to keep record. 1. The township clerk shall keep a record of all the proceedings and orders of the trustees, and of all acts done by the township clerk, including the filing of certificates of official oaths having been taken before other officers, and perform such other acts as may be required by […]
Section 359.21 – Receipt and custody of funds.
359.21 Receipt and custody of funds. 1. Each township clerk shall receive, collect, and disburse, under the orders of the township trustees, all funds belonging to the township, including the cemetery fund. A claim shall not be paid until it has been audited by the trustees. 2. Before the fifteenth day of each month, the […]
Section 359.23 – Receipts and expenditures — annual statement.
359.23 Receipts and expenditures — annual statement. 1. Each township clerk shall prepare, on or before September 30 of each year, a statement in writing, showing all receipts of money and disbursements in the clerk’s office for each separate tax levy authorized by law for the preceding fiscal year, showing the current public debt of […]
Section 359.24 – Clerk and trustees abolished.
359.24 Clerk and trustees abolished. Where a city constitutes one or more civil townships the boundary lines of which coincide throughout with the boundary lines of the city, the offices of township clerk and trustee are abolished. [C97, §560; S13, §560; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5553; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, […]