17-1332. Same; filing offer to convey property; abandoned cemeteries.
17-1332
17-1332. Same; filing offer to convey property; abandoned cemeteries.
That before said petition shall be granted by said board of county
commissioners as hereinbefore provided, there shall be on file with the
clerk of said board an offer by at least one cemetery association or
corporation in said proposed district, authorized by at least a majority
vote of its officers and directors to convey to said proposed cemetery
district association, all property, both real and personal, now owned by
said association or corporation free of cost, and said cemetery association
or corporation is hereby authorized to make such conveyance upon a majority
vote of its officers and directors: Provided, That the petition may be
granted by the board of county commissioners to a cemetery district
organized to take over one or more abandoned cemeteries within the proposed
district if the petition is accompanied by an affidavit signed by one or
more residents of the district stating that the persons or association
owning or having control of said cemetery or cemeteries cannot be
ascertained or located and that said cemetery or cemeteries have been
abandoned for more than five years. Upon the granting of said petition said
cemetery district may take over and exercise ownership and control of said
abandoned cemetery or cemeteries and shall be vested with color of title
thereto.
History: L. 1925, ch. 148, § 3; L. 1949, ch. 188, § 1; June 30.