17-1305.   Private burying grounds; control by county clerk; actionsfor damages.All private burying grounds not otherwise expressly provided for bywill, deed, or in the actual possession of the owner in life, shall beunder the exclusive control of the county clerk of the county in whichsaid burying ground may be situated; and it is hereby made the duty ofsaid clerk to commence a civil suit or suits for any damages that anyother person may do or cause to be done to said burying ground, or tothe fence, gates or bars enclosing the same, or any of the graves ormonuments therein. The style of any such suit shall be "__________, ascounty clerk of __________ county, against __________, defendant."

      History:   L. 1870, ch. 44, § 1; R.S. 1923, 17-1305; L. 1976, ch.145, § 41; L. 1977, ch. 109, § 12; July 1.