Section 32 – Right of Person to Interment; Release
Section 32. A person shall be entitled to a right of interment for his own body in any burial lot or tomb of which his spouse was seized at any time during marriage, which shall be exempt from the operation of the laws relating to conveyance, descent and devise, but may be released by him.
Section 43c – Disposition of Proceeds of Sales of Cemetery Lots and Plots; Liquidation of Indebtedness
Section 43C. The proceeds of the sales of lots and plots in a cemetery shall, except as hereinafter provided, be applied solely to the improvement and maintenance of the cemetery and the avenues, paths and structures situated therein, for the purchase of additional cemetery land, and for the accumulation of a permanent care and improvement […]
Section 33 – Right of Husband to Interment
Section 33. A husband shall have the same rights in the tomb or burial lot of his wife as a wife has in that of her husband.
Section 43d – Location of Community Mausoleums; Exceptions
Section 43D. Every community mausoleum, other than a structure containing crypts erected or controlled by a church or a religious society and used only as a repository for the remains of the clergy or dignitaries of such church or religious society, and every crematory, columbarium or other structure, other than a columbarium located within or […]
Section 34 – Use of Land for Burial; New Cemeteries or Extensions; Approval of Board of Health; Description of Land
Section 34. Except in the case of the erection or use of a tomb on private land for the exclusive use of the family of the owner, no land, other than that already so used or appropriated, shall be used for burial, unless by permission of the town or of the mayor and aldermen of […]
Section 43e – New Community Mausoleums; Plans and Specifications; Approval; Construction
Section 43E. No community mausoleum, the crypts of which are available to the public for burial purposes, shall be erected without the consent and approval of the department of environmental protection. Before commencing the erection of any such structure, full detailed plans and specifications shall be presented to said department for its approval. Such approval […]
Section 35 – Lands to Be Used for Burial; Approval
Section 35. No land other than that so used and appropriated on April tenth, nineteen hundred and eight, shall be used for the purpose of burial if it be so situated that surface water or ground drainage therefrom may enter any stream, pond, reservoir, well, filter gallery or other water used as a source of […]
Section 43f – Community Mausoleums; Construction; Supervision
Section 43F. The department of environmental protection shall have supervisory control over the erection of any such community mausoleum and shall enforce compliance with the approved plans and specifications therefor. Said department shall appoint an inspector, experienced in modern mausoleum construction and engineering science, to supervise the erection of any such mausoleum and said department […]
Section 36 – Use of Cemeteries; Appeal From Order of Board of Health; Hearing
Section 36. Any person, including those persons in control of any public land, or the officers of any municipality, aggrieved by the action of a board of health in approving the purchase, taking or use of any lands for cemetery purposes may, within sixty days, appeal from the order of said board to the department […]
Section 37 – Use of Cemeteries; Regulations by Local Boards of Health; Notice
Section 37. Boards of health may make regulations concerning burial grounds and interments within their towns; may impose penalties not exceeding one hundred dollars for a breach thereof; may prohibit the use by undertakers, for the purpose of speculation, of tombs as places of deposit for bodies committed to them for burial; and may close […]