§ 1581. Vermont Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery Advisory Board (a) The Vermont Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery Advisory Board is created to advise the Adjutant and Inspector General on all matters relating to the establishment and operation of a Vermont veterans’ memorial cemetery to be known as the Vermont Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery. The Board shall consist of: (1) […]
§ 1582. Rules The Vermont Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery Advisory Board may adopt rules under the provisions of 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 relating to acquisition of land; design of the cemetery, its buildings, and grave markers; eligibility for burial; and any other matters necessary to establish and maintain the Vermont Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery. (Added 1989, No. […]
§ 1583. Adjutant General; powers and duties (a) The Adjutant General, subject to available funds and with the advice of the Vermont Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery Advisory Committee, shall administer the creation, establishment, operation, and maintenance of the Vermont Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery. (b) The Adjutant General may accept unconditional gifts, grants of money, services, and facilities […]
§ 1584. Cemetery location The Vermont Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery shall be located on approximately 100 acres of land, suitable for cemetery purposes, in the northerly portion of State-owned property known as the Langevin Farm in Randolph, Vermont. (Added 1989, No. 69, § 1, eff. May 27, 1989.)
§ 1585. Cemetery design The Vermont Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery identified by section 1584 of this title shall be of contemporary design prepared by an experienced cemetery landscape architect, may accommodate approximately 1,000 graves per acre, and shall allow for freedom of choice by the family of a veteran, a veteran’s spouse, and a veteran’s minor […]
§ 1586. Interment of unclaimed remains of veterans The Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery shall accept and inter the unclaimed remains of an eligible veteran if: (1) a funeral director or crematory operator has determined pursuant to 18 V.S.A. § 5227(c)(2) that interment of the veteran’s remains in the Cemetery is appropriate; or (2) the Office […]
