19-3104. Same; care and maintenance by county; purchase of adjoining lands; eminent domain.
19-3104
19-3104. Same; care and maintenance by county; purchase of adjoining
lands; eminent domain.
Lands acquired for cemetery purposes under the provisions of this act by
the county shall be under the control of the board of county commissioners
and such board shall have full power to make and enforce all necessary
rules and regulations pertaining to the custody, control and care of the
cemetery and to determine and collect the price to be paid for lots
therein: Provided, That all funds arising from the sale of lots in any
cemetery so acquired shall be applied solely to the care and maintenance of
such cemetery. The board shall have power to purchase land adjoining any
such cemetery whenever in their judgment the same is needed for cemetery
purposes. If the board of county commissioners cannot agree with the owner
as to the price to be paid for any such land, condemnation procedure may be
instituted by said board and prosecuted in the name of the county under the
provisions of the law in similar cases.
History: L. 1941, ch. 173, § 4; June 30.