Section 759.09 | Duties of Director of Public Service.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The director of public service shall take possession and charge, and have the entire management, control, and regulation of public burial grounds and cemeteries located in or belonging to the city, subject to its ordinances. The director may direct the laying of […]
Section 759.10 | Institution of Suits.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The director of public service shall, when necessary, institute suits in the name of the city to recover the possession of burial grounds, remove trespassers therefrom, and recover damages for injuries thereto or to any tombstone or monument therein. He shall see […]
Section 759.11 | Bylaws and Regulations.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The director of public service may make bylaws and regulations, not inconsistent with the ordinance of the city and the constitution and laws of this state, for the management and protection of the burial grounds and cemeteries under his control, and for […]
Section 759.12 | City May Accept and Maintain Permanent Fund for Care of Lots in Cemeteries.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly In the bylaws and regulations provided for by section 759.11 of the Revised Code, the director of public service shall declare the amount of money he will accept by agreement, gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise and hold as a permanent fund of […]
Section 759.13 | Price of Lots and Terms of Payment.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The director of public service shall determine the size and price of cemetery lots, the terms of payment therefor, and shall give to each purchaser a receipt, showing the amount paid and a pertinent description of the lots sold. Upon producing such […]
Section 759.14 | Sale of Lots – Laying Off and Embellishing of Grounds – Donations.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The director of public service shall have entire charge and control of receipts from the sale of cemetery lots, and of laying off and embellishing the grounds. He may receive donations by bequest, devise, deed of gift, or otherwise, or money or […]
Section 757.08 | Continuation of Payments.
Effective: September 15, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 483 – 130th General Assembly So long as any symphony association, area arts council, art museum, or other similar organization does all the things it agreed to do as considerations for the benefits to be received by it under sections 757.03 to 757.08 of the Revised Code, […]
Section 757.21 | Compensation to Private Company for Maintaining Free Museum.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of each city may appropriate from its general funds, or may levy and collect a tax, not to exceed one fourth of one mill on each dollar of the taxable property of the city each year, and pay it […]
Section 759.01 | Cemeteries and Crematories.
Effective: October 20, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 18 – 123rd General Assembly Any municipal corporation may provide public cemeteries and crematories for burial or incineration of the dead and regulate public and private cemeteries and crematories. Any cemetery established by a municipal corporation shall register with the division of real estate in the department […]
Section 759.02 | Cemeteries Outside Corporate Limits.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may provide a place for the interment of the dead outside of the corporate limits, and the police powers of the municipal corporation shall extend to those places.