PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE THIRD CLASS
Article 10.--CEMETERIES
15-1014.Same; board of directors; officers;
compensation; expenditures.
Upon the establishment of the said cemetery district, the township
trustees of every township, a portion of which is included in said
district, and the mayor of each third-class city located within said
cemetery district, shall constitute the board of directors of the cemetery
district established, and shall have full power and control thereof.
The said board shall elect from their own membership a chairman and may
select a secretary from their own membership, or otherwise, whose terms of
office shall be such as the board shall fix. The treasurer of any
incorporated city located within the newly created cemetery district may be
selected by the board of directors as the treasurer of the cemetery
district and when a city treasurer shall act as cemetery district
treasurer, the bond given by said treasurer to the city shall also cover
the funds of the cemetery district which come into his or her hands as said
treasurer. When the board of directors shall select a treasurer for the
district who is not a city treasurer, he or she shall be required to give a
surety company bond in a sum not less than the amount of funds in his or
her hands, conditioned for the safekeeping of such funds and to account for
and turn over the same whenever called upon so to do by the board of
directors. Members of the board of directors, the secretary and the
treasurer of any cemetery district located in a county having a population
of more than four thousand (4,000) and not more than five thousand (5,000)
and an assessed tangible valuation of not more than eighteen million
dollars ($18,000,000) shall receive such reasonable compensation for their
services as may be established by the board of directors.
It shall be the duty of the board of directors to provide for the care
and maintenance of all cemeteries conveyed to the cemetery district and
also to provide for the care and maintenance of any abandoned cemetery
located within the said district. All expenditures made by the said board
of directors shall be paid by warrants drawn on the treasurer and signed by
the secretary and chairman of the board.
History: L. 1953, ch. 475, § 2; L. 1955, ch. 130, § 1; L. 1969,
ch. 111, § 1; July 1.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE THIRD CLASS
Article 10.--CEMETERIES
15-1014.Same; board of directors; officers;
compensation; expenditures.
Upon the establishment of the said cemetery district, the township
trustees of every township, a portion of which is included in said
district, and the mayor of each third-class city located within said
cemetery district, shall constitute the board of directors of the cemetery
district established, and shall have full power and control thereof.
The said board shall elect from their own membership a chairman and may
select a secretary from their own membership, or otherwise, whose terms of
office shall be such as the board shall fix. The treasurer of any
incorporated city located within the newly created cemetery district may be
selected by the board of directors as the treasurer of the cemetery
district and when a city treasurer shall act as cemetery district
treasurer, the bond given by said treasurer to the city shall also cover
the funds of the cemetery district which come into his or her hands as said
treasurer. When the board of directors shall select a treasurer for the
district who is not a city treasurer, he or she shall be required to give a
surety company bond in a sum not less than the amount of funds in his or
her hands, conditioned for the safekeeping of such funds and to account for
and turn over the same whenever called upon so to do by the board of
directors. Members of the board of directors, the secretary and the
treasurer of any cemetery district located in a county having a population
of more than four thousand (4,000) and not more than five thousand (5,000)
and an assessed tangible valuation of not more than eighteen million
dollars ($18,000,000) shall receive such reasonable compensation for their
services as may be established by the board of directors.
It shall be the duty of the board of directors to provide for the care
and maintenance of all cemeteries conveyed to the cemetery district and
also to provide for the care and maintenance of any abandoned cemetery
located within the said district. All expenditures made by the said board
of directors shall be paid by warrants drawn on the treasurer and signed by
the secretary and chairman of the board.
History: L. 1953, ch. 475, § 2; L. 1955, ch. 130, § 1; L. 1969,
ch. 111, § 1; July 1.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE THIRD CLASS
Article 10.--CEMETERIES
15-1014.Same; board of directors; officers;
compensation; expenditures.
Upon the establishment of the said cemetery district, the township
trustees of every township, a portion of which is included in said
district, and the mayor of each third-class city located within said
cemetery district, shall constitute the board of directors of the cemetery
district established, and shall have full power and control thereof.
The said board shall elect from their own membership a chairman and may
select a secretary from their own membership, or otherwise, whose terms of
office shall be such as the board shall fix. The treasurer of any
incorporated city located within the newly created cemetery district may be
selected by the board of directors as the treasurer of the cemetery
district and when a city treasurer shall act as cemetery district
treasurer, the bond given by said treasurer to the city shall also cover
the funds of the cemetery district which come into his or her hands as said
treasurer. When the board of directors shall select a treasurer for the
district who is not a city treasurer, he or she shall be required to give a
surety company bond in a sum not less than the amount of funds in his or
her hands, conditioned for the safekeeping of such funds and to account for
and turn over the same whenever called upon so to do by the board of
directors. Members of the board of directors, the secretary and the
treasurer of any cemetery district located in a county having a population
of more than four thousand (4,000) and not more than five thousand (5,000)
and an assessed tangible valuation of not more than eighteen million
dollars ($18,000,000) shall receive such reasonable compensation for their
services as may be established by the board of directors.
It shall be the duty of the board of directors to provide for the care
and maintenance of all cemeteries conveyed to the cemetery district and
also to provide for the care and maintenance of any abandoned cemetery
located within the said district. All expenditures made by the said board
of directors shall be paid by warrants drawn on the treasurer and signed by
the secretary and chairman of the board.
History: L. 1953, ch. 475, § 2; L. 1955, ch. 130, § 1; L. 1969,
ch. 111, § 1; July 1.