§ 160. Acquisition of lands for cemetery purposes. It shall be lawful for the common council of any city, or the trustees of any incorporated village in this state, although such cemetery is disconnected from and out of the limits of any city or village, to acquire by deed, devise or otherwise, such land as […]
§ 161. Title may be acquired by condemnation. If the said common council or board of trustees shall be unable to agree with the owner of such lands for the purchase thereof, the said common council or board of trustees may proceed to acquire the title thereto in the manner prescribed by the condemnation law. […]
§ 162. Conveyance by unincorporated cemetery association to city, town or village. An unincorporated cemetery association may convey and transfer its real property held for burial purposes, together with its other assets, to a city having a population of less than one million inhabitants in which such real property is located, or to a village, […]
§ 163. Lot owners’ rights. Lots in such cemeteries shall be held indivisible, and upon the decease of a proprietor of such lot the title thereto shall descend to his or her heirs-at-law or devisees, subject, however to the following limitations and conditions: If survived by a spouse and children, they shall have in common […]
§ 164. Abandonment of cemeteries in cities of less than one million. Upon a verified petition presented to a judge of a court of record by the common council of any city of less than one million, the judge to whom said verified petition was presented shall make an order to show cause, returnable before […]
§ 165. Maintenance and cleanup of abandoned cemeteries. 1. Any municipal corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to establish volunteer cemetery maintenance and cleanup programs to maintain and cleanup abandoned cemeteries wholly contained within such municipal corporation for which such municipal corporation has the primary responsibility to provide care. 2. The cemetery division of the […]
§ 165-a. Voluntary municipal assistance to public cemetery corporations. Any municipal corporation may appropriate and provide funding to a public cemetery corporation as defined in article fifteen of the not-for-profit corporation law. In lieu of or in addition to providing funding to a public cemetery corporation, any municipal corporation may provide goods and/or services to […]
§ 166. Cemetery and funeral home combinations. 1. No municipal corporation 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) […]
