15-1013. Establishment of certain cemetery districts; petition; resolutions.
15-1013
15-1013. Establishment of certain cemetery districts; petition;
resolutions.
Whenever it is proposed to create a cemetery district in any county in
this state, which proposed cemetery district includes territory wherein an
existing township cemetery is located, territory wherein a third-class city
owns and maintains a cemetery inside of or outside of said proposed
district, territory wherein an existing cemetery is owned and maintained by
a religious organization, and territory in which there is located an
abandoned cemetery, the residents of said proposed district shall present a
petition to the board of county commissioners setting forth such proposed
cemetery district, signed by not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the
qualified electors of said proposed district, as determined by an
enumeration taken and verified for this purpose by some qualified elector
of said district; and it shall be the duty of the board of county
commissioners at their next regular meeting to examine the petition and
copies of the resolutions hereinafter required and if the board finds that
the petition and resolutions are in regular and due form, they shall enter
an order in their proceedings establishing said cemetery district.
The said petition shall be accompanied by a copy of a resolution passed
by the governing body of the third-class city owning and maintaining a
cemetery either within or outside of said proposed district, stating that
the city agrees to convey said cemetery to and for the use of said proposed
cemetery district; and shall be accompanied by a copy of a resolution passed
by the township board stating that said board agrees to convey the township
cemetery to and for the use of said proposed cemetery district and by a
copy of the resolution of the board of trustees or other governing board of
any religious organization owning and operating a cemetery located within
the district stating that said governing board agrees to convey said
cemetery to and for the use of said proposed cemetery district.
History: L. 1953, ch. 475, § 1; March 10.