Sec. 19a-308. (Formerly Sec. 19-159). Care of neglected cemeteries. - Connecticut Statutes

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      Sec. 19a-308. (Formerly Sec. 19-159). Care of neglected cemeteries. In any town in which there is a burial ground or cemetery containing more than six places of interment and not under the control or management of any currently functioning cemetery association, which has been neglected and allowed to grow up to weeds, briars and bushes, or about which the fences have become broken, decayed or dilapidated, the selectmen of such town may annually cause such burial ground to be cleared of weeds, briars and bushes, and may cause its fences or walls to be repaired and kept in orderly and decent condition and its memorial stones to be straightened.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4719.)

      History: Sec. 19-159 transferred to Sec. 19a-308 in 1983.

      Annotation to former section 19-159:

      Cited. 168 C. 447.

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Statutes > Connecticut > Title19a > Chap368j > Sec19a-308

      Sec. 19a-308. (Formerly Sec. 19-159). Care of neglected cemeteries. In any town in which there is a burial ground or cemetery containing more than six places of interment and not under the control or management of any currently functioning cemetery association, which has been neglected and allowed to grow up to weeds, briars and bushes, or about which the fences have become broken, decayed or dilapidated, the selectmen of such town may annually cause such burial ground to be cleared of weeds, briars and bushes, and may cause its fences or walls to be repaired and kept in orderly and decent condition and its memorial stones to be straightened.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4719.)

      History: Sec. 19-159 transferred to Sec. 19a-308 in 1983.

      Annotation to former section 19-159:

      Cited. 168 C. 447.

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      Sec. 19a-308. (Formerly Sec. 19-159). Care of neglected cemeteries. In any town in which there is a burial ground or cemetery containing more than six places of interment and not under the control or management of any currently functioning cemetery association, which has been neglected and allowed to grow up to weeds, briars and bushes, or about which the fences have become broken, decayed or dilapidated, the selectmen of such town may annually cause such burial ground to be cleared of weeds, briars and bushes, and may cause its fences or walls to be repaired and kept in orderly and decent condition and its memorial stones to be straightened.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4719.)

      History: Sec. 19-159 transferred to Sec. 19a-308 in 1983.

      Annotation to former section 19-159:

      Cited. 168 C. 447.