95.1 City ownership of cemetery; regulation. Sec. 1. Any city may acquire, hold and own such cemetery or public burial place or places, either within or without the limits of the corporation, as in the opinion of the council shall be necessary for the public welfare, and suitable for the convenience of the inhabitants, and […]
95.2 Appropriation, cemetery. Sec. 2. The council may, within the limitations of this act contained, raise and appropriate such sums as may be necessary for the purchase of cemetery grounds and for the improvement, adornment, protection and care thereof. History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;– CL 1897, 3133 ;– CL 1915, 3047 […]
95.3 Board of cemetery trustees; appointment, term, removal. Sec. 3. Whenever any city shall own, purchase or otherwise acquire any cemetery or cemetery grounds, the mayor, by and with the consent of the council, shall appoint 5 trustees who shall be freeholders and electors in the city, and who shall constitute a “board of cemetery […]
95.4 Board of cemetery trustees; chairman, clerk; powers. Sec. 4. The board of cemetery trustees shall appoint 1 of their number chairman, and the city clerk shall be the clerk of the board. And the council may by ordinance invest the board with such powers and authority as may be necessary for the care, management […]
95.5 Board of cemetery trustees; property management powers, duties. Sec. 5. Said board, subject to the directions and ordinances of the council, shall have the care and management of any such cemetery or burial place or places, and shall direct the improvements and embellishments of the grounds; cause such grounds to be laid out into […]
95.6 Board of cemetery trustees; necessary employees; ordinances, enforcement. Sec. 6. Said board shall appoint the necessary superintendents and employes for the cemetery; expend the money provided for the care and improvement of the grounds; enforce the ordinances of the city made for the management and care thereof and make such regulations for the burial […]
95.7 Board of cemetery trustees; cemetery fund, accounting; report to council, contents. Sec. 7. All moneys raised for any public cemetery authorized by this act and all moneys received from the sale of lots therein, or otherwise therefrom, shall be paid into the city treasury, and constitute a fund to be denominated the “cemetery fund.” […]
95.8 Cemetery; city owned; ordinances; passage; enforcement. Sec. 8. If a city owns a public cemetery, whether within or without the city, the council of a city may pass and enforce ordinances necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter, to control or regulate the cemetery and the improvement of the cemetery, to […]
95.9 Privately owned cemeteries; ordinances governing. Sec. 9. The council shall have power also to pass all ordinances deemed necessary for the preservation and protection of any cemetery or burial place within the city, belonging to or under the control of any church, religious society, corporation, company or association, and for the protection and preservation […]
