12-1401


Chapter 12.--CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES


Article 14.--CEMETERIES

     
12-1401.   Establishment or acquisition in cities or townships;
condemnation of land.

Any city or any township or city and township or two or more townships
desiring to join may establish or acquire a cemetery for public use and may
acquire land necessary for such purpose by condemnation, as provided by
law. Nothing
herein
contained shall be construed to authorize the taking or
appropriating of
cemetery grounds owned or used by any religious body or denomination for
burial purposes.

     
History:   R.S. 1923, § 12-1401;
L. 1995, ch. 109, § 1; July 1.