§ 15-1500. Acquisition of lands for cemeteries. The board of cemetery commissioners of a village may, in behalf of the village, accept by gift, grant or devise thereto, land for one or more village cemeteries within the village, or wholly within five miles of the boundaries thereof. The board of trustees may, by unanimous vote, […]
§ 15-1502 Division into lots; conveyances of lots. The board of cemetery commissioners shall have the supervision and control of all village cemeteries. It shall cause the same to be divided into lots, and provide for the conveyance thereof to individuals for the sole purpose of interments, and upon the payment of the purchase-price of […]
§ 15-1504 Rules and regulations. The board of cemetery commissioners may adopt reasonable rules and regulations for: 1. The care, management and protection of the cemetery grounds. 2. The use, care and protection of lots in such cemeteries. 3. The conduct of persons within the cemetery grounds, and the exclusion of improper persons therefrom. 4. […]
§ 15-1506 Assessment of lots. 1. The board of cemetery commissioners of any village shall have, in addition to the powers granted by section 15-1502 of this chapter, the power to assess the owners of lots in any cemetery in its respective village subject to its jurisdiction and control an amount not exceeding twelve dollars […]
§ 15-1508 Abandonment of cemeteries. a. Petition for removal of remains. The mayor of any village may submit a verified petition to a judge of a court of record seeking an order directing the removal of the remains of any deceased person or persons buried in a potter’s field or any neglected or abandoned cemetery […]
§ 15-1510 Cemetery and funeral home combinations. 1. No village shall, directly or indirectly: (a) sell, or have, enter into or perform a lease of any of its real property dedicated to cemetery purposes or adjacent thereto to a funeral entity, or use any of its property for location of a funeral entity; (b) commingle […]
