Section 456.108 – Tax Exemption.
456.108 Tax exemption. Sec. 8. All the lands of said corporation enclosed and set apart for cemetery purposes, and all rights of burial therein, shall be wholly exempt from taxation of any kind whatsoever. History: 1869, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1869 ;– CL 1871, 3415 ;– How. 4770 ;– CL 1897, 8406 ;– […]
Section 456.109 – Burial Rights; Granting in Lands Subject to Lien or Tax Delinquent Lands Prohibited.
456.109 Burial rights; granting in lands subject to lien or tax delinquent lands prohibited. Sec. 9. No mortgage, or other lien or incumbrance, shall be executed upon any of the lands of such corporation, actually used for burial purposes, and no rights of burial upon any mortgaged lands of such corporation, lands which are delinquent […]
Section 456.110 – Highways, Sewers or Other Public Thoroughfares Through Grounds; Right to Purchase Additional Property.
456.110 Highways, sewers or other public thoroughfares through grounds; right to purchase additional property. Sec. 10. No streets, highways, railways, sewers or canals shall be opened or constructed through the grounds of such corporation, without the assent of the board of directors, granted at a meeting of such board, called for the purpose of considering […]
Section 456.111 – Saloons and Amusements Prohibited.
456.111 Saloons and amusements prohibited. Sec. 11. After any such corporation shall have been formed, and their cemetery site shall have been purchased, no saloon or place of entertainment shall thereafter be set up or established for the sale of intoxicating drinks, and no sporting festival shall be held within 1/4 of a mile of […]
Section 456.112 – Burial Rights; Transfer, Rights of Surviving Spouse and Next of Kin.
456.112 Burial rights; transfer, rights of surviving spouse and next of kin. Sec. 12. All rights of burial granted by such corporation shall be transferable and as fully alienable as any other personal property in this state, subject only to such conditions in reference thereto as shall be prescribed by the board of directors and […]
Section 456.113 – Repealed. 1977, Act 67, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1977.
456.113 Repealed. 1977, Act 67, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1977. Compiler’s Notes: The repealed section pertained to arrests by employees of cemetery corporation.
Section 456.101 – Cemetery Corporations; Incorporators, Name.
456.101 Cemetery corporations; incorporators, name. Sec. 1. That any number of persons not less than 10, who shall by articles of agreement in writing, associate themselves according to the provisions of this act, under any name assumed by them, for the purpose of purchasing land for a cemetery in this state, and for fencing, laying […]
Section 456.102 – Articles; Signing, Acknowledgment, Contents.
456.102 Articles; signing, acknowledgment, contents. Sec. 2. The articles of agreement of every such association shall be signed by the persons associating in the first instance, and acknowledged before some person authorized by the laws of this state, to take the acknowledgment of deeds, and shall state— 1st The amount of land which it is […]
Section 456.103 – Payment by Subscribers to Articles of Association.
456.103 Payment by subscribers to articles of association. Sec. 3. The subscribers to such articles of association, shall at the time of subscription thereto, severally pay to the treasurer named therein at least 20 per cent of the amount subscribed by each, and when the whole amount of capital mentioned in said articles shall be […]
Section 456.104 – Annual Meeting; Election of Board of Directors; Right to Vote; Special Meetings.
456.104 Annual meeting; election of board of directors; right to vote; special meetings. Sec. 4. The annual meeting of every such corporation shall be held on the second Monday of May in each year, unless some other day shall be fixed by the by-laws thereof, and in such case, it shall be held upon the […]